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The Sunday Debate: The Great Energy Transition – What is the Role of Corporations in the Energy Transition?

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🗓️ 4 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This is the third and final episode of The Great Energy Transition, a series from Intelligence Squared in partnership with Cummins and we're asking what is the role of corporations in the energy transition? To discuss how the complex partnerships between corporations and governments might shape our futures, we’re joined by Jennifer Rumsey, President and CEO of Cummins; Gillian Tett, Chairman of the US editorial board and U.S editor-at-large at the Financial Times; and Jason Bordoff, Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School. Our host for this series is physicist and broadcaster, Helen Czerski. To find out more about Cummins, please visit cummins.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to Intelligent Squared. I'm Connor Voil. Today on the podcast we have the third and final

1:19.6

episode of the Great Energy Transition, a series from Intelligent Squared in partnership with

1:24.9

Cummins. In this episode we're looking at the power of corporations and asking what their role is

1:30.5

in the fight against climate change. While multinational corporations can often wield more power and

1:41.0

influence than governments, they're usually driven by economic incentives making compromise

1:46.0

rare. But when it comes to climate change, do they not have a social responsibility to safeguard

1:51.2

the planet and the people on it? To discuss how the complex partnerships between corporations and

1:56.0

governments might shape our futures, we're joined by Jennifer Romsey, president and CEO of Cummins,

2:01.6

Gillian Tett, chairman of the US editorial board and editor at large of the financial times,

2:06.7

and Jason Bordeaux, co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School. To find out more about Cummins,

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