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Energy Technology: Industry InsightsHow have global oil supply chains shifted around the Iran conflict?The conflict between the US/Israel and Iran has put pressure on global oil supply chains. Major producers in the Middle East include Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; with the Strait of Hormuz still closed and the US now blockading Iranian vessels, exports have been choked, and production has had to scale down rapidly. Markets have felt the ramifications, although security of supply looks different across the world. In this week’s episode, we consider how events since February 28 have transformed Middle Eastern exports, who the winners and losers are in oil, an...
2026-04-1412 min
The Alternative Investing AdvantageGold at $5,000+, a Falling Dollar & Rising Inflation - What Investors Should Do Now - Episode 205Gold is trading above $5,000 an ounce. The dollar is weakening. Inflation may be heading toward 4% or higher. And government bonds are quietly being sold off by central banks worldwide. So where should investors be looking — and what does it all mean for your portfolio?In this episode of the Alternative Investing Advantage Podcast, host Alex Perny sits down with Rinaldo Brutoco, economist, attorney, entrepreneur, founder of the World Business Academy, and merchant banker with decades of experience navigating markets, geopolitics, and global finance, for a wide-ranging conversation on commodities, precious metals, crypto, monetary policy, an...
2026-04-0159 min
Climate Confident - Stories And Strategies That Cut EmissionsMicrogrids, Hydrogen, and the End of Fossil FuelsGet in touch - leave me a messageWhat if business, not politics, held the real key to ending the climate crisis?In this week’s episode, I sit down with Rinaldo Brutoco, founder and CEO of the World Business Academy, to explore a radical but beautifully simple idea: that stakeholder capitalism - where companies serve people and planet, not just shareholders, can actually outperform the old profit-only model. Rinaldo’s been proving it for decades, from helping shut down a dangerous nuclear plant in California to showing how responsible companies consistently beat the market.
2025-11-0559 min
Sustainably GeekyEp 85 - Up in the AirThere are many alternatives to fossil fuels, but how do we pick which one(s) to use? Rinaldo Brutoco, Founding President and CEO of the World Business Academy and H2 Clipper, Inc., joins us to discuss why he believes hydrogen is the best choice. Rinaldo explains how hydrogen works and how it's being used today. He also discusses common misconceptions about hydrogen, and why the transition away from fossil fuels could be much easier than we expect. Resources discussed in this episode: World Business AcademyWorld Business Academy BooksH2 ClipperAR...
2025-10-271h 04
Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability ShowRethinking Business for a Sustainable Future with Rinaldo BrutocoIn this episode, we’re talking to Rinaldo Brutoco who is a true pioneer in redefining the role of business in society. He is the Founding President of the World Business Academy, a think tank that has been championing the idea that business must be a force for good. For decades, he has been at the forefront of catalysing systemic change across climate, economics, energy, and conscious capitalism. This episode looks into the urgent intersection of profit, purpose, and planetary survival. So, if you’re interested in how business can lead in building a regenerative future, this episode is for you...
2025-08-1534 min
Flanigan's Eco-LogicRinaldo Brutoco on Business Leading in Clean EnergyRinaldo Brutoco has been at the helm of the World Business Academy for over 38 years. He founded it to focus on the role that businesses should play in solving humanity's greatest challenges. The Academy promotes the responsibility of business in relation to the moral, environmental, and social concerns of the day. To spur change, and where markets are not acting fast enough, Brutoco and his non-profit have spun off for-profit businesses... taking ideas and convictions and turning them into products and services to drive change.He and Ted dig into his education and the value of his...
2025-08-1130 min
The San Francisco ExperienceTalking with World Business Academy CEO Rinaldo BrutocoRinaldo discusses the potential impact of tariffs on the corporate sector and the need to revamp the insurance industry before it collapses.
