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The Grand Tourist with Dan RubinsteinRobert Wilson: “Do I Have Time to Dream?”One of the most consequential theatrical directors ever, American artist Robert Wilson has helped to revolutionize the medium. On this episode, Dan speaks with the Texas-born talent about the hyper-conservative world in which he was raised; how he studied architecture as a young man in New York; how contemporary Broadway and opera rubbed him the wrong way; one of his latest works, Mary Said What She Said, which stars French actress Isabelle Huppert; his lauded Watermill Center and what it means to him; and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-06-0453 min
Radical TruthFreedom and Prosperity under Attack by the Anti-ESG CrusadeINCREASE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND REDUCE SHAREHOLDER RISKAs You Sow believes that shareholders are a powerful force for creating positive, lasting changes in corporate behavior.Over the past century, corporate power has become the most dominant force on the planet. Of the 100 largest economic entities in the world, nearly 70% are corporations. This concentration of resources gives companies power and influence over their workers, customers, and the communities in which they operate.It is critical for corporate leaders to address the impact of their policies and actions. By ignoring this impact, they are creating risk for...2025-04-0101 min
Radical TruthReimagining Economics for a Just Future /w Rob JohnsonToday we're honored to welcome Rob Johnson, President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which he co-founded with George Soros, William Janeway, and James Balsillie in 2009. Rob stands at the forefront of efforts to reshape economic theory and practice for a more equitable and sustainable world.Under his leadership, INET has become a powerful catalyst for fresh perspectives that address our most pressing economic challenges - from inequality and climate change to financial instability and democratic erosion.In this episode, "Reimagining Economics for a Just Future," we'll explore how new...2025-03-251h 08
Radical TruthFunding High - Impact Solutions for Basic Needs with Kevin StarrKevin Starr leads the Mulago Foundation. Mulago finds, funds, advises and promotes organizations with scalable solutions to poverty. Mulago’s two fellows programs teach early-stage social entrepreneurs how to 1) design for maximum impact and 2) build strategies for maximum scale. Most fellows become part of the Mulago Solutions portfolio, which provides unrestricted funding as long as there is impressive progress toward impact at scale.Kevin started out in medicine and practiced until founding Mulago. He and his team now work with 50 portfolio organizations, many of which have become leaders in the social sector, along wi...2025-03-1859 min
Radical TruthMore than Carbon or bips. how AI is increasing ESG Impact Investing 10 foldOlinga Taeed is Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance, the world’s leading not-for-profit think tank on the Movement of Value with over 220,000 members, and is Expert Advisor and Council Member of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s ‘Blockchain E-Commerce Committee’. He was the world’s first blockchain professor at Birmingham City University, and is Chief Editor of Frontiers in Blockchains (Switzerland), a peer review academic journal with 400+ editors. He is Chair of Arbor Verification Tech (ESG – Ho Chi Minh), MiMeta.Life (Metaverse), Bureau of Media Data and Ideology (Media – New York), and AizaWorld (Gaming – Hanoi...2025-03-111h 05
Radical TruthProcuring a Fix to the Climate Crisis /w Bob WillardThree things that you will learn:The What, Why, and How of Net-Zero Procurement (NZP)How NZP can be the missing market force engaging companies in the race to net-zero GHG emissions.How the deployment of NZP with speed and global scale can fix the climate crisisBob Willard is a leading expert on sustainability justifications, reporting frameworks, and sustainable procurement. Bob applies his business and leadership experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities by using smart environmental, social, and governance...2025-03-041h 02
Radical TruthReimagining Capital: How Aunnie Patton Power is Revolutionizing Impact InvestmentToday we're thrilled to welcome a true innovator in the impact investment space, Aunnie Patton Power. Aunnie is the founder of Intelligent Impact, an Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, and the author of "Adventure Finance: How to Create a Funding Journey That Blends Profit and Purpose."With her extensive experience in designing innovative financing mechanisms across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, Aunnie brings a wealth of knowledge on how capital can be deployed to address our world's most pressing challenges.In today's episode, we'll explore how technology is r...2025-02-2556 min
Radical TruthESG & Impact has Failed - Its time for Regenerative Investing /w Peta MilanPeta Milan is the Principal of single family office Henmil Group Family Office, at the forefront of Regenerative Investing, and CEO of the first regenerative venture studio Transcendent Media Capital. Peta takes some Executive Management roles in her portfolio companies to establish their regenerative capabilities and is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Board Member.
