His fund-management firm, Generation Investment Management, has just raised $683m for a "climate solutions" fund.
"There may be opportunities for a business to come in and solve an environmental problem and tap some profit potential as a way of driving a change, as opposed to having all the solutions funded by philanthropies or forced by government regulations," Gaines says.
The Macquarie Funds Group segment is a global asset manager that offers a range of products including alternative asset management, securities investment management, and tailored investment solutions over funds and listed equities.
While it is well known that Exxon opposes climate change solutions and funds climate denial, now we know they knew the truth 27 years ago.
AN alternative solution for funds would be to calculate net asset values differently.
Instead of political gamesmanship, we need pragmatic solutions to funding issues and a commitment to local problem oriented policing.
We need to examine some radical solutions for funding care for our ageing population - for example, from inheritance tax.
The ability to convey complex solutions, enthuse funding partners and work closely with non-engineering specialists is becoming a daily requirement, fuelling the need for excellent communicators.
"Belfast is not a very big business community," says Judith Totten, CEO of Upstream, a Northern Ireland-based finance company that provides working capital solutions to fund SME growth.
"We're going to have to cast a wide net for creative solutions or funding for whatever is going to happen here," he said, "because Drew Faust isn't going to write a check.
Lessig's proposed solutions — public funding of elections, a new constitutional convention to overhaul the system — are less persuasive than his diagnosis, but that really speaks to the depth and reach of current corruption.
