Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hiro is credited for singlehandedly revolutionising investment practices at the world’s biggest pension fund Japan’s GPIF. We asked him how and why GPIF changed their thinking, the impacts of short-termism and passive investing, and how they incentivized longer-term investing.
This footage was taken from our #OurPlanetTooBigToFail interview with Hiro Mizuno in March 2020 while he was Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Japan’s GPIF (Government Pension Investment Fund).
Hiro is now UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Development.
To find out how the finance sector can help to build a more sustainable future, watch the full film here youtube.com/watch?v=7IvNqT5aMTw
If you want to know more about the world’s biodiversity and why we need well-functioning ecosystems for our planet and our economies to thrive, let Sir David Attenborough explain in the stunning original 8 part Our Planet series on Netflix. Created by Emmy® award-winning Silverback Films, WWF and Netflix #OurPlanet #ShareOurPlanet
Hiro is credited for singlehandedly revolutionising investment practices at the world’s biggest pension fund Japan’s GPIF. We asked him how and why GPIF changed their thinking, the impacts of short-termism and passive investing, and how they incentivized longer-term investing.
This footage was taken from our #OurPlanetTooBigToFail interview with Hiro Mizuno in March 2020 while he was Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Japan’s GPIF (Government Pension Investment Fund).
Hiro is now UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Development.
To find out how the finance sector can help to build a more sustainable future, watch the full film here youtube.com/watch?v=7IvNqT5aMTw
If you want to know more about the world’s biodiversity and why we need well-functioning ecosystems for our planet and our economies to thrive, let Sir David Attenborough explain in the stunning original 8 part Our Planet series on Netflix. Created by Emmy® award-winning Silverback Films, WWF and Netflix #OurPlanet #ShareOurPlanet
