Jeff Gitterman
Rapid Growth in ESG Funds
TheIMPACT focuses on ESG, Impact Investing, and advancing the 17 United Nations-supported Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The show profiles people and companies committed to changing lives and creating a sustainable world.Join our host, Jeff Gitterman, on TheIMPACT with Michael Cosack, Principal of ImpactWise and Henry Shilling, Director of Research of SustainableInvesting.Michael is an independent consultant who brings over twenty years of business leadership experience, including the qualitative and quantitative analytical skills needed to implement programs and people in a meaningful, measurable, and impactful way.
His role at ImpactWise is to help institutional money managers, consultants, and trustees explore, create, and implement innovative impact investment strategies and solutions.Henry most recently coordinated the Moody's investors services worldwide efforts to transparently reflect the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in research, ratings, and analysis. As well, he developed and launched Moody's green bond assessment and published extensive research on this and related topics.
Henry is the author of The International Guide to Securities Market Indices, which was published in 1996 by International Publishing Corp., Chicago, Illinois. He is a contributor to Money Market Funds in the EU and the US, published in 2014 by Oxford University Press.Herny and Michael wrote a paper about the rapid growth that are seen in sustainable investment space.
At the beginning of 2018, GSAI reported that $31 trillion was invested globally in sustainable investment.
At the same time, USCIF Foundation reported that $12 trillion was invested in United Stated sustainable investment.
This information research in mutual funds, credit funds, and ETF areas indicate that over six areas of measurement that the universe became 977 sustainable different sustainable mutual funds.
ESG investing growth continues as substantial forms as funds rebrand - such as 47 funds have done in various types and fashion as these experts discuss. To learn more about how this has contributed to the growth, please join our team of expert wonks that share how sustainable investing really works.
To Learn More their report:
https://impactwise.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ESG-Fund-Standards.pdf
To Learn More About ImpactWise:
https://impactwise.us/
To Learn More About Sustainable Research & Analysis:
https://www.sustainableinvest.com/
TRU Colors: Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Spirit of Gangs
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
The S-Factor in Humanity Beyond IRR
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
Saving the World by Aligning Your ROI Goals
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!
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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
Aligning Capital Formation & Climate Change
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.
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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
Stopping Plastics from Polluting Our Oceans
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.
Moving Capital to Fight Social Injustice
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.
Public Market Impact and Gender Lens Investing
Kristin Hull CEO and Founder of Nia Impact Capital talks with host Jeff Gitterman about sustainability investing plus the definition of gender lens investing and shareholder engagement.
Gender Lens Investing & Business Response to COVID
One of the most-watched programs in the Blockchain sector and has been seen by over 4-million viewers worldwide. Ivka Kalus, Managing Director & CIO at Promethos Capital talks with host Jeff Gitterman about what gender lens investing means and how companies are responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
Climate Change will Create the Next Mortgage Crisis
David Burt, CEO & Founder at DeltaTerra Capital talks with host Jeff Gitterman about his next bet against the mortgage market. Famous for his role in "The Big Short," Burt says climate change is the next crisis to do serious damage to the mortgage market. He also gives his opinion about investing in this COVID economy.
Activist Investing, COVID and Climate Change
Natasha Lamb, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Arjuna Capital talks with Jeff Gitterman about activist investing, climate change, COVID, and her favorite UN Sustainable Development Goal.
Impact Investing in Real Estate
Lisa Davis, Executive Director Impact Investing Portfolio Manager for PGIM Real Estate talks with host Jeff Gitterman about impact investing and the real estate. Specifically around affordable housing, urban redevelopment, and how climate change impacts the market.