🎯 The Power of Your Pension: Trillions of Dollars, One Mission

Welcome to TBLI Radical Truth, where we speak with the pioneers redefining the purpose of capital. I'm your host, Robert Rubinstein.

Today's guest is Catherine Howarth, CEO of ShareAction—a visionary leader who has spent nearly two decades proving that pension funds are one of the most potent tools for social and environmental change.

Under Catherine's leadership, ShareAction has become a global powerhouse, campaigning to ensure the trillion-dollar investment industry takes full responsibility for its impact on people and planet. She's a member of the FTSE Russell Data Integrity Committee, former board member of the Scott Trust (owners of The Guardian), and was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

🔑 IN THIS EPISODE WE EXPLORE:
✅ The Power of Stewardship: Why your pension is a political and environmental act
✅ Beyond ESG: Moving past checkbox compliance to real-world impact
✅ Systemic Advocacy: High-profile campaigns holding global banks and retailers accountable
✅ The Future of Fiduciary Duty: Why investor obligations must evolve to include planetary health

Catherine doesn't just talk about ethical investing—she organizes systemic shifts. From tackling the climate crisis and biodiversity loss to advocating for Living Wage policies across FTSE 100 companies, she's the bridge between grassroots activism and boardroom accountability.

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Welcome to TBLI Radial Truth, the podcast where we strip away the greenwashing and get to the core of how capital can save the planet. I’m your host, [Name], and today we are joined by one of the most influential architects of global climate policy in the last three decades.
Our guest is Yvo de Boer, a man who has operated at the absolute pinnacle of international diplomacy. As the former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Yvo was the lead navigator through the high-stakes negotiations of the Kyoto Protocol and the Copenhagen Climate Challenge, ultimately laying the groundwork for what would become the Paris Agreement.
But Yvo’s impact doesn't stop at the UN. He has served as the Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), led KPMG’s Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services, and served as the President of the Gold Standard Foundation.
He is uniquely positioned to tell us the "Radial Truth": why global policy often stalls, how the private sector is actually the engine of the green transition, and why we must transition from valuing only financial capital to valuing social and natural capital.
In this episode, we discuss:
-The raw reality of UN climate negotiations.
-Why "Green Growth" is the only viable economic model for the 21st century.
-How the Gold Standard is ensuring integrity in the carbon markets.
-The leadership shift required to move from "promises" to "Assurance."
Please welcome to the show, Yvo de Boer. This is Radical Truth

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Welcome to the TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, where we challenge key assumptions about sustainable business and explore the uncomfortable truths of impact investing and ESG. In this important episode, we are joined by Fernando Morales de la Cruz, a global advocate, activist, and founder of the Lewis Hine Organization. Fernando has dedicated decades to fighting human rights abuses and child labor in the global coffee industry, directly confronting some of the world's most powerful corporations.

The True Cost of Coffee: Holding Corporations Accountable Fernando is a dedicated watchdog who exposes the gap between what brands promise and what they deliver. He uncovers how widespread greenwashing and misleading sustainability labels hide serious issues like forced child labor, extreme poverty among farmers, and massive environmental destruction within complex supply chains.

Join us as Fernando Morales de la Cruz shares his radical call for genuine ESG integration, transparent supply chain audits, and a new global pricing system that guarantees a Living Wage for every coffee farmer. He emphasizes that consumers and investors must go beyond marketing claims and demand radical transparency and human rights due diligence from major companies.

Tune in for a compelling, eye-opening discussion that will change how you see your morning coffee and the future of ethical business!

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Welcome to the TBLi Radical Truth podcast—where we uncover the honest, no-holds-barred path to a sustainable future.

Today, we're talking about the integrity crisis in the Voluntary Carbon Market. It’s time to move past opacity and towards verifiable, digitized trust.

Our guest is the man pioneering that shift: Thibault Sorret, CEO of the Ecosystem Restoration Standard (ERS) (now Equitable Earth). Driven by a singular mission to restore the planet’s degraded lands, Thibault is not only championing restoration projects but fundamentally changing how we measure their success.

In this powerful episode, Thibault Sorret reveals his Radical Truth on how we can finally unlock massive climate finance for projects that deliver genuine impact. We explore the critical role of Digital MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification), why a singular focus on carbon is not enough, and how ERS ensures high-quality outcomes for both biodiversity and local communities.

If you are invested in the future of the VCM and demand greater transparency and high-integrity standards, this is the blueprint for change.

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Welcome to TBLi Radical Truth Podcast, where knowledge inspires and we explore the pioneering financial innovations and market mechanisms driving climate action, carbon markets, and sustainable finance.

