We start 2026 by going deeper than the headlines. From understanding climate related product reporting in practice to the role of lifelong learning in professional credibility. With guests James Dalby at Aviva Wealth and Rich Cooper at LIBF (part of Walbrook Institute).

Episode Transcript:

https://www.esgaccord.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Episode-10-Transcript-Shownotes.pdf

SHOW NOTES

Aviva Climate-related Disclosure Reports for your funds https://www.aviva.co.uk/help-and-support/managing-your-policy/investments/climate-related-disclosure-reports/

In Accord’s Accord Academy free to access LIBF accredited courses - https://www.accordinitiative.com/login

LIBF – Professional Education https://www.walbrook.ac.uk/libf/

LIBF Apprenticeships https://www.walbrook.ac.uk/libf/professional-qualifications/banking-andfinance-apprenticeships/

Tim Lenton - Positive Tipping Points https://global.oup.com/academic/product/positive-tippingpoints-9780198875789?cc=gb&lang=en&

Kim Stanley Robinson - The Ministry for the Future https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/theministry-

for-the-future

Adrienne Buller - Value of a Whale - https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526162632/

Alex Edmans - And ‘May Contain Lies https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455479/may-contain-liesby-edmans-alex/9780241630181

Heather Brooke - The Silent State

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/408519/the-silent-state-by-heather-brooke/9780099537625

In this episode, we look at the gulf between what clients say they want, what manufacturers deliver, and how advice firms are in between. The communication gaps exposed here can’t be ignored - join us as we unpack why 2026 must be the year we fix that. We are also joined by Oscar Warwick-Thompson of UK SIF to look at issues in the distribution chain.

Episode Transcript: https://www.esgaccord.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Episode-9-Transcript.pdf

Links and Resources:

• Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing’s 2025 “Sustainable Signals: Individual Investors” report.

https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/sustainable-investing-interest-2025

• Net Zero Lawyers Alliance -Sustainable Fiduciary Duty: The report https://www.netzerolawyers.com/publications/sustainable-fiduciary-duties-for-investors

• Man Institute A Sustainable Future Podcast with Jason Mitchell Head of Responsible Investment Research, Man Group https://www.man.com/insights/ri-podcast-maurits-dolmans

• Professor Lord Nicholas Stern: The Growth Story of the 21st Century The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action

Download open access: https://press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.31389/lsepress.tgs

Webinar: Nicholas Stern’s book highlights (1hr,26mins) https://lselive.eckoenterprise.net/events/20251105/webcast?presentation=1&stream_id=28021

• UKSIF and PWC - UK SDR and investment labels: Implementation lessons and road ahead

https://uksif.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2417-UKSIF-SDR-report-2-v4b.pdf

• Sustainable Investing in Practice: Objectives, Constraints, and Limits to Impact (Edmans, Gosling, Jenter 2025)

https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf/publications/discussion-papers/sustainable-investing-practice-objectives-constraints-and-limits

In this Episode we talk about COP, ahead of COP 30. What is a COP, where did it come from and how does all of this relate to UK financial advisers and their clients?

Note - this Episode was recorded on 28/10/2025, ahead of COP30 and associated developments/information updates

Episode Transcript: https://www.esgaccord.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Episode-8-Transcript.pdf

Links and Resources:

Outrage & Optimism Podcast https://www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes

Chatham House What is COP30 and why does it matter for the climate? https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/what-cop30-and-why-does-it-matter-climate

United Nations COP30 to take place 6-21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil. https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/cop30

United nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Sustainable Development. The 17 Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Global Tipping Points Report 2025: https://global-tipping-points.org/