2025-08-0737 min
Renewable RidesEp 93: The Potential of Hydrogen and Business in Reversing Climate Change with Entrepreneur, Author and Expert Rinaldo BrutocoCan business innovation really reverse climate change? In this episode, entrepreneur and founder of the World Business Academy, Rinaldo Brutoco, shares why he believes traditional institutions have failed to address the scale of the environmental crisis and why it's up to business leaders to step up with bold, transformative solutions. You'll learn how Rinaldo’s early experiences shaped his belief in enterprise as a force for good and why a mindset shift to stewardship is essential for real climate action.We also dive into the future of hydrogen as a clean energy solution, including Rinaldo's groundbreaking venture. Yo...
2025-07-2948 min
The Climate ChampionsRinaldo Brutoco, Founding President, World Business Academy - Episode 160Rinaldo Brutoco, Founding President, World Business Academy & Founding President & CEO of H2 Clipper, Co-Founder & Board, JUST Capital, and served with many non-profits including the Gorbachev Foundation, National Peace Academy, and the Chopra Foundation.
2025-05-1239 min
Consensus in ConversationRinaldo Brutoco of World Business Academy on H2 Clipper, Energy Economics, and The Hydrogen FutureRinaldo Brutoco has dedicated his life to harnessing the awesome potential of business to create positive change in the world. As a pioneer in impact entrepreneurship, Rinaldo has spent more than thirty years building successful businesses ahead of the curve, and today, his eyes are on the green hydrogen space as a potential game-changer for the future of clean energy.In this second part of our two-part conversation with Rinaldo – the founding president of nonprofit think (and do!) tank the World Business Academy (WBA) and founder and CEO of green hydrogen transportation firm H2 Clipper (H2C) – we d...
2024-12-0549 min
Consensus in ConversationRinaldo Brutoco of World Business Academy on Consumer Law, Merchant Banks, and the Impact of Pay TVHow can business solve humanity’s most significant challenges? Why is business the best vehicle to solve them? For the last 35 years, Rinaldo Brutoco has devoted himself to asking – and answering – these crucial questions. The founding president of nonprofit think (and do!) tank the World Business Academy (WBA) and founder and CEO of green hydrogen transportation firm H2 Clipper (H2C), Rinaldo is a trailblazer in both the theory and practice of sustainable business solutions. Rinaldo graduated from Santa Clara University with degrees in economics and philosophy and later received a J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 1...
2024-11-2153 min
HydrogenNowCastHydrogen transport with pipe and dirigiblesA conversation with Rinaldo Brutoco of H2Clipper where we talk about transporting hydrogen and why hydrogen costs so much in California at the pump.
2024-08-0238 min
Living in Santa BarbaraLiving in Santa Barbara: Exploring Consciousness and Community with Rinaldo BrutocoSend us a textIn this episode, join me as I sit down with esteemed business leader, Rinaldo Brutoco, founder of the World Business Academy, a nonprofit think tank focused on ethical leadership and sustainability in business. His mission is to broaden our perspectives and deepen our understanding of the world around us, addressing critical moral, environmental, and social issues.I was inspired by a presentation he gave on 360 degrees of consciousness at the Vibrant Living Series at Unity of Santa Barbara. I highly recommend watching this video.https://youtu.be/d...
2024-07-1651 min
Always Creating ValueEpisode #8 "Always Creating Value™ Podcast for Successful Businesses" guest: Rinaldo S. Brutoco(Airdate: April 13, 2022) on Always Creating Value™ Podcast: Serial Entrepreneur, Executive, Author, Radio Host, Futurist: Rinaldo S. BrutocoPost articleMore episodes:Rinaldo is a Renaissance Person who is involved in all types of projects for the betterment of all. In our interview, we will learn more about some of his key successes. It will be amazing — we will learn how he is consistently creating value with projects in safe energy, social responsibility, climate change, businesses taking the high road with their duties to all stakeholders and more.Rinaldo S. Brutoco is Founder, CEO and...
