John Goldstein on How to Actually Achieve ESG Goals through Effective Impact Investing

Goldman Sachs’ global head of sustainable investing practices John Goldstein is this week’s feature interview guest. We discuss how to engage in ESG investing to make a difference by engaging directly with the industries that need reform, rather than avoiding them. John calls this Impact Investing, and we discuss this practice in detail in this […]

Tom Raftery on the Coming Green Revolution

SAP’s chief innovation officer and outspoken green energy proponent Tom Raftery is this week’s feature interview guest. We discuss the coming green energy revolution and what it will mean for markets and the economy as a whole. Hosted By

Peter Fusaro Talks Green and Sustainable Investing

In the first of a 4-part mini-series on Environmental, Socially Responsible, and Governance-focused investing, SmarterMarkets™ presents Peter Fusaro, veteran sustainability investor and organizer of the Wall Street Green Investing Conference. We discuss everything relating to ESG investing. What to listen for — Growth in forestry offset markets for air carriers — Joe Biden administration’s likelihood to […]

Robert Friedland on Grading, Trading, and Responsibly Producing Commodities

Robert Friedland, a Renaissance man who founded several successful mining, technology and entertainment companies, speaks to host Erik Townsend openly about his views about the what, who and how of the global energy transition and meeting the energy demand of future generations. About the episode With world leaders rapidly reacting to climate change concerns, governments […]

Ranting on the inadequacies of our systems and riffing on ideas for how to solve them …

SmarterMarkets™ brings together the icons and entrepreneurs of technology, commodities and finance to examine how market systems can be redesigned and improved to address the most important challenges of our time.