Lead designer of Henmil's professional certification for executives and board members, investment leaders and family offices and leaders of multilateral organisation and government in regenerative investing, business and governance, The Embodied Regenerative Leaders Certification, Peta is respected for her foundational thinking on Regenerative...2025-02-041h 05
Radical TruthBlending Effective Finance and Nature Solutions /w Christopher WhiteChristopher White joined Conservation International as a strategist in 2021, specializing in building solutions in complex and challenging environments. He has dedicated the past two years to studying the various fiscal and operational interventions employed to facilitate international conservation efforts.
He is currently working on developing a new approach to funding conservation work that generates economic and natural returns for both people and the planet.
Points to Cover:
1. Lessons Learned: Financing nature is no different than financing any other business. It is about understanding what combination works best for the unique situation.
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Radical TruthDay Zero Investing - Working with Founders Right From The Start
Featuring: Christoph Klink - Partner At Antler.
Antler is a global early-stage VC. The firm leads in ‘Day Zero’ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 30 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor.
Christoph Klink, Partner, Antler...2025-01-211h 12
Radical TruthCould children's books inspire a hopeful era by addressing present-day challenges?Fleur Rossdale's Woodland Sprite series tackles climate issues, food security, wellbeing, and plastic waste through a fantasy world where fairies protect nature with courage and authenticity. Instead of proposals, Fleur conveys her ideas through storytelling, aiming to inspire adults to act. She also organizes events in Brussels and Westminster, uniting changemakers, specialists, and scientists to drive solutions.
A fine art background earned Fleur the title "The Queen of the Decorators" in the 1980s and ’90s, where her design exhibitions drew 30,000 visitors and launched a thriving industry. In 2020, she shifted focus to ecology, fundraising for climate charities, and developing impact in...2025-01-141h 06
Radical TruthWhat is ‘Common Good Investing'?Terry Mollner is one of the pioneers of socially responsible investing as a new asset class in the professional investment community. He is a founder and member of the board of the Calvert Family of Socially Responsible Investment Funds, the largest such family of funds with over $7 billion under management.
Dr. Mollner is founder and chair of Stakeholders Capital, Inc., a socially responsible asset management firm in MA and CA and the Massachusetts-based Trusteeship Institute, Inc., an economic and social policy think tank since 1972. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of Calvert Social Investment Funds...2025-01-061h 11
Radical TruthREDD+ projects - the facts: Investing in high-impact solutions to deforestationEverland is a global leader in community-led forest conservation, ensuring financial stability for projects through Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) while championing climate change mitigation.
What will listeners learn:
-Carbon crediting from REDD+ projects has been systematically robust, and new methodologies and safeguards continue to drive integrity.
-REDD+ projects deliver demonstrable impact for climate, nature and communities; just the five projects Everland works for benefit more than 215,000 local people.
-The REDD+ mechanism is ready to scale today to meet global sustainable development goals and companies’ demand for high-integrity carbon credits.
About Everland:
Joshua Tosteson joined Everland in 201...2024-12-101h 26
Radical TruthIs Sustainability achievable in the present climate?John Elkington is an award winning world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur. John is the founder and chief-pollinator of Volans, which works with leaders to make sense of the emergent future to unlock the potential of their organisation.
Volans tackles some of the world's most challenging problems, helping key actors move from the responsibility agenda through resilience to regeneration through strategic advisory work. John's thought leadership is brought to bear in Volans Inquiries including Project Breakthrough, Tomorrow’s Capitalism Inquiry and the Green Swans Observatory.
John will share his vision of th...2024-12-0358 min
Radical TruthFinancing for Impact: Innovations, Challenges, and the Future of Result-Based FinanceExplore how sustainability-linked loans and KPI-based blended finance are advancing impact investing and driving measurable results.
Discover EBRD's High Impact Programme and development banks' evolving role in equity funds for impactful corporate growth.
Insights into pioneering work, including the Joint SDG Fund's support of ocean, energy, agriculture, and health initiatives for sustainable change.
This session will offer valuable insights for investors and sustainability leaders aiming to leverage finance for sustainable development.
Massimiliano Riva (Max) is a senior sustainable finance advisor and manager with over 20 years of experience in international organizations, development banks and...2024-11-261h 01
Radical TruthMedical Debt Abolishment as an Economic & Social InterventionAllison Sesso is President & CEO of Undue Medical Debt, a national non-profit whose purpose is to strengthen communities by abolishing burdensome medical debt.
