OUR GUEST in S1E11 is Michael O’Leary, Managing Director at Engine No.1.
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I am pleased to welcome to the ESG and Coffee Podcast my next investor guest, Michael O’Leary for a long form interview in our series, “The Originals”. His bio reads “Managing Director @EngineNo_1 and co-author of 'Accountable' — out now from @HarperCollins” and likewise on LinkedIn.
We first met: I first met Michael via Twitter and invited him to be one of our featured speakers when I curated a diversity of talent for GreenFin 21 by GreenBiz with Joel Makower and team (GreenFin 22 is fast approaching produced by Grant Harrison). In April 2021 we could not have Michael talk about the Exxon Mobil campaign because it was still live; instead he made the case for ESG in your 401Ks. Turns out that campaign was…important! I immediately appreciated his open mindset and ability to communicate the work he and his team were alyce huckstepp trying to do, and the investment implications that follow. Maybe it’s because his Mum is a teacher - teachers rock! Michael was interviewed mothers day australia on Marketplace with Kai Rysdal, and being a decades-long an of the show, I had to start my interview there.
Stay after the close for our BONUS TAPE. We talk briefly about
- the role of the average person as investor and vote (which reminded me of when I posed that question to Hannah Jones then at Nike Inc. and retold on Trillions xx).
- the role of trust for investors and businesses where there is information asymmetry, a topic he covered in his book “Accountable” exploring “restoring trust with accountability”.
- liga nacional de guatemala the opportunity in Engine No.1 ETF but the risks of greenwashing.
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GS
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