How to talk to corporates about climate (and make sure they listen)

In the latest episode of The Responsible Investor Podcast, stewardship and sustainability veteran Colin Melvin looks at the challenges investors face in engaging on climate.


Subscribe to The Responsible Investor Podcast on:
Apple | Spotify | PodBean | Audible | Pandora

Climate engagement has been on investors’ agendas for more than a decade. So what progress has been made in that time? What have we learned about what works and what doesn’t? And, crucially, what does that mean for how we move forward?

To explore these questions, our editor Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker sat down with sustainability and stewardship veteran Colin Melvin of Arkadiko Partners. As co-author of the Principles for Responsible Investment and founder of engagement specialist Hermes EOS, he has been at the forefront of conversations on climate and corporate action for 20 years.

In this episode of The Responsible Investor Podcast, he discusses climate engagement in the era of ESG backlash, the role of fiduciary duty, how to prioritise corporate engagements, and the dangers of separating sustainability from core investment practice.

Colin Melvin and Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

In this episode

Colin Melvin is founder and managing director of Arkadiko Partners

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker is editor of Responsible Investor