2022-04-141h 04
Talking success with Aasmah MirTackling the climate crisis and changing the worldRinaldo Brutoco* has always been driven by purpose. He has changed his career many times but behind every decision is his underlying driver – exploring what's worth doing and going after it. In this episode, Rinaldo explains the impetus behind his career choices and how his passion to reverse the effects of climate change ultimately led to the creation of his current business, which is finding solutions to save our planet. *Rinaldo Brutoco, CEO and Chairman of H2 Clipper
2021-11-2624 min
Talking success with Aasmah MirTackling the climate crisis and changing the worldRinaldo Brutoco* has always been driven by purpose. He has changed his career many times but behind every decision is his underlying driver – exploring what's worth doing and going after it. In this episode, Rinaldo explains the impetus behind his career choices and how his passion to reverse the effects of climate change ultimately led to the creation of his current business, which is finding solutions to save our planet. *Rinaldo Brutoco, CEO and Chairman of H2 Clipper
2021-11-2624 min
The Optimist Daily's Weekly RoundupJuly 21, 2021We're taking a bit of a break this week, but we're re-running some of our best content in our absence. Today we share our interview with Lalla and Rinaldo Brutoco, founders and impact investors of The Optimist Daily. They joined us to discuss what inspired them to start the publication, their vision for its future, and how solutions news can catalyze a change in global consciousness. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
2021-07-2137 min
The Optimist Daily's Weekly RoundupMay 21, 2021Today we have some special guests on the pod. We're joined Lalla and Rinaldo Brutoco, founders and impact investors of The Optimist Daily, to discuss what inspired them to start the publication, their vision for its future, and how solutions news can catalyze a change in global consciousness. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!
2021-05-2137 min
The Dr Julie Show: All Things ConnectedConscious Enterprise and Social Change with Rinaldo Brutoco and David GershonWhat is Conscious Enterprise and Social Change? Gino Pastori-Ng writes, “Tranforming the global, exploitation-based economy into an equitable and life-affirming system for collective well-being is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. We can map every current societal problem to our economic model, which treats life itself as a commodity.” Rinaldo Brutoco and David Gershon, co-authors of Our Moment of Choice, join Dr. Julie to talk about the core principles of social change and re-inventing business and the planet for the good of the whole.
2020-10-0753 min
Soul of Business with Blaine BartlettRinaldo Brutoco, CEO of World Business Academy and co-founder of JUST CapitalJoin me with my guest Rinaldo Brutoco, co-founder and CEO of the World Business Academy. For 33 years the Academy has been one of the world’s pre-eminent business think tanks and action incubators as it has focused on the role business can and should play in solving humanity’s largest challenges. Rinaldo is the also the co-founder of JUST Capital and is one of the world’s most intelligent and respected voices on the future of humankind and how that future is influenced by the activities of business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
2020-06-2240 min
The Radical Brilliance PodcastConscious Business ~ with Rinaldo Brutoco
The words “private enterprise” and “social change” haven’t always gone hand in hand. From tobacco companies, to big banks, to the military industrial complex — the examples of harm done in an attempt to make money are numerous. Numerous, but waning. In this week’s episode we will discover how companies with values and a mission actually do better financially. We’ll talk about how organizations (for-profit and non-for-profit) do better when they have a thriving revenue model to support their activities, and how significant change is possible when the money-driven companies get on board with beneficial products and policies to keep...
2020-01-2739 min
Leading ConversationsTrending: Business MattersCheryl Esposito welcomes Rinaldo Brutoco, Founding President of World Business Academy, a nonprofit think tank focused on roles & responsibility of business in relation to humanities challenges - moral, environmental & social. Rinaldo Brutoco is certain: business for good doesn't require sacrificing profit. He says core thinking about business must evolve, beginning with shifting consciousness of 1) business leaders: because you act differently if you think you are responsible for the result; 2) young people going into business: because you act differently in the temple than you do in the jungle; & 3) how the public votes with its dollars - putting its money where its...
