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by Standard Chartered Corporate & Investment banking · English · Business
How can we reduce carbon emissions and accelerate to net zero by 2050? This channel explores the latest trends and insights on sustainable finance, outlining how we are supporting clients in the transition towards a more sustainable and inclusive future.
8 Dec 2025 · 16 min
Can the oil and gas industry balance short-term returns and the need to maintain energy security with long-term sustainability targets? Tune in as Standard Chartered's Ben Daly, Galid Lahdahda and Raza Piracha discuss how low-carbon technologies, investments and capital allocation strategies are shaping the sector's transition towards a lower-carbon future.
E28 · 3 Dec 2025 · 23 min
Critical minerals are essential to the clean energy transition - but many are scarce, and their extraction and processing is concentrated in a small number of countries. In this episode of Industries in Transition, Standard Chartered experts Richard Horrocks-Taylor, Ling Lu and Catriona Bell explain why critical minerals can find themselves at the centre of geopolitics and discuss the realities of rebalancing supply chains in the quest to move to a more sustainable future.
E27 · 25 Nov 2025 · 25 min
As the demand for energy continues to grow, the power and utilities sector is transforming and the experience of renewable energy projects around the world is varied. In this episode of Industries in Transition, Standard Chartered's Isabelle Chastagner, Leah Li Zhang and Abbas Hussein discuss how innovation, policy shifts and investment in low-carbon technologies are driving progress.
E26 · 20 Nov 2025 · 22 min
What are the barriers to scaling carbon markets and developing interoperable carbon markets across Southeast Asia? Hear from Justin Ma, Executive Director of Sustainable Finance ASEAN at Standard Chartered and Anshari Rahman, Director of Policy and Analytics at GenZero as they discuss strategies to develop the policies and infrastructure that are necessary to scale carbon markets in the region.
E25 · 18 Nov 2025 · 18 min
The aviation industry is undergoing a complex journey towards decarbonisation. In this episode of Industries in Transition, Standard Chartered experts Jonathan Howard, Ben Daly and CC Heng explore how the scaling of sustainable aviation fuel and innovative financing solutions are playing a crucial role in helping the sector move towards a cleaner future.
E24 · 12 Nov 2025 · 18 min
Why is the automotive industry in the East and the West on different electrification trajectories? Standard Chartered's Sino Jiang, Rohit Kumar and Lionel Vaxelaire explain how investments in electric vehicles, its supply chain and geopolitics are shaping the future of the global automotive sector.
E23 · 3 Nov 2025 · 21 min
Can the shipping industry keep global trade flowing while reducing its carbon footprint? Tune in to this episode of Industries in Transition as Abhishek Pandey and CC Heng examine how regulations, financing frameworks and innovation are helping steer maritime transport towards a lower-carbon future.
E22 · 29 Oct 2025 · 15 min
How can we support decarbonisation across hard to abate sectors? In this episode of Industries in Transition, Ben Daly and Arnaud Bouille unpack the role of transition finance in driving innovation and investment in clean technologies to support the transition.
E21 · 17 Oct 2025 · 20 min
Imagine a region where power flows seamlessly across borders and clean energy fuels growth and productivity. Dale Hardcastle of Bain shares how a next-generation grid ecosystem could enhance renewable energy integration, strengthen energy security and affordability in Southeast Asia.
E20 · 14 Oct 2025 · 24 min
How can AI be effectively utilised to balance future energy requirements and climate outcomes? Hear from Spencer Low, Head of Regional Sustainability APAC of Google, on the benefits of AI in supporting sustainable growth.
E19 · 14 Oct 2025 · 19 min
Unlocking the potential of Southeast Asia's bioeconomy could deliver up to USD$40billion GDP and 340,000 jobs in 2030. Hear from Franziska Zimmermann, Managing Director of Sustainability at Temasek on the growth opportunities and how nature-based solutions and sustainable financing could drive economic and environmental benefits.
E18 · 9 Jul 2025 · 19 min
What role can carbon removal technologies play in helping to address climate change? Tune in to the third episode of our three-part series, as we speak with experts from Cur8 and Puro.earth to explore carbon removal solutions already making an impact today.
E17 · 18 Jun 2025 · 20 min
Projects such as forest conservation, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy are the backbone of effective carbon trading. This second episode in our three-part carbon markets podcast series looks at what makes projects successful and how they are being financed across the world.
E16 · 3 Apr 2025 · 16 min
As the world grapples with the urgent need to cut greenhouse emissions, putting a price on carbon is fast emerging as an effective tool to drive both change in behaviour and innovation. Tune in to learn about the differences between mandatory and voluntary carbon markets, why we need both and that the future is looking promising.
E15 · 12 Sep 2024 · 23 min
The aviation sector is facing challenges and opportunities as it transitions to a low-carbon future. This podcast explores the role sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) could play in reducing airline emissions, amidst other strategies airline companies are pursuing to achieve their net zero targets.
E14 · 6 Feb 2024 · 23 min
Energy companies face a dual challenge – they must decarbonise whilst managing increased demand from emerging and developing economies. In this podcast, ACWA Power’s Marco Arcelli, Petronas’ Charlotte Wolff-Bye and Standard Chartered’s Wan Thonh Chow share insights into how they are navigating the challenges and opportunities the energy transition presents.
