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George Taylor, CEO & President of TRU Colors, along with Khalilah Olokunola and Ant Brumm, join TheIMPACT host, Jeff Gitterman, to discuss what happened to George that drove him to create TRU Colors that also can be watched in the recent documentary. Simply, by being aware, we can open up conversations and dialogue to understand why gangs were created, why they continue to be a foundation for low-income socioeconomic communities, and how best to utilize the "banger" skill-set in sales, business development, and general entrepreneurship. Khalilah leads human resources as Executive Vice President, managing compliance and promoting the general culture of TRU Colors while Ant leads community development. Khalilah was arrested, charged and served four-years in prison. Having received multiple certifications and higher-education degrees, her "street education" was what really prepared her for the current role as EVP of HR at TRU Colors. The desire to see change, help those that need a hand from a friend, and bring the level of professionalism that helps drive self-determination, she and her team at TRU Colors apply "real world" out-of-the-box thinking that touches all aspects of society in order to change perception as empathy is achieved. Ant Brumm was hire by Khalilah as a Community Ambassador - described as bold and really wanting to give back. He has completed multiple programs in TRU Colors, born and raised in Newark, New Jersey his mother passed at the young age of two. Having then grown up in foster homes, meeting his "homies" on the street made him feel at home, which then led him to prison. During his tenure behind bars, he learned about TRU Colors and used this time as an opportunity which has led him to his current path as the "feet on the street" bridging gaps, working with his community and engaging directly with gangs crossing "tracks" that others have never crossed. Ant is the perfect example of someone taking responsibility for their own determination by finding his tribe at TRU Colors. As he states, "Everyone deserves to be treated like a human being" which is the ultimate thread as Black Lives Matter protests are on-going in cities throughout America and the world. Lastly, the distinguished group discusses white privilege and how we need to amplify this important discussion for a top-of-mind solution. To learn more about TRU Colors, please visit TRUColors.co

Sir Ronald Cohen - Co-founder of Apax Partners; Chairman Steering Group for Impact Invest; and Chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures - joins FINTECH.TV Co-founder and host, Vincent Molinari, to discuss "Ronnie's" journey. Ronnie's adventure began when he left Egypt at the age of 11, fleeing to the United Kingdom and being accepted as a fellow human of life - where he attended Oxford and then continued his studies at Harvard Business School. Receiving the help he did, that made profound differences in his life, illustrated how important it was for Ronnie to give back in the ways he knows best by "innovating, agitating and orchestrating the advance of impact investments and impact economies around the world." In his new book, Sir Ronald Cohen has painted the symbol of capital in the forms of empathy, altruism and Adam Smith's invisible hand as directly implicated in social impact and sustainable investing...the ability to think differently for humanity with love as the anchor. In looking today at ESG, the numbers now exceed $30 trillion. The trends are the trends, says Ronnie, with the numbers speaking for themselves. The preferences of consumers, companies and governments are shifting exponentially with a need for transparency to catalyze the shift to measuring impact as a primary pillar of capitalism. COVID-19 puts everything back to the basics, into perspective and illustrates the lack of transparency to measure and manage impact. Data and technology now make it possible to do this, as referenced by a recent Harvard Business School study Sir Ronald discusses with Vincent Molinari that creates an end-to-end relationship. To learn more about Apax Partners, please visit: https://www.apax.com/contact-us/offices/london/sir-ronald-cohen/ Watch the legend, Sir Ronald Cohen, in action via: https://sirronaldcohen.org/

