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Simon Mundy

Moral Money Editor

Simon Mundy is the Moral Money Editor at the Financial Times, covering sustainability issues for the award-winning Moral Money platform and across the wider FT. He joined the FT in Johannesburg to cover Southern Africa, before a period writing on the London business sector. He then spent seven years in Asia, heading the FT bureaux in Seoul and Mumbai, before two years travelling across six continents to research Race for Tomorrow, a book on the global scramble to respond to climate change.
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  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
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  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
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  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
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  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
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  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
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  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
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