Heather Zichal, JP Morgan Chase Global Head of Sustainability, on No Sacred Cows in Sustainable Investing

About this episode

Heather Zichal discusses the role of finance in sustainability and the implications of the retreat from global climate initiatives.

What does the retreat from global climate initiatives mean and how are investors are still driving the energy transition outside of them? Heather Zichal, JPMorgan Chase Global Head of Sustainability, talks about the role of finance in addressing climate change; why an increasing emphasis on climate adaptation makes sense; and how JP Morgan Chase is capacity building in the sustainability space.

People in this episode

Host: Man Group

Guest: Heather Zichal

Topics covered

• sustainability
• climate change
• investing
• energy transition
• finance
• climate adaptation

Keywords

• sustainable investing
• climate initiatives
• energy transition
• finance
• climate adaptation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JP Morgan Chase, JPMorgan Chase, Man Group

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