Smarter Impact with Philip Bateman
Conversations with world leaders in business, investing & politics - including Sandrine Dixson-Declève of the Club of Rome, IIX founder Durreen Shahnaz, and the Rt Hon Nick Hurd. These have been created alongside my work over the past two decades, helping successful and ambitious people make big things happen.
My clients typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity. But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.
And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.
Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.
But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.
Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes. That's my promise.
Find out more at www.PhilipBateman.com
Episodes
103 episodes
Climate action: The economics are on our side | Rebecca Mikula-Wright, CEO, IGCC
Many Australians don't realise that the country already generates 40% of its energy from renewables (and it spiked to 75% recently), and they don't know how quickly the nation has been moving and the policies implemented to support it.C...
Focusing on oil and gas companies to impact climate change is misguided | David Russell, Chair, TPI
Given what we know about climate change, how do you pay a pension 40 years from now? And why is focusing on oil and gas companies misguided?What do you think? And would you agree that Net Zero isn't about divestment, particularly when y...
Where should we be spending our tax money for the betterment of the nation? | Tim Buckley, Climate Energy Finance
Where should we be spending our tax money for the betterment of the nation?How do we subsidise every unit of fossil fuel production and burning across the world, and what do we do about this 'grey discount' aka 'green premium'?Wha...
What does a truly functioning society look like? | Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President, Club of Rome
The current economy is not working. You know this. So what does transitioning to a truly functioning society look like? And for those who say 'well that's too costly' - Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Halting and reversing the decline of nature | Marco Lambertini, Nature Positive Initiative
".. 2.6 trillion in harmful subsidies is spent from governments globally, plus five to six trillion of direct private investment - this is three times the amount of money that we are spending on armaments and weapons to fight each other in the ...
Finding ourselves in a post-truth, post-science world | Blair Palese, Ethinvest
Find yourself in a post-truth, post-science world? Join Blair Please and I as we get into what to do about it, and cover a wide range of topics;Dis- and misinformation, poisoning the well of public discussion, fake and bot pro...
Reporting is not a proxy for progress & the ABC of Impact | Lea Patterson, Pilbara Group
Who would have thought that the accounting system developed at the beginning of the industrial revolution that sparked climate change, will be the same solution we use to fight climate change? Join me to dive into Activity Based C...
Responsible Investment: An insider's account | Will Martindale, Canbury Insights
Join Will Martindale from Canbury Insights and I for a deep dive into Responsible Investment, his latest book and questions that matter, including;How do we enable inve...
This isn't about numbers or ideology, it's about people who are suffering | Rt. Hon Nick Hurd
Join the Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and I for this deep discussion on our changing world;".. There are a lot of areas in public policy where government really struggles;&nbs...
Storytelling, Digital PR and Data as the new oil | Harry Sanders, StudioHawk
".. Companies are saying data is the new oil - a lot of companies have really, really cool data that they just need to learn how to put into a story. And that's what Digital PR is, putting that data into a story to then get publications to pick...
What's the impact you want to have in the world? | Julia Spicer OAM
Q. What is the problem you want to solve, what's the impact you want to have in the world, and how does entrepreneurial thinking help you? Join Julia Spicer O...
On the threshold of a paradigm shift in our economic system | Sir Ronald Cohen, GSG Impact
"We're on the threshold of a paradigm shift in our economic system - within 2 to 3 years companies will be mandated in some countries to publish impact statements that show their revenues, their costs and their impact.When that happens ...
Entrepreneurship; it's gloriously messy, fun, creative & definately global | Jonathan Ortmans, Global Entrepreneurship Network
".. We wanted the world to know Silicon Valley didn’t have a monopoly on entrepreneurship, and that we wouldn’t judge the citizens of a nation based on their geopolitics - the raw talent in Silicon Valley is not genetic or unique, it was a comb...
Changing the operating system of business & society | David Carlin, UNEP FI
How would the Head of Climate Risk for the United Nations get to Net Zero by 2035? Find out, and lots, lots more."In the same way we don't give people medals for not robbing banks, the goal is to drive impact, avoiding greenwashin...
Fighting inequality, reinventing finance & investing in women | The Defiant Optimist: Durreen Shahnaz
I'm pleased to introduce Professor Durreen Shahnaz, discussing her soon to be released book 'The Defiant Optimist - Daring to fight global inequality, reinvent finance and invest in women' - it's a deeply personal tale of challenge and family d...
Anote Tong, Former President of Kiribati | Climate advocacy, exported emissions & our collective survival
"There is no doubt in my mind that if we continue on the path we are going, there will come a time when we will have no choice but to come together to deal with climate change, but by then it would be far too late." - Mr Anote Tong, Former Pres...
Investees, alignment, evidence, strategy & theories of change | Dr Jodi York, Kilara Capital
Welcome to the final conversation in my contributor series to our recent report 'No More Greenwashing: Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing', with Dr Jodi York.
Opportunities, imperfection information and the Impact step change | Rosemary Addis AM
Introducing Rosemary Addis, Founding Partner of Mondiale Impact and Ambassador for
Personal responsibility, ESG & the causes & impacts of greenwashing | Terence Jeyaretnam
Introducing Terence Jeyaretnam, the next contributor featured in our recent release 'No More Greenwashing: Driving evidance-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing' (which you can download for free at
Standing for deeper impact & real solutions that solve problems | Kristin Siegel, Toniic
Join myself and Kristin Siegel, Head of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) from https://toniic.com - the global action community for impact investing - as we discuss our latest report
Should America have houses of slaves? Neuroplasticity, cocaine & 20 years in jail | Meet Lyle Wildes, the real life Walter White
Meet Lyle Wildes, the real life Breaking Bad / Walter White, a philosophy professor that acquired a brain injury crashing his truck into a bridge, losing all empathy, becoming a drug dealer making synthetic cocaine, being arrested and spending ...
No more greenwashing | Cliff Prior, CEO of The Global Steering Group for Impact Investing
To conincidence with the launch of our new report 'No more greenwashing - Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing', I've done a series of interviews with the contributors, the first of which is Cliff Prior, Chief Executive...
Carbon Markets, Solar PV and Australian Prosperity | Mark Williamson, Clean Energy Regulator
Join Mark Williamson, Executive General Manager of the Clean Energy Regulator and myself from Victorian State Energy Summit with thanks to the Smart Energy Council.We discussed the soon to be formed Australian Carbon Exchange, the new Gu...
Leading the way to responsible sustainable practises | Paul Holthus, World Ocean Council
Join Paul Holthus, CEO of the World Ocean Council and I from the 2022 APAC Impact Investment Summit, as we discuss the purpose and scale of the World Ocean Council in creating industry leadership in keeping the global ocean healthy, such as by ...