Undue Medical Debt has eliminated over 7 Billion Dollars and received $ 50 million from MacKenzie Scott (billionaire philanthropist) for their great work.
What will you learn?
Medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy in the U.S.4 in 10 adults in the U.S. have medical debt.
RIP Medical Debt (RIP) uses donated dollars to buy and relieve medical debt across the country for those in financial need.
RIP's one-of-a-kind model turns $1 donated into $100 of medical d...2024-11-1959 min
Radical TruthHow the invention of the espresso machine led to an Impact Investing Family OfficeLuca Rancilio's grandfather invented the espresso machine. Cube is the family office founded by the Rancilio family in 2013, after the sale of the espresso machine company founded in 1927 by our grandfather Roberto.
He will share his journey towards Impact Investing, after the sale of that company.
2024-11-1254 min
Radical TruthESG Exposed: Matt Moscardi on the Real Power Behind Corporate BoardsIn this episode we’re joined by Matt Moscardi, a pioneer in rethinking corporate governance and accountability. Matt is the founder of Free Float, a platform dedicated to unpacking the hidden layers of corporate power and influence.
With a sharp wit and a no-nonsense approach, Matt and his team at Free Float explore how companies make decisions that impact us all—from boardroom dynamics to shareholder influence.
In this conversation, we’ll dive into his work at Free Float, how he’s challenging traditional ESG norms, and why transparency in corporate behavior matters...2024-11-051h 09
Radical TruthWhat climate tech is saving the world and how you can helpWhere are the climate solutions for investors?
Jacqueline van den Ende is co-founder of Amsterdam based climate fintech company Carbon Equity.
Carbon Equity seeks to connect next generation capital to the world’s most impactful climate investing opportunities.By enabling small ticket access to climate private equity funds.
She worked as private equity investor at HAL investments and more recently as a general partner at Venture Capital fund Peak Capital. She spent the other half of her career to date building and leading companies, including De Kleine Consultant, one of the largest European student-run strategy consultants.
What will you lea...2024-10-291h 03
Radical TruthRecalibrating Your Impact via Your Family LegacyMultigenerational business and legacy families seek family engagement and alignment to maximise their legacy and impact.
Zita Nikoletta Verbényi, Founder & Legacy Aesthete, The Legacy Atelier™ shares her insights in achieving these goals.
What will you learn?
Discover How to Enhance Your Family Engagement and Alignment via Your Family Legacy
Explore Why Your Family Legacy is Your Competitive Advantage, a Complexity Premium
How You Can Map, Understand, and Thrive via Your Intertwined Family Legacy Layers for Generations to Come
2024-10-2253 min
Radical TruthThe Future of Food with Johan Jörgensen.Johan Jorgensen, a leader in the global food tech movement, discusses the urgent need for transformation in the food industry. He highlights the environmental and health impacts of the current food system, which he describes as one of the most polluting industries, potentially surpassing even fossil fuels. Jorgensen emphasizes the importance of viewing food beyond just what's on the plate, advocating for a broader understanding of its value and impact.
Jorgensen advocates for policy changes and a shift in collective thinking to recognise the true costs and potential benefits of food. He discusses the...2024-10-151h 04
Radical TruthWhy connectedness makes everything possibleNadine B. Hack, known internationally for pioneering engagement leadership work using a proprietary framework called Strategic Relational Engagement.
Creating connectedness is at their core. Her firm, beCause helps individuals and organizations connect to their core purpose, connect across silos in their organizations, and connect with external stakeholders, friendly and even adversarial, all based on building and sustaining trust.
“When I was in prison it was very good to know that I had powerful friends like Nadine Hack working on behalf of South Africa’s freedom. ”
— THE HONORABLE NELSON MANDELA
Everyone will learn:
- How cultivating deep relationships improves your work
- W...2024-10-0859 min
Radical TruthTalking Long, Walking Short? - A brief history of ESG & options for the futureDr. Raj Thamotheram is a pioneer in responsible investing. He worked for 12 years inside the system in senior management roles at a large pension fund (USS) and a global fund manager (AXA IM), before becoming a freelance consultant in order to start Preventable Surprises.
He is a recognized thought leader on how companies and investors can adapt to put people and the planet on par with profit and so deliver long-term value and has been nominated twice by Global Proxy Watch as “one of the 10 most influential figures in the corporate governance field”. He is one of the co-founders of t...2024-10-011h 00
Radical Truth20 years Cleantech Investment /w Wal van LieropChrysalix Venture Capital, one of the earliest and most recognised private equity firms focused on industrial innovation, where he has helped raise more than $250M and participated in more than $1B in venture capital funding.
