Investor Summit on Climate Risk: Interview with Denis Duverne, AXA at U.N.

Investor Summit on Climate Risk: Interview with Denis Duverne, AXA at U.N. Headquarters in NYC.

Vibeka Mair, on Twitter, Senior Reporter at Responsible Investor, talks to Denis Duverne, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at AXA Group, one of the world's largest insurers. They spoke about environmental investment topics including AXA's commitment to issue $3bn in green bonds.

How can we tackle the main challenges of our time: the economy in the short-term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and environment in the long-term? Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk and

How can we tackle the main challenges of our time: the economy in the short-term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and environment in the long-term? Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk and public thinker whose powerful message has influenced major economists such as Dennis Snower, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz and George Soros. He has taken his simple, yet radical message to Davos and the United Nations, and now visits the RSA to make a robust case for cultivating altruistic love and compassion as the best means for benefitting society – and ourselves. It seems so simple, but why is it so hard to implement this ancient solution to both our personal and global 21st century predicaments?

Published on Jun 23, 2015