Bonnie Lyn De Bartok, Founder & CEO at S-Factor, joins our host, Jeff Gitterman, on TheIMPACT to discuss the importance of sustainability, vis-a-vis the "S", in ESG/SDG as she uses her 25+ years of experience to measure "saving the world" beyond "one project at a time." Specifically, Bonnie understood the need to focus on capital formation, access to funding and the framework of how social management integrates empirically into investment business cases. Today, S-Factor has evolved into a subject matter firm for artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and deep technology to understand behaviors, outcomes and financial correlations, thereof. The team at S-Factor tackles problems such as a community impact for mining projects, measuring jobs creation and how government programs can enhance or not through a real net-benefit standards of measurement. Understanding what happens when anchor businesses for micro economies have profound impact on the future of communities, macro implications and how to position sustainability as a primary pillar for investments. The impact on humanity is directly influenced through sustainable investment strategies, tactical implementations and empirical measurement of qualitative, quantitative and potent indicators as exponential change occurs. As global capital is invested locally around the world, the lens of sustainability is important for balancing investment funding and growing industries - especially mining, oil, gas, and similar businesses that are indirectly exposed. Measuring social impact is general across industries, businesses and communities with local considerations that include ethics, employee population, supply chain, and additional factors. Bonnie has seen an increase in demand for the data sets her firm produces at S-Factor, along with companies that have incorporated "S" into their investment strategies, asset allocation and overall exposure doing the best as we battle through COVID to a post-COVID world calibrated for humanity in the New World. In the many discussions on-going, from mission driven to reduction of carbon output, the "S" as a Layer 1 lens is quickly being adopted as the net bottom-line financial impacts have become clear from investors to those within communities, end-to-end. To learn more thesfactor.co

Are you an asset manager, investment consultant, nonprofit, or individual who would like to invest in long-term financial, environmental, and social success? On this segment of TheIMPACT, our host Jeffrey Gitterman, talks with Jim Roach, AIF®, Senior Vice President Retirement Strategies at Natixis, Sarah Bratton Hughes, Head of Sustainability in North America at Schroders and Georges Dyer, Co-founder & Executive Director at Intentional Endowments Network (IEN). IEN is a peer learning network of colleges, universities, and other mission-driven institutional investors working together to achieve a thriving and sustainable economy. Watch the full video to learn about retirement plans, sustainable investing, adoption of ESG funds, COVID-19 effects, and endowment funds. To learn more about IEN, please visit intentionalendowments.org

Lakshmi Pratury, Founder and CEO of INK, explains how technology can bring the world together for a real, tangible, measurable, and impactful world that is exponentially improved as compared to what we could only imagine even a decade ago. Our host, Vince Molinari and INK Founder, Lakshmi Pratury, cover everything from story telling to data connectivity (the "pipeline") and how Moore's Law has enabled this incredible opportunity to break down barriers. People from different disciplines have the opportunity now to come together - Indian proverb style - matriarchal and patriarchal with half woman, half man. Under precepts such as these for our foundational theories of SDGs into reality that is achieved, anything is possible. In order to accomplish real, exponential change, women have a unique opportunity to exert their stored power that has been ready to unleash for far, far too long. Most exciting, the convergence of Lakshmi and Kunal Sood's conference under the NOVUS brand is the practice of women and men coming together - for humanity. Getting down to the bottom of what "really, really matters" that has been accelerated during COVID-19. Everyone is thrilled about this upcoming event together on July 20th and 21st.

On this segment of TheIMPACT, our host, Georgia Fairweather, speaks with Satyendra Prasad, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations. Satyendra explains how the blue economy creates opportunities that transcend sustainability, exportation, and new jobs - with unlimited potential for humanity and mother earth. The blue economy is a critical advantage for countries, and they must have a combination of: A smart approach to a sustainable economy Financial stability  Human resources An integrated set of legislated arrangements  Fiji is consulting and working towards a national oceans policy and will soon finish the consultation and launch. Watch the full video to learn about sustainability vs. commerce, resources, investment, sustainable tourism, with opportunities for supply-chain fidelity offered through blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more. FUN FACT -  America's Marine Economy contributed approximately $373 billion to the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018.

