ABSTRACT

He hesitates for a moment when we ask if we can start the video recording. ‘I've just come from the tennis court,'says Sir Ronald with a smile, gesturing to his white tennis polo. No worries, we assure him – it's not a video interview, just an audio recording for our own notes. Cohen, now eighty, appears fit and speaks with a calm, measured tone. His energy remains fully focused on the mission that has driven him for years: building an impact economy where not only financial returns, but also effects on people and the planet take cen tre stage – all the way up to the stock index boards. Even in this conversation, he's not just here to talk. He wants to know what we think, who we're speaking to, and how his ideas might reach the right audience.