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Richard L. Sandor, Chairman and CEO of Environmental Financial Products and the American Financial Exchange, universally recognized as the "Father of Financial Futures" and the "Father of Carbon Trading." Named by TIME Magazine as a "Hero of the Planet" in 2002 and "Hero of the Environment" in 2007, Dr. Sandor has spent over five decades inventing financial markets that transformed global environmental policy and climate finance. From developing the first interest rate futures contract at the Chicago Board of Trade in the 1970s to founding the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)—the world's first greenhouse gas emissions trading exchange—and the European Climate Exchange (ECX), Dr. Sandor pioneered the cap-and-trade systems that have become essential tools for carbon reduction, emissions trading, and climate mitigation worldwide.

In "The Father of Carbon Trading," Dr. Sandor reveals how properly designed carbon markets, environmental finance, and emissions trading systems can drive measurable climate impact while creating new asset classes for sustainable investing. He shares insights from his groundbreaking work on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide trading programs that reduced acid rain, his role establishing carbon credit markets in China through the Tianjin Climate Exchange, and why transparent, well-regulated carbon pricing mechanisms deliver environmental benefits that exceed costs by factors of 30 to 1. As author of "Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation" and "Sustainable Investing and Environmental Markets," Dr. Sandor demonstrates how financial innovation, ESG integration, and market-based solutions create the capital infrastructure needed to finance the global transition to net-zero emissions and climate resilience.

His New Book is Called Carbon Hunters

TBLi Radical Truth Podcast brings you conversations with visionary leaders in carbon finance, climate policy, emissions trading, and sustainable investment who are building the financial architecture for environmental solutions and climate action.

Let's begin our conversation with Dr. Richard L. Sandor on carbon markets, environmental finance, and the future of climate capitalism.

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Welcome to TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, where we challenge assumptions and explore the bold strategies driving a more equitable, responsible, and sustainable economy.
In this crucial episode, we shatter the media's obsession with doom and gloom as we speak with Angus Hervey political economist, journalist, and co-founder of the globally renowned think tank, Future Crunch and Founder of Fix The News.
Angus is a leading voice for Intelligent Optimism, an evidence-based approach that highlights the overlooked stories of global progress, scientific breakthroughs, and humanitarian wins that mainstream media rarely covers. As the Founder of Fix The New newsletter, he delivers compelling data on everything from declining poverty and eradicating disease to clean energy advances and ocean conservation.
The Antidote to Doom-Scrolling: Progress in Sustainable Development Join us as Angus Hervey reveals why a relentless focus on bad news leads to paralysis, while sharing stories of progress inspires hope as a verb and sparks measurable action in areas like sustainable finance and ESG integration. He makes the compelling case that if we want to change the story of humanity in the 21st century, we must first change the stories we tell ourselves.
Tune in to discover the hidden progress that is transforming our world and why evidence-based optimism is the ultimate strategy for creating a better future!

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Welcome to the TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, where knowledge inspires and we explore the ideas, models, and strategies reshaping how organizations create meaningful, sustainable impact.

In this episode, we’re joined by Professor Martin Parker—scholar, author, and one of Europe’s most influential voices challenging the foundations of contemporary management education.

In “Reimagining Organization,” Martin takes us inside the hidden assumptions of Business Schools—how they promote narrow managerial thinking, reproduce neoliberal capitalism, and overlook powerful alternatives such as worker cooperatives, democratic enterprises, and inclusive economic models. He lays out a compelling case for shifting from traditional schools of management to schools for organizing that teach students to build fairer, more resilient, and more sustainable institutions.

Drawing on his leadership of the Bristol Inclusive Economy Initiative, Martin offers clear, practical insights on how universities can help drive low-carbon transitions, social inclusion, and ethical economic development.

The TBLI Radical Truth Podcast brings you conversations that challenge conventional wisdom and spotlight tools for building more equitable, responsible, and future-ready systems.

Let’s begin our conversation with Professor Martin Parker.

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What if the biggest barrier to climate action isn't denial—it's disconnection?

Welcome to the TBLi Radical Truth Podcast, where we explore unconventional approaches reshaping climate action and sustainable impact.

Today's guest is Robert Stern, founder of See Through News—a veteran ABC News and CNN journalist who's pivoted his three decades of storytelling expertise toward a singular mission: "Speed Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active."

But here's the radical part: Robert isn't targeting activists. He's targeting inactivists—the tuned-out, the overwhelmed, the people who've built walls against another climate guilt trip.

Through his podcast The Truth Lies in Bedtime Stories, Robert proves that the right narrative doesn't lecture—it invites. It doesn't shame—it intrigues. And crucially, it doesn't just inspire—it measures.

Today, we're exploring how sophisticated storytelling transforms climate paralysis into measurable action. Why curiosity beats guilt. And why narrative might be our most powerful climate tool.

This is TBLI Radical Truth. Let's begin.
Further Resources:

See Through Network
See Through Carbon
See Through News
See Through News Newsletter
See Through Together
See Through Games
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