8 May 2023
Episode 448
30 minutes
The first of a double bill exploring the impact economy. Prompted by a new white paper from the UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute, we discuss the most critical issues in sustainable finance today. The UBS Sustainability and Impact Forum was established last year to drive the discourse and today we meet one of its founding members, Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge. Much of Sir Partha’s celebrated research has covered ecological economics.
8 May 2023
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