Join us as we dive into the transformative power of finance and its potential to create a sustainable, equitable future. Hosted by Georges Dyer, Executive Director of the Intentional Endowments Network, this podcast brings together trailblazing experts, visionary investors, passionate students, and innovative thinkers across finance, academia, sustainability, policy, and civil society. Through engaging conversations, we explore big ideas like sustainable investing, impact-driven strategies, reimagining capitalism, tackling climate change, reducing inequality, and reshaping economic systems to better serve people and the planet. Whether you’re a student aspiring to shape the future of finance or an investor seeking meaningful impact, this podcast is your gateway to understanding how the financial system can evolve to meet today’s challenges and restore the natural systems we all depend on. Subscribe now and be part of the conversation shaping the future!
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Join us as we dive into the transformative power of finance and its potential to create a sustainable, equitable future. Hosted by Georges Dyer, Executive Director of the Intentional Endowments Network, this podcast brings together trailblazing experts, visionary investors, passionate students, and innovative thinkers across finance, academia, sustainability, policy, and civil society. Through engaging conversations, we explore big ideas like sustainable investing, impact-driven strategies, reimagining capitalism, tackling climate change, reducing inequality, and reshaping economic systems to better serve people and the planet. Whether you’re a student aspiring to shape the future of finance or an investor seeking meaningful impact, this podcast is your gateway to understanding how the financial system can evolve to meet today’s challenges and restore the natural systems we all depend on. Subscribe now and be part of the conversation shaping the future!
From Alpha to Systems: Rethinking System Stewardship with Sara Murphy
The Future of Finance Podcast
29 minutes
2 weeks ago
From Alpha to Systems: Rethinking System Stewardship with Sara Murphy
In this episode of The Future of Finance, Sara Murphy — former Chief Strategy Officer at The Shareholder Commons and now Director of System-Level Investing at the Sierra Club Foundation — shares how investors can play a transformative role in addressing global sustainability challenges through system-level investing and system stewardship.
Sara challenges the traditional “alpha-first” mindset that rewards individual company performance at the expense of long-term market health. Drawing from the Freshfields Legal Framework for Impact and PRI’s Active Ownership 2.0, she explains why investors must manage not only company-specific risks but also the broader social and environmental systems that underpin portfolio value.
She unpacks the conflicts of interest embedded in the financial system, the dangers of externalized costs like carbon emissions and inequality, and how “guardrails” — clear, expert-defined parameters for company behavior — can help institutional investors align stewardship with portfolio-wide sustainability.
Keywords: System-level investing, system stewardship, fiduciary duty, externalities, universal ownership, ESG integration, portfolio-first voting, shareholder commons, guardrails, sustainable finance
The Future of Finance Podcast
Join us as we dive into the transformative power of finance and its potential to create a sustainable, equitable future. Hosted by Georges Dyer, Executive Director of the Intentional Endowments Network, this podcast brings together trailblazing experts, visionary investors, passionate students, and innovative thinkers across finance, academia, sustainability, policy, and civil society. Through engaging conversations, we explore big ideas like sustainable investing, impact-driven strategies, reimagining capitalism, tackling climate change, reducing inequality, and reshaping economic systems to better serve people and the planet. Whether you’re a student aspiring to shape the future of finance or an investor seeking meaningful impact, this podcast is your gateway to understanding how the financial system can evolve to meet today’s challenges and restore the natural systems we all depend on. Subscribe now and be part of the conversation shaping the future!
