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Mar 2023
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On the ground at CERAWeek: Where the ene...

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This week the ESG Insider podcast is on the ground in Houston, Texas for a special episode covering key themes from one of the world’s largest energy conferences — the annual CERAWeek event hosted by S&P Global. The event brings together big names from across the oil and gas, finance, government and technology sectors, and provides an opportunity to take the pulse of the global energy industry on the low-carbon transition. 

In this episode we cover key themes that emerged throughout the week, from balancing sustainability goals with energy security needs, to emerging energy technologies, to the just transition. 

Guests on today’s episode include:  

  • Jigar Shah, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office 

  • Lance Uggla, CEO of BeyondNetZero, a venture targeting growth equity investments related to climate change, and the founder and former CEO of IHS Markit before it merged with S&P Global 

  • Alok Sinha, Global Head of Oil & Gas and Chemicals at international bank Standard Chartered 

  • Ben Wilson, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer at National Grid and Interim President of National Grid Ventures 

  • Dr. Mike Howard, Chair of the World Energy Council 

  • Allyson Anderson Book, Chief Sustainability Officer at Baker Hughes, an energy and industrial technology company 

  • Amanda Eversole, Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer at the trade association American Petroleum Institute 

  • Jessica Monserrate, Head of Sustainability North America at BASF, the world's largest chemical company 

  • David Victor, professor of innovation and public policy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego in California 

  • Shannon O'Neil, Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank 

You can find more coverage of CERAWeek from S&P Global here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/topics/ceraweek  

And you can listen here: https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/podcasts/essential-podcast/the-essential-podcast-episode-81-ceraweek-day-5  

Listen to our previous episode on the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/what-landmark-new-us-climate-law-means-for-emissions 

You can listen to our Women in Leadership podcast series here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/special-editorial/women-in-leadership   

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