Sustainable investing has become a popular topic as the acceleration of climate change becomes more apparent and destructive. Investors are turning to their portfolios to drive impact as well as profit.
To close out climate week, we have highlighted some of our favorite episodes that focus on sustainable investing.
What is sustainable investing and is it different than ESG? This was the main question I wanted to ask Veronica Zhang, Analyst and Deputy Portfolio Manager at VanEck. There are many terms and themes related to what we know today as ESG investing that have actually evolved over decades. What has been clear in recent years is that there is a greater awareness of the need for a better, more sustainable approach, to living, to business and to investing. Is this new level of awareness being driven by demographics or necessity?
In this episode, I speak with Laurie Wayburn, an accomplished forest and conservation innovator about her work sustaining America's forests while simultaneously creating economic benefit for landowners and communities.