S1 Ep4: David Blood

What if you could get the best return on capital by investing in companies that place people and the planet at their heart?   In this episode, Alannah sits down with one of the leaders in sustainable investing, David Blood. In 2004 David co-founded Generation Investment Management alongside Vice President Al Gore. David has helped shift the dial towards long term sustainable investing, not merely because it’s the ethical thing to do, but because it has an undeniably robust business case.   When David speaks about moving towards a sustainable world, he’s not just talking about emissions or plastic. He’s talking about tackling equality, poverty, social justice, health, and governance challenges that are tightly interlinked with climate change and will drive future economies.

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Join Alannah Weston, Chairman of Selfridges Group, for the third series of How to Lead a Sustainable Business (https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/features/project-earth/podcast/?cm_re=homepage-_-cat-tile-1-feature-_-podcast) . In this series, Alannah continues her mission to discover how businesses can innovate and transform to put sustainability at their core. The latest IPCC report demonstrates what we all know - there is no time left for incremental progress. This series is all about systems change. What are the big, bold ways we can reimagine our industries? Each week, Alannah speaks to the business pioneers mapping out a greener, fairer future for us all. Upcoming guests include Andy Cato, co-founder of Wildfarmed, Ricardo Bellini, CEO of Chloé, Leslie Johnston, CEO of Laudes Foundation, Anne Pitcher, CEO of Selfridges,  and Emma Dabiri, author, academic, and broadcaster. How to Lead a Sustainable Business is brought to you by Selfridges Group and Intelligence Squared. If you enjoy this series please take a moment to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.