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Chronos Sustainability

Experts from the Chronos Sustainability team provide some candid thoughts on an issue of the day, and discuss how the worlds of sustainable finance and corporate sustainability can generate greater positive impacts.

  1. Oct 7

    Episode 13: System-level stewardship (or not) with Tom Gosling

    Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan is joined by Tom Gosling, Professor in Practice at The London School of Economics to discuss the rise and rise of system-level investing and systemic stewardship. What is it, what issues require system-level thinking, which perhaps should not, and what conditions need to be in place for such stewardship to be effective? Rory and Tom discuss whether systemic-level stewardship is a response to hitting the limitations of company-level stewardship on issues like climate and responsible AI, and, Tom offers recent engagements on methane and tailings dams as strong examples of good practice.

  2. Mar 6

    Episode 12: Responsible mining with Adam Matthews

    Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan and Gemma James, Head of Nature, are joined by special guest Adam Matthews - Chief Responsible Investment Officer of the Church of England Pension Fund and Chair of the Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030. Together they discuss what’s next for the Mining 2030 Commission, the role of the investment community in pushing for a more responsible mining sector and what the challenges were on acting as Secretariat for the Commission.

  3. Jan 12

    Episode 11: Investor stewardship with Dan Mikulskis

    Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan is joined by Dan Mikulskis, Chief Investment Officer of the People's Partnership, one of the largest pension funds in the UK. Rory and Dan discuss approaches to investor stewardship including why it’s important to People’s Partnership, how it played a part in shaping a decision on which managers they work with, and what might change as the new UK Stewardship Code becomes effective.

  4. 10/30/2025

    Episode 10: Climate policy with Dr. Ian Woods

    With COP 30 on the horizon, Australia-based climate expert Ian Woods joins our CEO Rory Sullivan  to discuss the state of global climate policy and the role of investors in shaping it. Ian and Rory discuss lessons from Australia where, although climate has been a fractious political issue for two decades, there has been notable progress in setting an ambitious NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution).

  5. 10/08/2025

    Episode 9: Sustainability Rocks preview with Will Oulton

    Recorded the day before the Sustainability Rocks (2025) event in London, Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan chats to Sustainability Rocks founder Will Oulton on how and why the event got started, some of the charities it supports, and why Will cried at the last concert they went to together. Will and Rory also share quick-fire questions on their favourite music-related books, musicians, and Will’s band 51st State.

  6. 08/24/2025

    Episode 8: Tanya Cox on the ocean and the blue economy

    In the final part of the triology of podcasts from our Biodiversity & Nature team, Tanya Cox our in-house expert on the ocean dives in to all things big blue with host Gemma. She shares insights from over 15 years of professional experience in marine plastics, corporate sustainability, and work on different plastic-related policies. They also discuss why the current race to ratify the High Seas Treaty is so important, and the $8.4 trillion value at risk from ocean degradation

  7. 08/23/2025

    Episode 7: Dr Rebecca Drury on the global wildlife trade

    When we hear about the wildlife trade, we tend to think about the illegal trade of wild products like pangolins or rhino horns. But legally traded wildlife products are part of a $220bn global industry vital to sectors from food to pharmaceuticals. In this episode, Chronos’ Nature and Biodiversity Manager Dr Rebecca Drury chats to Gemma James about the sustainability challenges in a market that has grown around 2,000% since the 1980s.

  8. 08/23/2025

    Episode 6: Laura Fox on regenerative agriculture

    In the first of a trilogy of podcasts from our Biodiversity & Nature team our expert on biodiversity and agriculture Laura Fox talks to host Gemma James about different ways 'regenerative agriculture' is defined, why she’s excited that corporates are talking about soil health and integrated pest management, and how regenerative agriculture can contribute to corporate carbon reduction strategies, climate resilience and supply chain sustainability.

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Experts from the Chronos Sustainability team provide some candid thoughts on an issue of the day, and discuss how the worlds of sustainable finance and corporate sustainability can generate greater positive impacts.

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  • Creator
    Chronos Sustainability
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Chronos Talks

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