Audrey Choi
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Audrey Choi exemplifies The Catalyst archetype through her career-long drive to unlock systemic change by connecting capital markets to social and environmental outcomes. In this interview, Choi articulates a deliberate theory of change: that business and finance, not government or philanthropy alone, hold the scale and speed to address global challenges.
“Yes, and I think that some of our earlier guests on this show have pointed out interestingly that also there are inevitably geographic variations and if you're trying to monitor ESG in some of the emerging countries, it may be easier to focus on the G than the E and so I'm not surprised that there is different rates of speed at which this…”
“As I said, there is a trilogy that she wrote all about that, and then a number of things that the editors said that what actually happened was too incredible. So they had to tone a few things down because the editors thought that it wouldn't be believable even though they were actually true.”
“So Audrey, I'd just like to touch upon the issue of greenwashing for a second and the risk clearly in a significant secular trend such as we're seeing with the adoption of ESG principles and a move towards impact investing is there'll be less rigor in some quarters.”
“And then ultimately, actually after my experience in both journalism for a number of years at the Wall Street Journal and in the Clinton administration was what ultimately led me to the decision that I actually thought that by being In business that I could potentially have some of the best abilities to try to create positive social chang…”
Money Maze Podcast: “Audrey Choi - Morgan Stanley’s Chief Sustainability Officer”
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