Stepping Into The New ESG World With Hannah Leach & Johannes Lenhard

Today's guests are Hannah Leach & Johannes LenhardToday as guests we have Hannah Leach from Houghton Street Ventures where she is one of the founding partners, and Johannes Lenhard from Cambridge University where he is a lecturer and researcher specialising in ESG. On todays episode we've got them on as founding members of venture ESG which in a new community built around a mission to help the VC sector recognise and upskill itself as to the importance of ESG and provide the resources and guidance so that the VC community can really step into this new ESG world.In this episode we will cover: Why  Hannah and Johannes decided to start Venture ESG  why data is necessary  Just what we mean by ESG in a venture context  Why VC’s are starting to get serious about implementing ESG principles in their processeswhy you should be called out if you are not running and ESG fundRobert Kohn - ImpactEnjoy the show!You can find us on;twitter @Jwombwellpovey or @mhmiddleInstagram @venturingintosustainability and @_theconsciousleaderemail at [email protected], where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.This podcast is kindly sponsored by Vala Capital.This episode was recorded on the 23rd July 2021