In the final episode of Navigating to Net Zero, host Rebecca Darst talks with leaders from Macquarie Asset Management about what they’ve learned so far and why partnerships are critical to managing their portfolios in line with global net zero emissions by 2040.In this episode, you’ll hear about:Macquarie’s unique position in infrastructure management and how that has shaped its long-term thinking and approach to decarbonisationWhat political leaders around the world are saying about net zero...
In the seventh episode of Navigating to Net Zero, host Rebecca Darst talks with three leaders with extensive expertise in green property management: Coen van Oostrom, Founder and CEO of Edge, whose team is transforming cityscapes across Europe one green building at a time, and Simon Hanna and Carlos Viesca of FIBRA Macquarie, who are working with tenants to make more than 250 office and retail buildings in Mexico more energy efficient and less carbon intensive.In this episode, you’ll hear abo...
The sixth episode of Navigating to Net Zero examines the transformation of transportation, from shipping to parking lots. Host Rebecca Darst talks with Long Beach Container Terminal’s (LBCT’s) Bonnie Nixon and Telpark’s Peter Hughes about how their companies are working to cut emissions – especially those beyond their direct control – and how electrification is transforming their businesses.In this episode, you’ll hear about: Telpark’s vision for the future of the parking lot – from pro...
In the fifth episode of Navigating to Net Zero, host Rebecca Darst talks with Paul McDougall, Paraway Pastoral Company Limited’s [Paraway] Natural Capital Manager, about how Paraway and other Australian farmland managers are leveraging the livestock and natural assets they manage to decarbonise their operations in a sustainable way and in line with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial leve...
In the fourth episode of Navigating to Net Zero, host Rebecca Darst talks with Robert “Robbie” R. LaBorde, Jr. and Sybil Montegut of Cleco and Scott Ryan and Gina Pavlovic of Endeavour Energy about how the two Macquarie-backed companies are keeping the lights on in their respective regions while making electric grids more sustainable and reducing reliance on coal – all while ensuring electricity remains affordable and reliable. In this episode, you’ll hear about:Why Louisiana is the US ...
In the third episode of Navigating to Net Zero, host Rebecca Darst talks with Caroline Morris, KCOM’s Head of Wellbeing, Health, Safety, and Sustainability, and Louisa Harris-Baxter, Vocus’s Head of ESG, about how the companies are balancing increased demand for their services with their decarbonisation goals. In this episode, you’ll hear about: Why data centres have earned a reputation as the “bad boy of emissions” for technology and telecom companies and what can be done about it...
In our second episode, host Rebecca Darst talks with David Tobin, Beauparc's Circular Economy and Sustainability Director, about the various commercial opportunities they see in waste, and the value of going from refuse to reuse.David Tobin explains how:The founder took one waste collection vehicle and turned it into a leading industrial repurposing and recycling company that today manages four million metric tons of material. The company is taking discarded wood from demolished houses a...
In our first episode, Ben Way, Group Head of Macquarie Asset Management, and Mark Dooley, Global Head of Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investments team, join host Rebecca Darst to discuss the climate imperative, how Macquarie is driving practical climate solutions across its global business, and the role of Green Investments in accelerating the energy transition.Hear them explain how:geopolitical and macroeconomic events during the past year have affected net zero projections and plannin...