Social Impact Investing in the Post-COVID World On this segment of TheIMPACT, we speak with Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow - the company that empowers shareholders to change corporations into a force for good.  Known as the champions of justice and sustainability in all its forms, some of the issues As You Sow focuses on are Climate Change, Environmental Health, Toxic in the Food System, Ocean Plastic, and Social Injustice. Their different programs focus on analyzing companies using key metrics to find the leaders and lagers as industry best practices are created. These measurements include the overall benefit from shareholders to consumers by mitigating future risk as measured under a specific lens. Since 2012, they have been involved in pushing the EGS agenda with Mutual Funds by creating general awareness. Such as helping investors align their 401K with transparent values with simple tools like Fossil Free Fund, Deforestation Free Fund, Weapon Free Fund, Equileap (Gender Equality), & Prison Free Funds. You can become a leader in Social Impact Investing with these THREE simple steps from Andrew: Proxy voting Get involved in organizations Be aware of your mutual funds Be the change that betters our future and act now! Proudly presented by FINTECH.TV, the trusted network for investors, businesses, entrepreneurs, governments, and thought-leaders providing the latest interviews, headline news, and special broadcasts from our global team of hosts, contributors, and distinguished influencers. TO LEARN MORE: As You Sow response to #BlackLivesMatter and #WalkWithUs Stand - https://www.asyousow.org/ Fossil Free Fund - https://fossilfreefunds.org/ Deforestation Free Fund - https://deforestationfreefunds.org/ Weapon Free Fund - https://weaponfreefunds.org/ Equileap (Gender Equality)- https://equileap.org/ Prison Free Funds - Coming Soon

Capital Markets & Climate Change Investing On this segment of TheIMPACT, we speak with Chris Goolgasian of Wellington Management about the capital markets, climate change, and how to evaluate risk when deploying, managing and re-balancing assets into sustainable investments. Chris Goolgasian is the Director of Climate Research, Portfolio Manager & Managing Director at Wellington Management. Wellington Management is bridging the time horizon gap between Finance & Climate Science, with P-ROCC framework. Chris explains how the capital markets are trained to primarily focus on transitional risk disclosure. Whereas, physical risks can present investors with unplanned and sudden changes, or disruption, to businesses and/or assets.   Transitional risk is the transition to a lower-carbon economy and their risk of technological, social pressure, regulatory, liability, and asset risk. Physical risk is associated with the physical effects of climate changes in water, availability, sourcing, and quality, food security, and extreme temperature changes. Wellington Management and CalPERS launched an innovation framework to help executive teams understand physical risk when evaluating the implications of climate change as portfolio and asset managers.  P-ROCC (Physical Risks of Climate Change) framework aims to promote a more informed investment decision for decision makers, portfolio and asset managers through improving the transparency layers on how stakeholder entities disclose their physical vulnerabilities. This empirical approach to a more sustainable future as measured by investments into the industries most impacting climate change is explained in much greater detail in the video above.  Proudly presented by FINTECH.TV, the trusted network for investors, businesses, entrepreneurs, governments and thought-leaders providing the latest interviews, headline news and special broadcasts from our global team of hosts, contributors and distinguished influencers.  TO LEARN MORE: Wellington Management - https://www.wellington.com/ CalPERS - https://www.calpers.ca.gov/ Christopher J. Goolgasian - https://www.hartfordfunds.com/fund-managers/chris-goolgasian.html

Dr. Anthony Miller, Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD, and Dr. Chantal Line Carpentier, Chief, New York, UNCTAD discuss Sustainable Development Goals, the impact of the pandemic, and the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative.

Dr. Chantal Line Carpentier, Chief, New York UNCTAD Office talks with host Vince Molinari about the recently released World Investment Report 2020.

Robert Goodwin, Co-founder & President of OceanCycle talks with TheIMPACT host Jeff Gitterman about the impact of plastics dumped in oceans around the world and their revolutionary recycling efforts.

Marvin Owens, Senior Director, Economic Programs at NAACP, and Ethan Powell, Founder of Impact Shares talks with TheIMPACT host Jeff Gitterman about the recent protests, racial inequality, and using capital and corporations to fight social injustice.