E13 · 23 Jan 2024 · 21 min
How is seaweed farming making waves in sustainability and is there enough potential scale to have a material impact on reducing global warming? In this episode, Eugene Klerk (Global Head of ESG Research, Standard Chartered) and Hannah Jones, (CEO, The Earthshot Prize) share insights into the role that seaweed can play in the fight against climate change and the associated investment opportunities.
E12 · 1 Dec 2023 · 21 min
Financing innovative and breakthrough technologies is critical to transition to a net-zero future. In this podcast, GenZero’s May Liew, Air Products’ Sidd Manjeshwar and Standard Chartered’s Henrik Raber share insights into providing the right capital to the right project at the right time.
E11 · 27 Nov 2023 · 20 min
How to achieve net-zero emissions through climate innovation? Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer at Standard Chartered and Dr. Steve Howard, Vice Chairman for Sustainability at Temasek had an engaging discussion around this topic. They also delved into the importance of partnerships between public and private sectors, financial investment strategies in carbon markets and the significant role of the Earthshot prize.
E10 · 10 Oct 2023 · 26 min
The Earthshot Prize – can human ingenuity save the planet? In this episode of the Industries in Transition podcast, Manisha Tank discusses the Earthshot Prize with Simon Cooper (CEO CCIB and CEO, Europe & the Americas, Standard Chartered) and Hannah Jones, (CEO, The Earthshot Prize). We also speak to 2022 EarthShot Prize winner, Kaushik Kappagantulu, Co-Founder and CEO of Kheyti, on how Kheyti’s Greenhouse-in-a-Box is enabling small-hold farmers in India to reduce climate risk and increase yields.
E9 · 8 Feb 2023 · 21 min
According to the IMF, in any given year since 2000, climate disasters have killed more than 2,600 people, affected 7 million others, and caused USD2 billion in direct material damage. This striking economic impact of climate change indicates a real commercial return on adaptation investment.
E8 · 16 Jun 2022 · 27 min
According to a report produced by Verisk Maplecroft in 2021, 99 of the top 100 cities most at risk to a range of environmental and climate-related threats are in Asia. This Industries in Transition podcast episode focuses on the urgent need for cities in Asia in particular, to fast track their green plans.
E7 · 5 Jul 2021 · 29 min
In May 2021, together with DBS Bank, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Temasek, we announced our intention to take climate action through a joint venture called Climate Impact X (CIX). CIX aims to be a global exchange and marketplace for high-quality carbon credits and will leverage satellite monitoring, machine learning and blockchain technology to enhance the transparency, integrity and quality of carbon credits that deliver tangible and lasting environmental impact. In this podcast, we gathered Daniel Hanna, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Standard Chartered, Mikkel Larsen, Chief…
S1 · E4 · 12 Mar 2021 · 22 min
America has re-joined the Paris Agreement on limiting global warming to one and a half degrees Celsius by 2030. Meanwhile, China, the world's biggest consumer of coal has committed to carbon neutrality by 2060. Many countries and corporations are on similar pathways, but even if everyone is headed in the same direction, are they on the fastest and most effective track? One of the ways to reduce carbon emissions is through carbon markets, by setting a price on emissions and enabling the trading of emission units. But how do carbon markets actually work? And are they the answer to the global…
S1 · E3 · 7 Dec 2020 · 22 min
Turbulent. Chaotic. Disruptive. There are many ways that we’ll remember 2020, but according to Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered, one word captures it best: resilient. Few escaped the socioeconomic turmoil of Covid-19. While some were harder hit, most had to pivot to survive. Against this backdrop, businesses around the world had to re-examine their core values and decide what matters most. For Standard Chartered, a relentless focus on sustainability topped the list. In this podcast, Bill Winters discusses the lessons learnt in 2020 and Standard Chartered’s ambitions…
S1 · E2 · 7 Dec 2020 · 20 min
In this episode, Daniel Hanna, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Standard Chartered, shares key highlights of Standard Chartered’s first Sustainable Finance Impact Report, which quantifies the impact of the EUR 500m Sustainability Bond of July 2019 and discloses the USD3.9bn of Sustainable Assets that are aligned to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in our Sustainable Finance portfolio. These include loans to renewable energy, healthcare, education as well as microfinance and SME lending in low-income countries. Our network means that we are providing finance in emerging markets…
S1 · E1 · 7 Dec 2020 · 21 min
The private sector has played a vital role in addressing some of the biggest challenges stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. Simon Cooper, CEO of Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank’s USD1 billion not-for-profit financing commitment for companies to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the role that the private sector must play at this critical moment of need. Our clients, Dr Bildard Baguma from Joint Medical Store and CEO Christoph Michalski from Vinda Household Paper, share about how their partnerships with Standard Chartered have…
How can we reduce carbon emissions and accelerate to net zero by 2050? This channel explores the latest trends and insights on sustainable finance, outlining how we are supporting clients in the transition towards a more sustainable and inclusive future.
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