Sustainability
topic on 9 shows · 18 statements across 17 episodes
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18 statements about Sustainability, every show
Raz: Consumer luxury appeal matters more than sustainability claims right now
“I'm not convinced that eco-friendly and sustainable and better for the planet actually matter as much. I actually think right now, the, what matters to especially your kind of consumer is like the person who buys fewer things but better things. Like that's, in…”
Chatterjee: Younger Indians are willing to pay premiums for sustainability
“They seem to be more conscious about climate and sustainability and nano local entrepreneurs. And there's a trend of being okay with paying a premium if a product is sustainable versus a product that is detrimental to the earth.”
McAvoy: Sustainability is no longer top priority for US energy buyers
“Like, sustainability was number one on everyone's list. In the U.S., it is not anymore.”
Rai: Sustainability is achieved through cost-cutting operations rather than standalone mandates
“So many a times we tell people that don't think of sustainability as a extra thing that you have to do and over and over everything. Sometimes you do better logistics. You will save cost, but you will also save, you know, become more, you know, sustainable.”
Sridhar: Sustainability has dropped to bottom-three priority for data center operators
“I would say for pretty much all the data center operators today, the sustainability goal has shifted from being in the top three to being in the bottom three.”
Kamath: Elite shift away from sustainability will trickle down to consumers
“But for sustainability, I think the thought leaders of the world today are moving away from sustainability. And hence, I think it'll trickle down, permeate down to the consumer as well.”
Deshpande: Sustainability will differentiate brands for young Indian consumers
“India for sure, young consumers, urban, young, affluent consumers will care. It'll be a differentiator.”
Bullard: Larry Fink's letters dropped climate mentions from 45 to five
“I would just go through there and count up how many times did he talk about sustainability and climate, and in twenty-twenty, it was, you know, a combined, like, 45 times almost. In twenty-twenty-one, he mentioned not only sustainability and climate, but he me…”
Raz: Consumers buy for aesthetics and function, not just sustainability
“Cause the majority of people are going to buy it cause they look good and they're functional, not cause they're recycled.”
Preysman says sustainability drives brand resonance, not individual consumer purchase decisions
“I believe we have some data to support that it creates resonance with the brand, but when it comes to the individual buying decision of, do I buy this coat versus that coat, the answer is usually not so much, especially today.”
Narayanan: Consumers will almost never pay a price premium for sustainable products
“Will somebody pay premium for it because it costs more to get to be sustainable? The answer is almost always no. If the answer to that is no, there's no economic model. So I think should one do it and be responsible? The answer is yes. Is it a selling factor f…”
Collins: Sustainability is rooted in ancestral and indigenous practices
“We talk about sustainability now as if it's like a new concept. But actually, indigenous people and many of our ancestors have been rooted in these practices of really honoring the value of things, and really honoring the value of people.”
Orum: Generation Proved Sustainability Integrations Enhance Risk-Adjusted Returns
“Over time, firms like Generation proved out or illustrated that you could introduce and integrate sustainability and these broader frameworks into an investment process, and it could be additive to risk adjusted returns.”
Palihapitiya: Elites use sustainability rhetoric to justify unscientific policies
“It's the actual global elite writ large have wrapped themselves around the sustainability blanket. And they believe that that word justifies all kinds of bad unscientific innumerate policies.”
Friedberg: Sustainability requires advancing technology, not cutting consumption
“Sustainability is not about cutting back and doing less and eating less and so on. Sustainability is about driving technology forward. Meaning, can you make the same products that everyone wants more of, And can you make them cheaper, but can you make them wit…”
Bansal: Sustainability will match digitization's impact over next 20 years
“So I think sustainability will be for the next 20 years, what digitization was for the last 20.”
Private equity's short holding periods disincentivize long-term investments in sustainability
“Private equity average hold is much shorter, so the incentives are different, and investing in sustainability is often synonymous with a long-term orientation. Some of these things of investing in good processes and investing in your people pay off over multip…”