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Episode 5 Discussion Worksheet
A printable worksheet for classrooms and study groups working through ESG, climate finance, and decarbonisation.
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This worksheet follows the three talks in Episode 5, the opening session of the Decoded × HERizon event. It works for a classroom, a club, or solo study. Print it, or answer as you go.
KEY CONCEPTS
- ESG
- Risk assessment
- Impact investing
- ESG ratings
- Greenwashing
- Green hushing
- Climate finance
- Electrification
- Decarbonisation
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
Answer these before pressing play.
What do you think 'ESG' means? Write your best guess.
Do you think more money worldwide goes into clean energy or into fossil fuels today?
What do you think decides which energy technologies succeed?
WHILE YOU LISTEN
Keep an ear out for each of these.
How Vidyanshi describes ESG: as a strategy, or as something else?
One reason ESG ratings from different agencies disagree.
What 'green hushing' means.
The main reason Aly gives for the growth in clean energy investment.
The role Akshara says financial capital plays in decarbonisation.
AFTER YOU LISTEN
Check your comprehension.
Explain the difference between ESG as risk assessment and impact investing.
Using Apple as an example, name one risk in each of E, S, and G.
Why did clean energy investment grow even as some climate regulations were relaxed?
What are the two main steps of decarbonisation described in the session?
THINK DEEPER
Open-ended. There is no single right answer.
Is green hushing better or worse than greenwashing? Defend your answer.
If falling costs drive the transition more than policy, what is the job of governments?
ONE QUESTION I STILL HAVE
Write the question this episode left you with.