BIO:
Sean Kidney is Chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative, a project of NSFM. He is also Europe Manager for Climate Risk Ltd, providing consultancy services assessing climates risks and opportunities and advising governments, corporates and NGOs on how to achieve social change.
Sean has worked as an advisor for pensions funds, national governments and not-for-profits. He founded and been CEO of four specialist communications agencies, worked on strategies for change in areas ranging from justice and health, to financial literacy and parenting support. He has overseen the development of marketing campaigns for dozens of organisations.
Sean has extensive experience working with the pension fund industry on marketing and communications. He pioneered innovative popular communications for Australian funds and undertook the first qualitative research with members of industry pension funds. He also designed marketing for one of the first Australian eco-investment funds, for HESTA Super. His firm’s work won a dozen Combined Major Superannuation Fund awards.
Articles include “Climate bonds, a new fixed interest asset class” and “How superannuation funds will bring social policy into investment planning”.
Interests:
1. The mobilisation capital to fund a rapid, global transition to a low-carbon economy and provide a reduced risk environment for long term returns. There is no scope for other sustainability issues if climate isn’t addressed.
2. The intersection between the interests of long-term capital and a sustainable economic and social environment. Peace and social stability, plus the consistent economic advancement that comes with good political governance, will be better for most investors than a war-ravaged planet.
e-mail: sean@seankidney.com