2018-08-0353 min
Climate SolutionsDemocratizing Power: Fossil Fuels to 100% RenewablesRinaldo S. Brutoco is a successful entrepreneur, executive, author and futurist and the Founding President of the World Business Academy. He looks at the role and responsibility of business in relation to the critical moral, environmental and social concerns of the day especially moving away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30475]
2016-02-2957 minClimate SolutionsDemocratizing Power: Fossil Fuels to 100% RenewablesRinaldo S. Brutoco is a successful entrepreneur, executive, author and futurist and the Founding President of the World Business Academy. He looks at the role and responsibility of business in relation to the critical moral, environmental and social concerns of the day especially moving away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30475]
2016-02-2957 min
Walter H. Capps Center (Video)Democratizing Power: Fossil Fuels to 100% RenewablesRinaldo S. Brutoco is a successful entrepreneur, executive, author and futurist and the Founding President of the World Business Academy. He looks at the role and responsibility of business in relation to the critical moral, environmental and social concerns of the day especially moving away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30475]
2016-02-2957 minWalter H. Capps Center (Audio)Democratizing Power: Fossil Fuels to 100% RenewablesRinaldo S. Brutoco is a successful entrepreneur, executive, author and futurist and the Founding President of the World Business Academy. He looks at the role and responsibility of business in relation to the critical moral, environmental and social concerns of the day especially moving away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30475]
2016-02-2957 min
Climate OneDeepak Chopra and Rinaldo Brutoco: Changing Energy, Changing Consciousness (09/15/14)Will a change in consciousness help us end our dependence on fossil fuels? Yes, according to well-known author and speaker Deepak Chopra and investor and entrepreneur Rinaldo Brutico, the guests of this week’s episode of Climate One. The two have joined forces to create Just Capital, an organization dedicated to helping executives of financial institutions and members of the public sector make sustainability a number one priority. “Our collective consciousness is what creates a change in behavior,” Chopra says. “There was a time when everybody was smoking in public spaces, but collective consciousness chose to change that. There was a time w...
2014-10-0300 minWalter H. Capps Center (Video)Nuclear Power: A Mistake in Search of a Mission with Rinaldo BrutocoWith problems such as the energy crunch, climate change, and dependence on foreign oil, the question reemerges as to whether we need nuclear power — either from new plants, or from relicensing our aging reactors. Rinaldo Brutoco, Founding President of the World Business Academy, discusses the hazards and finances of the nuclear industry from the perspective of a lawyer, business leader, and concerned citizen. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27697]
2014-02-101h 27Walter H. Capps Center (Audio)Nuclear Power: A Mistake in Search of a Mission with Rinaldo BrutocoWith problems such as the energy crunch, climate change, and dependence on foreign oil, the question reemerges as to whether we need nuclear power — either from new plants, or from relicensing our aging reactors. Rinaldo Brutoco, Founding President of the World Business Academy, discusses the hazards and finances of the nuclear industry from the perspective of a lawyer, business leader, and concerned citizen. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 27697]
2014-02-101h 27
What's The Buzz NYFIRST LOOK: FAME WIZARD THE NEW WAVE IN MUSIC MENTORING.Fame Wizard® was founded with the hope of supplying the post-Napster generation of musicians with the tools and resources that many record labels have long since abandoned. A nuts-and-bolts coaching and formal training on everything from copyrights to planning tours to licensing to getting radio airplay, to learning how to be discovered. Today’s guest are Fame Wizard's Tony Bongiovi and Rinaldo S. Brutoco, J.D., Co-Founder and Chairman, a leading international executive. He combines theory and practice to assist executives and organizations in adapting to change with "breakthrough" ideas. Mr. Brutoco formed The ShangriLa Consulting Group where he consults on b...
2012-02-2145 minWhat's The Buzz NYFIRST LOOK: FAME WIZARD THE NEW WAVE IN MUSIC MENTORING.Fame Wizard® was founded with the hope of supplying the post-Napster generation of musicians with the tools and resources that many record labels have long since abandoned. A nuts-and-bolts coaching and formal training on everything from copyrights to planning tours to licensing to getting radio airplay, to learning how to be discovered. Today’s guest are Fame Wizard's Tony Bongiovi and Rinaldo S. Brutoco, J.D., Co-Founder and Chairman, a leading international executive. He combines theory and practice to assist executives and organizations in adapting to change with "breakthrough" ideas. Mr. Brutoco formed The ShangriLa Consulting Group where he consults on b...
2012-02-2145 min