Experts from the Chronos Sustainability team provide some candid thoughts on an issue of the day, and discuss how the worlds of sustainable finance and corporate sustainability can generate greater positive impacts.
Episode 13: System-level stewardship (or not) with Tom Gosling
Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan is joined by Tom Gosling, Professor in Practice at The London School of Economics to discuss the rise and rise of system-level investing and systemic stewardship. What is it, what issues require system-level thinking, which perhaps should not, and what conditions need to be in place for such stewardship to be effective? Rory and Tom discuss whether systemic-level stewardship is a response to hitting the limitations of company-level stewardship on issues like climate and responsible AI, and, Tom offers recent engagements on methane and tailings dams as strong examples of good practice.
6 Mar 2026
Episode 12: Responsible mining with Adam Matthews
Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan and Gemma James, Head of Nature, are joined by special guest Adam Matthews - Chief Responsible Investment Officer of the Church of England Pension Fund and Chair of the Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030. Together they discuss what’s next for the Mining 2030 Commission, the role of the investment community in pushing for a more responsible mining sector and what the challenges were on acting as Secretariat for the Commission.
12 Jan 2026
Episode 11: Investor stewardship with Dan Mikulskis
Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan is joined by Dan Mikulskis, Chief Investment Officer of the People's Partnership, one of the largest pension funds in the UK. Rory and Dan discuss approaches to investor stewardship including why it’s important to People’s Partnership, how it played a part in shaping a decision on which managers they work with, and what might change as the new UK Stewardship Code becomes effective.
30 Oct 2025
Episode 10: Climate policy with Dr. Ian Woods
With COP 30 on the horizon, Australia-based climate expert Ian Woods joins our CEO Rory Sullivan to discuss the state of global climate policy and the role of investors in shaping it. Ian and Rory discuss lessons from Australia where, although climate has been a fractious political issue for two decades, there has been notable progress in setting an ambitious NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution).
8 Oct 2025
Episode 9: Sustainability Rocks preview with Will Oulton
Recorded the day before the Sustainability Rocks (2025) event in London, Chronos CEO Rory Sullivan chats to Sustainability Rocks founder Will Oulton on how and why the event got started, some of the charities it supports, and why Will cried at the last concert they went to together. Will and Rory also share quick-fire questions on their favourite music-related books, musicians, and Will’s band 51st State.
24 Aug 2025
Episode 8: Tanya Cox on the ocean and the blue economy
In the final part of the triology of podcasts from our Biodiversity & Nature team, Tanya Cox our in-house expert on the ocean dives in to all things big blue in this podcast with host Gemma James. She shares insights from over 15 years of professional experience in marine plastics, corporate sustainability, and work on different plastic-related policies at international level. They also discuss why the current race to ratify the High Seas Treaty is so important, David Attenborough’s ocean documentary, and the $8.4 trillion value at risk from ocean degradation.
23 Aug 2025
Episode 7: Dr Rebecca Drury on the global wildlife trade
When we hear about the wildlife trade, we tend to think about the illegal trade of wild products like pangolins or rhino horns. But legally traded wildlife products including plants, animals and fungi are part of a $220bn global industry vital to sectors from food to fashion to pharmaceuticals. Chronos’ Nature and Biodiversity Manager Dr Rebecca Drury is a leading expert on the global wildlife trade, with a Ph.D in Anthropology and experience shaping policy and action at the highest levels as a member of the UK Government’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Advisory Group. In this episode of Chronos Talks she chats to Gemma James about the sustainability challenges in a market that has grown around 2,000% since the 1980s and can be a significant driver of biodiversity loss if managed poorly.
23 Aug 2025
Episode 6: Laura Fox on regenerative agriculture
In the first of a trilogy of podcasts from our Biodiversity & Nature team our in-house expert on biodiversity and agriculture Laura Fox talks to host Gemma James about different ways ‘regenerative agriculture’ is defined, why she’s excited that corporates are talking about soil health and integrated pest management, and how regenerative agriculture can contribute to corporate carbon reduction strategies, climate resilience and supply chain sustainability. Laura digs into her 20+ years’ experience working on biodiversity, including her recent project providing additional research to Tony Juniper on his book Just Earth, and takes a deep dive into what good practice looks like.
3 Jul 2025
Episode 5: What do Investors Think About Animal Welfare?
Nicky Amos and Rory Sullivan analyze the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare investor survey, revealing that investors acknowledge animal welfare as a risk but struggle to connect it with broader sustainability concerns in this interview.
20 Mar 2025
Episode 4: Animal welfare and challenge of cage-free commitments
Our food and health experts Nathan Rhys Williams and Basia Romanowicz join host Elliot Frankal to discuss why the sustainability sector should care about issues like close confinement and inhumane treatment of the 92 billion animals farmed for food every year. The discussion includes a deep dive into the progress companies have made against their commitment to go ‘cage-free by 2025’.
18 Dec 2024
Episode 3: Looking ahead to 2025
Rory Sullivan and Nicky Amos, CEO and MD respectively, join Elliot Frankal to discuss the ESG and sustainability community's outlook for 2025, navigating uncertain global trends and emerging technologies.
27 Oct 2024
Episode 2: Integrating nature into climate transition plans
Over 6,000 companies have climate transition plans, but too few are adding nature into those blueprints. Our Managing Director and Head of Nature & Biodiversity discuss why and how siloed thinking needs to end, to integrate nature into transition planning.
6 Aug 2024
Episode 1: Stewardship and the review of the UK Stewardship Code
With the UK embarking on a review of its Stewardship Code for investors, Chronos experts Aisling Eyers and Dr. Rory Sullivan discuss whether the code has delivered real-world impacts in its first five years, and offer recommendations for improvements to consider.
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