160. No Doom for Boomers! Mobilizing a Generation with Bill McKibben

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ESG is in hot water - Is it just simmering or is it spoiling?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Elon Musk tweets “ESG is a</span> <a href= "https://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/click/28073378.107532/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMjItMDUtMTgvbXVzay1zYXlzLWVzZy1hbi1vdXRyYWdlb3VzLXNjYW0tYWZ0ZXItdGVzbGEtaW5kZXgtZXhjbHVzaW9uP2NtcGlkPUJCRDA2MTYyMl9HUkVFTkRBSUxZJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV90ZXJtPTIyMDYxNiZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Z3JlZW5kYWlseQ/6029367a0b50ab2aa805c6a1Bec1ff4bb"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">scam</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">” that “has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors.” and a day later, an HSBC executive says that “</span><a href= "https://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/click/28073378.107532/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMjItMDUtMjAvaHNiYy1zLWhlYWQtb2YtcmVzcG9uc2libGUtaW52ZXN0bWVudC1hdHRhY2tzLWNsaW1hdGUtbnV0LWpvYnM_Y21waWQ9QkJEMDYxNjIyX0dSRUVOREFJTFkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX3Rlcm09MjIwNjE2JnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1ncmVlbmRhaWx5/6029367a0b50ab2aa805c6a1Bb721692b"><span style="font-weight: 400;">climate change isn’t a financial risk that we need to worry about</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,” and then after that Former Vice President Mike Pence writes an opinion in WSJ that “ESG is elevating left-wing goals over the interests of businesses and their employees”...You start to wonder - What is all this fuss about? And why now?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we dig into the future or collapse of ESG as we know it, and is all this attention making ESG better or worse? And later on in the episode Bill McKibben returns to the podcast to talk about his latest venture mobilizing ‘The Greatest Generation’ to take action on Climate Change call</span> <a href="https://thirdact.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Third Act</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- and his new book, ‘The