Tomorrow's Capital

In a wrap to the fourth season of Tomorrow’s Capital, Nasdaq President and CEO Adena Friedman discusses the path forward for the economy and she reacts to comments from John Chambers, Mark Cuban, Gary Cohn and Kara Swisher on leadership, the future of work and entrepreneurship. CNBC Fast Money members and guest hosts Guy Adami and Dan Nathan speak with Friedman about how Nasdaq has maintained its momentum and culture in 2020.

In a world where employees and consumers expect more from companies, business ethics today means more than “doing no evil.” Former Airbnb chief ethics officer Rob Chesnut explains why, more than ever, established integrity codes are critical for companies of all sizes. He also discusses how intentional integrity has become a pillar of modern corporate culture in conversation with Jeff Thomas, SVP Head of Western US Listings and Capital Markets, Nasdaq in the latest episode of Tomorrow’s Capital.

In the last five years, ESG and transparency around data has gained considerable traction. But where does the United States stand in terms of progress? What lessons can we take from 2020 and apply to the ESG landscape and beyond? Our host and Global Head of Sustainability at Nasdaq Evan Harvey speaks with Sustainable Finance Executive Libby Bernick on the latest episode of Tomorrow’s Capital.

In moments of crisis, communication and culture are critical to a company’s success. Former Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers shares lessons learned in conversation with Nasdaq ’s SVP of Listings Jeff Thomas. Listen in our latest episode of Nasdaq’s Tomorrow’s Capital.

How has the definition of entrepreneurship changed in 2020? Mark Cuban joins us on this episode of Tomorrow’s Capital to discuss lessons learned from the pandemic, the role US needs to play in AI and robotics, what he’s looking for in entrepreneurs to work with and the importance of social media platforms like TikTok. He speaks with guest hosts and CNBC Fast Money’s Dan Nathan and Guy Adami about how the United States can economically emerge from 2020 with stronger businesses and industries for growth.

What does America 2.0 in a post-pandemic world look like? COVID-19 has called for urgent changes in security, education and dynamic between employers and essential workers. On this episode of Tomorrow’s Capital, we speak with one of the most well- known technology journalists in the industry Kara Swisher. She is also NYT’s Tech and Opinion Writer as well as Host of Recode Decode. She speaks with guest hosts and CNBC Fast Money’s Dan Nathan and Guy Adami about the recent Twitter hack and what role technology plays in a connected and more secure tomorrow.

The pandemic and our nation’s response from government to business has changed the US economy as we know it. What are the consequences of these decisions on the long-term health of our economy? And what opportunities does this present for tomorrow’s innovators? Guest hosts and CNBC Fast Money’s Guy Adami and Dan Nathan speak with Former Director of National Economic Council Gary Cohn about the path to economic recovery. They discuss how the pandemic impacts structural unemployment, domestic security, small businesses surviving the pandemic, the public markets and how we emerge as a stronger and better country.

Kaszek Ventures has set out to identify and support the next wave of revolutionary technology companies in Latin America. We speak with Hernan Kazah, managing partner and co-founder who is leading Kaszek's efforts. He is also founder of Nasdaq-listed Mercado Libre, the first Latin American company to join a major US index.

You’ve probably noticed more plant-based substitutes on the burger menu lately, and it’s not just your imagination. This is a market that grew by 17 percent to $3.7 billion in the U.S. alone in 2018, according to data from Nielsen and the Good Food Institute. And it’s expanding. We speak with David Lee, CFO of Impossible Foods about how the company now backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and well-known celebrities like Serena Williams and Jay-Z is preparing to “feed the population by 2050.” 

As the lead for PRI's activity in the Americas (US, Canada, Latin America), Chris Fowle works to grow and maintain signatory relationships with asset owners, asset managers and service providers. He speaks with Global Head of Sustainability at Nasdaq Evan Harvey about how UN PRI is influencing investors to integrate ESG.

What if we told you that what is good for the planet tends to be good for business? That's a position that Carole Laible, CEO of Domini Investments believes in. At Domini, her team builds mutual funds with competitive financial returns, ecological sustainability and universal human dignity.

Corporations today increasingly find value in environmental and social sustainability. How has reporting on these topics evolved and how do we prepare to advance ESG? We speak with Todd Cort, faculty at Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Faculty Co-Director at Yale Center for Business and the Environment. 

Calvert Research and Management is focused on allocating capital consistent with environmental, social and governance best practices. Leading the company is John Streur, who has been in the ESG business since 1987. We speak with Streur about how the industry has changed and how the company assesses companies on an ESG scale.

Director of Research at Sustainable Research and Analysis Henry Shilling discusses the evolution of ESG investing, integration, reporting and why green bonds have suddenly become attractive to investors. Join Evan Harvey, Global Head of Sustainability for Nasdaq as they delve into what value-based investing looks like today.

From national park ranger to her current role as Head of ESG Investment at ClearBridge, Mary Jane McQuillen speaks about how ESG has changed in the industry through the last 30 years.

What if we told you ESG investing is growing faster in the U.S. than in Europe? ISS Head of ESG Strategy in the Americas Ariane de Vienne challenges the myth that U.S. lags behind and more on the latest episode of Tomorrow's Capital.   ISS ESG is a global leader in ESG risk and has worked with 1,000+ clients worldwide to cover ESG ratings, rankings and screenings, portfolio analysis solutions, and more.

What does mainstreaming of ESG mean for the future of the industry? Evan Harvey, Global Head of Sustainability discusses with Curtis Ravenel, Global Head of Sustainable Business & Finance at Bloomberg on the first episode of season three of Tomorrow’s Capital.   At Bloomberg, Curtis helps incorporate sustainability into all firm operations and uses Bloomberg’s Terminal to evaluate sustainability-related investment risks and opportunities for influential decision-makers. In the past, he has also worked for Bloomberg as Financial Controller for Asia managing accounting, tax, treasury and audit services for 23 legal entities with combined annual revenues exceeding $1 billion USD. He also served in Capital Planning and Financial Analysis Groups. With his expertise, he shares how ESG has changed throughout his career and what the future of ESG looks like.  

Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2018 broke records with $1 billon dollars transacted in mobile payments. Nasdaq’s VP of Global Corporate Communications Allan Schoenberg speaks with the CFO of PayPal John Rainey about the future of mobile payment on a special episode of Tomorrow's Capital.

In this episode, Tom Fay, SVP of Nasdaq's Enterprise Architecture and System Engineering team talks with Balaji Prabhakar, VMware Founders Professor of Computer Science and a faculty member of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University during the 16th edition of Nasdaq's biannual Technology of the Future Conference. They discuss self-driving networks, clock synchronization, innovation, and the Cloud.

Jesse McWaters of the World Economic Forum talks about how fintech has disrupted the financial services industry in subtler ways than we had anticipated they would five years ago. For example, data will become not only a huge source of revenue for exchanges, but also an essential tool for training machine learning models.