20/30 Visions
A series in which we ask global thought-leaders: how do we build a more sustainable and inclusive world by 2030?
The world of sustainability and impact has come a long way in the two decades since Bridges launched in 2002. But given the scale of the challenges we face, it's not enough.
If we are to have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 (the theoretical target) – or getting anywhere close to Net Zero – we need to go much further, much faster.
Our 20/30 Visions series explores what this needs to look like in practice. In each episode, we speak to a different expert or thought-leader from around the globe, and ask them: what needs to change if we want to build a more sustainable and inclusive future in the next decade? And how do we make that change happen?
Episodes
21 episodes
20/30 Visions: Dolika Banda on investing in the 'Global South'
The world is currently lagging well behind target on many of the Sustainable Development Goals - but the challenge is particularly acute in Africa and the Global South. In this week's 20/30 Visions, we're delighted to welcome Dolik...
20/30 Visions: Graham Cook on building an institutional impact portfolio
It’s clear that we need more big investors to allocate more of their capital towards sustainability and impact. But what does this actually look like in practice? How do institutions get from broad ambitions or long-term commitments (achieving ...
20/30 Visions: James Alexander on saving the natural world
We are hugely reliant on nature; it is the bedrock of a healthy society and a healthy economy. Yet the human race continues to damage nature in profound ways. We urgently need to invest in restoring nature - but the current funding gap between ...
20/30 Visions: Richard Curtis on why our pensions matter
Most people know Richard Curtis as the creator some of the most successful British films of all time. But he's also been an hugely important figure in the development world, dating all the way back to 1985 when he co-founded Comic Relief...
20/30 Visions: Emma Hoskyn on the retrofitting imperative
Buildings contribute up to 40% of global carbon emissions (even more in big cities) - and 80% of the buildings we see around us today will still be around in 2050. So if we are to have any hope of getting to Net Zero, we need to get much better...
20/30 Visions: Diana Propper de Callejon on longer-term capital vehicles
To build a more sustainable and inclusive economy, we need to scale the businesses that are helping to solve our biggest environmental and social challenges. But what's the best model for funding the growth of companies that are focused on thes...
20/30 Visions: Bettina Warburg on the potential of Web3
Web3 – the next generation of the internet – is set to transform our online lives over the next decade, with far-reaching implications for identity, privacy, finance, governance and more. So can we harness this new blockchain-enabled internet t...
20/30 Visions: Lisa Hall on the role of big asset managers
The world’s biggest asset managers control a significant portion of global AuM. If we want to supercharge the transition to a more sustainable and inclusive economy, we need them to direct more of this capital towards investing for impact.<...
20/30 Visions: Ella Goldner on impact-driven entrepreneurs
If we're going to have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, business and enterprise clearly need to play a central role. So it follows that we need to get many more of the world's best entrepreneurs working on solutions to o...
20/30 Visions: Daniel Izzo on scaling impact investing in emerging markets
It's clear that we cannot build a more sustainable and inclusive world without substantial investment in emerging markets - not only because of the need to improve access to services and opportunities for low and middle-income consumers, but al...
20/30 Visions: Kevin Tan on harnessing the potential of 'Pay for Success'
Governments around the world are grappling with a huge array of increasingly complex social challenges. Outcomes-focused projects - sometimes called 'pay for success', or previously 'social impact bonds' - have shown clear potential to help add...
20/30 Visions: Roy Swan on the role foundations can play
In the U.S. alone, private foundations hold more than $1 trillion of assets. So how do we deploy more of this capital to help solve our biggest challenges? And can foundations play a bigger role in catalysing investment from across the broader ...
20/30 Visions: Kim Folsom on financing more diverse founders
In this episode, we're focusing on a critical aspect of building a more inclusive economy: ensuring that more funding flows to businesses led by diverse founders. The stats are stark: although venture capital investment hit record highs last ye...
20/30 Visions: The Rt Hon Nick Hurd on the role of Government
For this episode, we were delighted to be joined by the Rt Hon Nick Hurd, former UK Government minister and now chair of the G7 Impact Taskforce, to talk about the role of government and multilateral institutions in driving the change we...
20/30 Visions: Johanna Chao Kreilick on the importance of science
In this episode we're talking about science, and its role in tackling some of our biggest challenges. Our guest is Johanna Chao Kreilick, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a US nonprofit that does research and advocacy work around...
20/30 Visions: NESTA's Ravi Gurumurthy on creating an innovation nation
In this episode, we're exploring another essential topic: innovation. If we are to have any hope of tackling the challenges we face, innovation is clearly going to be critical: not just inventing whizzy new technologies, but also designing bett...
20/30 Visions: DeepMind's Dorothy Chou on the impact of AI
In this episode, we're exploring the fascinating topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the role it can play in helping us build a better future (or not!). Our guest is Dorothy Chou of DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI c...
20/30 Visions: Laurie Spengler on the Just Transition
Our guest for this episode is Laurie Spengler, CEO of Courageous Capital Advisors, who's been leading the Impact Investing Institute's recent work on the Just Transition. In our interview, Laurie talks about:Why ...
20/30 Visions: TOG's Charlie Green on sustainability in buildings
In this episode, we're talking to Charlie Green, co-founder of The Office Group. Charlie (with his partner Olly Olsen, and a little help from Bridges' first fund) was an early pioneer in recognising the value that a s...
20/30 Visions: Sir Ronald Cohen on the impact revolution
Our first episode features a legend of the impact movement and one of its greatest change-makers: Sir Ronald Cohen, chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (and, inter alia, Bridges' founding chair). In our inte...
