An ETF to Save the Oceans Splashes into the Market

Where the Money is Flowing in Green Investing in 2022: David Callaway, founder of Callaway Climate Insights, joins the show to talk about which sectors are seeing the most venture capital and investments as we head into 2022, and how the investing industry is trying to package those themes for investors. Plus, why Europe is leading the charge in green-themed investing, and why recent regulatory changes are putting the wind in its sails. And, the language of green investing is changing so we break out our decoder to make sense of the new vocabulary. by The Green Investor

35 min listen

Welcome to The Green Investor from Investopedia: Green Investing is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the capital markets, yet it’s still one of the most misunderstood. Investors want their money to align with their social and environmental values, but finding a path through the thicket of products, companies, industries, and ratings is trickier than ever. The Green Investor, powered by Investopedia, will explore the present and future frontiers of ESG, SRI and Impact investing, and the companies and leaders who are shaping the landscape. Hosted by Investopedia Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver, The Green Investor will feature interviews with the most influential executives, academics, investors, and policymakers in ESG. Listeners will learn how to invest with environmental and sustainable frameworks, trends to watch as the industry grows, and resources to help them on their green investing journey. by The Green Investor

2 min listen

Quantifying the Investing Risks of Climate Change: In our inaugural episode of The Green Investor, Spencer Glendon, founder of Probable Futures, joins the show to talk about the critical risks to the multi-trillion dollar investment industry and investors due to climate change, including many we have never heard about. What does the industry need to do to prepare for them, and how can individual investors move their money to truly invest along with their environmental beliefs? In our inaugural episode of The Green Investor, Spencer Glendon, founder of Probable Futures, joins the show to talk about the critical risks to the multi-trillion dollar investment industry and investors due to climate change, including many we have never heard about. What does the industry need to do to prepare for them, and how can individual investors move their money to truly invest along with their environmental beliefs? by The Green Investor

38 min listen

Building the Green Investor Toolkit: Shila Wattamwar, Global Head of ESG Retail Wealth Strategy at Sustainalytics/Morningstar, joins the show to talk about the screening tools her team has been building to help investors personalize their investment choices, and what today's sustainable investor is actually looking for. Also, 2021 was one of the most expensive years in history for climate change disasters just as investors and underwriters poured more money into ESG funds and green bonds. We unpack the mismatch between money flows, returns and the realities of a changing planet. by The Green Investor

28 min listen

Challenging Big Oil from the Inside Out: Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, joins the show to talk about how his activist investing strategy of getting individual and institutional shareholders of the world's biggest oil companies, is forcing change from the inside of Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and others. Plus, hundreds of billions of dollars flowed into mutual funds, ETFs, and private investments in climate technologies last year. We follow the money and the sectors it is flowing to. And, universities are jumping into the Green Bond game to green up their campuses. We go back to school on The Green Investor. by The Green Investor

27 min listen

Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Emily Chew, the Chief Responsible Investing Officer for Calvert Research and Management, joins the show to talk about how one of the original social investing funds is meeting the evolving needs of its clients, especially around climate investing. Plus, BlackRock's Larry Fink says ESG isn't 'woke'.... it's good capitalism. We also follow the money as automakers tilt their advertising budgets towards their electric futures, and we introduce a new segment, "Unpack the Acronym", to help green investors cut through the alphabet soup in sustainable investing. by The Green Investor

34 min listen

How Engine No.1 is Driving Change as an Activist Shareholder: Michael O'Leary of Engine No.1 joins the show to talk about how the activist investor drove Exxon-Mobil and General Motors to make real strategic changes and climate-based goals from the inside, and what's behind its ETF offerings to retail investors. Plus, record draughts across the West and flooding warnings along the coasts are the latest harbingers of the climate crisis, and advocacy groups say the world's largest companies continue to make empty promises. And, the Army is going green with ambitious plans to reduce its massive carbon footprint. All that and more on The Green Investor, powered by Investopedia. by The Green Investor

33 min listen

The Responsibilities of Responsible Investing by The Green Investor

29 min listen

Green Banks get the Green Light Under The Inflation Reduction Act by The Green Investor

32 min listen

Unpacking MSCI's ESG Ratings: In this episode of The Green Investor, we get to the bottom of what MSCI's ESG ratings measure, and what they don't, especially as they relate to climate change, with Meggin Thwing Eastman, Managing Director, Editorial Director for ESG & Climate Research at MSCI. Also, oil prices have been spiking amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We dig into the significance of Russia's oil supply on the global economy, how major companies and countries are responding to the conflict today, and their plans for accelerating their push into renewable energy. by The Green Investor

31 min listen

Setting the Standards for Green Investors: USSIF, The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, is one of the leading non-profit organizations that has been setting the standards and guidelines for ESG, Sustainable, and Impact investing. USSIF's CEO, Lisa Woll, joins the show to talk about what the investment industry needs now given the climate crisis and the demands of more socially conscious investors. Plus, electric vehicles are becoming more mainstream as total units are set to pass 20 million this year. Who's leading the race, and what does that mean for our electric future. by The Green Investor

34 min listen

How Student Activists Pushed Harvard to Divest from Fossil Fuels: Divest Harvard, a student-led activist organization at Harvard University, won a major victory in 2021 by convincing its trustees to wind down its investments in the fossil fuel industry through its $53 billion endowment. Connor Chung, a junior at Harvard, and one of the main organizers of Divest Harvard, joins the show to explain how they did it, and what else it wants from the university. Plus, the SEC has finally issued a proposal that would make climate risks a mandatory component of public company filings. We unpack the proposal, and what could come next. by The Green Investor

28 min listen

The Energy Industry's Stranded Asset Emergency: A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that the energy industry is facing hundreds of billions of dollars in losses as they continue to build fossil fuel based power plants and new carbon reduction technologies are not being built fast enough to arrest climate warming. Prof. Francois Cohen of the Univ. of Barcelona, one of the authors of the report, joins the show to break down the study and its implications. Plus, new money is pouring back into ESG and SRI funds as oil prices swing violently amid a four-decade high in inflation. We follow the money on The Green Investor. by The Green Investor

24 min listen

Busting through the Greatest Myths in Green Investing by The Green Investor

29 min listen

Why Climate Literacy is Critical to Green Investing by The Green Investor

30 min listen

Sustainable Investing From the Advisor's Perspective by The Green Investor

27 min listen

An ETF to Save the Oceans Splashes into the Market by The Green Investor

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Life, Liberty, and Investing Returns with Perth Tolle by The Green Investor

31 min listen

The Supreme Court's Ruling Against the EPA's Oversight and the Future of Emissions Regulations by The Green Investor

25 min listen

Insurance in the Era of Climate Change by The Green Investor

25 min listen

The Case Against Carbon Capture by The Green Investor

29 min listen

Why a Former Top Sustainability Investor Says the Industry is a Dangerous Fraud by The Green Investor

35 min listen

Resetting the Standards and Investing Principles for ESG by The Green Investor

29 min listen

Following the Trillions of Dollars in Sustainable Infrastructure Government Projects by The Green Investor

26 min listen

The Most Important Themes Facing Green Investors in 2023 by The Green Investor

27 min listen

What Was, and What Wasn't Accomplished at COP27 by The Green Investor

28 min listen

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An ETF to Save the Oceans Splashes into the Market

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