Prof. Kim Schumacher, Kyushu University, on Sustainable Finance’s Dunning-Krueger Problem

What makes someone an ESG expert? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss
with Professor Kim Schumacher at Kyushu University, about what
competence greenwashing represents; how to capacity plan and build
around subject matter expertise in the natural sciences; and why we
need to consider an ESG Skills Materiality framework towards this
effort. Professor Kim Schumacher is an Associate Professor in
Sustainable Finance and ESG at Kyushu University in Japan. He’s
also a Visiting Lecturer at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan
and an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Oxford. His
research focuses on ESG data and impact metrics, sustainability
reporting, greenwashing, green bonds, natural capital, nature-based
carbon offsets, biodiversity and ecosystem services, renewable
energy project development, and TCFD/TNFD disclosures. He is also a
Lead Author for the UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, a member of the Technical
Working Groups of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board, the
Climate Bonds Initiative, and the Green Finance Network Japan.