151. Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston

Oct 11, 2019 · 43m 19s
151. Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston
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Andrew Winston (@andrewwinston) is the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, author of The Big Pivot and Green Recovery, and coauthored Green to Gold, the best-selling guide to what works — and...

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Andrew Winston (@andrewwinston) is the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, author of The Big Pivot and Green Recovery, and coauthored Green to Gold, the best-selling guide to what works — and what doesn’t — when companies go green.

He’s a globally recognized expert on green business and has appeared in WSJ, Time, BusinessWeek, NYTimes, and CNBC. His clients have included Bank of America, Bayer, HP, Pepsi, Boeing, and IKEA.

He’s a respected speaker, served as the Director of Corporate Environmental Strategy Project at Yale’s renowned School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and has a weekly column for Harvard Business Online. He was recently named a “Planet Defender” by Rock the Earth.

In today’s episode we discuss:

How to redesign the economy and stock market to incentivize a better future
What are the biggest megatrends affecting our future
Why eating less/clean meat is the biggest thing you can do to fight climate change
Fixing the shareholder value incentive ruining our world
Why short-termism is the route of the most evil
What you should know about the Green New Deal
Why the US doesn’t do enough for infrastructure
The reason the US doesn’t solve the election turnout issues
How close are we to point of no return on environment
Andrew’s thoughts on the future of renewable energy and why it’s inevitable
Why Andrew’s optimistic about fighting climate change
What’s the role of government going forward
Why we need circular economics and to tackle climate change now
The danger of the devices and social media
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