Listen "Environmental Productivity: Investing for Planet and Profit with Tim Dunn"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of the Future of Finance podcast, host Georges Dyer sits down with Tim Dunn, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Alpha Investments. Drawing on his decades of experience - including managing $26 billion at Capital Group - Dunn shares the evolution of his career from a traditional investor to a sustainability-driven asset manager. He unpacks Terra Alpha’s core investment thesis: that environmental productivity - measuring how companies impact and depend on natural resources - is not only essential for reducing risk but also for generating competitive returns and real-world environmental impact.
The conversation explores how Terra Alpha engages directly with companies to encourage science-based targets and decarbonization strategies, including their early commitment to only invest in companies disclosing Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Dunn provides a candid view on today’s political and financial climate, warning that while investor interest is growing, regulatory and market headwinds threaten progress. Yet, he remains optimistic that a more informed, engaged financial system - grounded in science and transparency - can drive the transformation needed.
Keywords: Environmental productivity, science-based targets, climate risk, ESG investing, decarbonization, sustainable finance, impact measurement, carbon disclosure project, public equities, capital markets reform
The conversation explores how Terra Alpha engages directly with companies to encourage science-based targets and decarbonization strategies, including their early commitment to only invest in companies disclosing Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Dunn provides a candid view on today’s political and financial climate, warning that while investor interest is growing, regulatory and market headwinds threaten progress. Yet, he remains optimistic that a more informed, engaged financial system - grounded in science and transparency - can drive the transformation needed.
Keywords: Environmental productivity, science-based targets, climate risk, ESG investing, decarbonization, sustainable finance, impact measurement, carbon disclosure project, public equities, capital markets reform
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