The Founder, Wal Van Lierop will share with us his journey and experiences in building the ecosystem for Cleantech Investing. Lessons Learned.
What you will learn?
- Does Cleantech Offer solutions to Climate?
- What are the challenges to starting Cleantech VC 20 years ago?
- Failures and Successes.
2024-08-3052 min
Radical TruthAre you selling what you dont believe? /w Dr. Giulio FranzinettiMany in the financial sector are well compensated, but often asked to push product that are not in line with their values. Dr. Giulio Franzinetti will explore these personal challenges and torments.
Dr. Franzinetti is a 30 year financial services veteran. He worked at Banca Intesa, he worked on trying to rationalise the Catholic Church portfolio. In addition, he created the Gum Arabic Fund, to create a fair trade for this essential commodity fund.
For the past few years, Dr. Franzinetti is a personal coach for those in the corporate and financial sector.2024-08-071h 34
Radical TruthThe Rise of the Emerging ManagerDespite the increased demand for private alternatives, investing in top venture capital funds still remains often exclusive to large institutions and a small group of hyper-connected wealthy individuals. Because of this, most investors continue to be locked out of the best opportunities. A new segment of managers is however, becoming increasingly appealing to family offices and fund of funds - that of the emerging manager.
Join this session with Emerging Manager, R3i Capital GP Leesa Soulodre and learn:
- How Emerging Managers are outperforming benchmarks
- How ESG in Venture is delivering returns
- How Microfunds are delivering o...2024-07-3156 min
Radical TruthRethinking Climate ChangeJames Arbib will share his vision on addressing the Climate Challenge in an effective, uplifting manner.
Jamie is the co-Founder of RethinkX, a not-for-profit think tank that analyzes and forecasts technology disruptions and their impact on society, using a complex systems-based framework. He is co-author of the book Rethinking Humanity.
He is also the founder of Tellus Mater, a grant-making foundation that supports work on issues related to sustainability, with a focus on the finance system.
Jamie is Chairman of a family office based in London and specializes in clean tech venture capital.
What will you learn?
...2024-07-1659 min
Radical TruthHow Panama Papers support financial Literacy in Italy /w Claudia SegreClaudia Segre is the driving force behind the Global Thinking Foundation. Her story as to how Global Thinking Foundation was started, funded and its purpose is absolutely brilliant and inspiring
Global Thinking Foundation is among the most active foundations in the organization of citizenship events and socially useful projects on the national and international scene. They promote initiatives related to the quality of education (Goal 4), gender equality and the prevention of violence and economic abuse (Goal 5) and the promotion of decent work and sustainable economic growth (Goal 8).
Their goal: to be a resource for the social promotion, culture...2024-07-0256 min
Radical TruthIts Time for a New Finance Paradigm in Development /w Arthur WoodThe current chasm between the rhetoric of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the capital available for development leads to why a new financial paradigm is now needed.
UNCTAD projects that we are now 20% below where we started in 2015 - ergo we have spent 3.2 trillion to have gone backwards.
The context cannot be ignored: the twin pillars of demographics – ageing populations in the West/China with substantive unfunded liabilities in health and pensions on the one hand and the pincer of youth populations in the developing world on the other hand – exacerbate instability.
2024-06-2558 min
Radical TruthWill Italy show the way in implementing the Green New Deal? /w Filippo AddariiItalian impact investing market with Filippo Addarii
The country provides a unique vantage point on the real potential of impact investing in the post-COVID covid. The European Union has invested its largest stake in the recovery of the country. Italy has turned into the poster child of the European green transition and a playground for the new geopolitics.
Furthermore, 2021 is a special year: Draghi at the head of a collation gov, and Italy hosting the G20 for the first time. Naturally, every major corporation has made commitments to join the green transition and contribute to the economic and social...2024-06-181h 00
Radical TruthHow to create economic development with biodiversity conservation?Sierra Gorde Alliance is a model of social entrepreneurship in Sierra Gorda, Mexico, where they correlate economic development with biodiversity conservation. They developed the skill set and economic value for the landowners whose forests provide environmental services- – scenic beauty as well as carbon and water capture.
Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda I.A.P. (GESG) leads a movement of civil society organizations that form the Alliance for the Conservation of the Sierra Gorda. Together with partners they promote a living laboratory of best cultural practices, with interdisciplinary teams. Our robust analysis of social & environmental return on investment demonstrates the imp...2024-06-1151 min
Radical TruthC Suite Business Leader creating global community of trustEva-Lotta Sjöstedt founded KUNO Leadership Community to build a global sense of trust for the next generation of leaders. Sjöstedt is passionate about connecting and inspiring people to develop strong, meaningful businesses through purposeful leadership. After more than 30 years’ experience as a global business leader and CEO, she has led thousands of people in organisations worldwide.
KUNO Leadership Community is composed of leaders who share our philosophy. Our fundamental beliefs, values and ideas act as guiding principles for purposeful leadership. Our philosophy encompasses our way of thinking about the world, business, leadership, sustainability, technology and globalisation and the...2024-06-0358 min
Radical TruthThe Key Man: A Wakeup Call for Investors with Simon Clark and Will LouchSimon Clark and Will Louch
THE KEY MAN tells the story of a man who raised billions of dollars for investment by vowing to end global poverty through capitalism but ended up arrested on fraud, theft and racketeering charges and facing up to 291 years in jail.
Arif Naqvi, the founder of Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj, was a pioneering impact investor who claimed to seek out ways to make money and do good in the emerging markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Bill Gates invested $100 million in Arif's $1 billion fund to build hospitals and clinics in p...2024-05-281h 05
Radical TruthWhy is impact reporting critical to success /w Sara OlsenHow do you get professionals doing high quality impact accounting and management quickly? with Sara Olsen
SVT Group works with firms with a business metabolism and an impact focus, like Techstars’ Workforce Development Accelerator (US), Mission Driven Finance (US), Angels of Impact (Singapore), and Happiness Capital (Hong Kong), which seek to support scalable, innovative companies whose work also creates a happier, more equitable and sustainable world.
Sara champions the impact management profession including through her work as Director & Methodology Committee co-chair at Social Value International, who are "working to change the way society accounts for value."
What wil...2024-05-0854 min
Radical TruthFinancial Inclusion is a lie /w Emmanuel DanielThe term “financial inclusion” as described by the fintech industry is a lie, says Emmanuel Daniel, in his recent book “The Great Transition – the personalization of finance is here”. Emmanuel Daniel is the award-winning founder of The Asian Banker and Wealth and Society.
He argues that the phrase was forcibly requisitioned by the platform players because it suited their business model of onboarding millions of customers and then monetizing them. He points out that the way that technology players are funded by venture capitalists today does not allow them to create a viable business model to succeed in financial inclusion...2024-04-301h 02
Radical TruthThe Clean Energy Transition: How Capital Markets React and why Fossil Fuels are DoomedMark Campanale is one of the true pioneers and champions of sustainable investing and using capital to address the climate challenge. Join us as he will show us how to move the needle in capital mobilization away from a carbon-intensive economy
What will you learn?
- The energy system is changing now that renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels. How big is the ‘carbon bubble’ and why $100 trillion of lost fossil fuel revenues means something
- Manufactured energy vs commodity energy, why electrons are more important than molecules and what the future will look like
- Investors lose money – and ma...2024-03-2758 min
Radical TruthDriving impact, Corporate Venture Building how established companies can build new growth /w Marko OksanenMarko Oksanen is CEO of Coventures and an experienced product leader. Marko has been involved in building digital products and ventures his whole career. As co-founder, product manager or venture designer he has been hands-on building 20+ fast growing digital ventures in Helsinki & Berlin. Now as Coventures CEO Marko has been in the deep end of Corporate Venture Building and has seen many different approaches for building impact in cooperation with established companies and entrepreneurs.
In his talk he will share his learnings on how corporations can successfully build new ventures and which pitfalls to...2024-03-2052 min
Radical TruthThe food system must change and tech is the way forward /w Johan Jörgensen Johan Jörgensen is one of the Founder of the largest Food Festival (30 years old and 400k visitors), Sweden Foodtech (SFT). We will discuss how he and SFT are changing the food system that is less destructive, more healthy, more innovative and more supportive of small holder farmers.
2024-02-1556 min
Radical TruthHow can pension funds integrate impactful investment? /w Denise Le GalMost pension funds have realised that they need to look at all risks in their investment strategy; i.e. financial, environmental, social and governance risk.
Brunel Pension Partnership Limited (Brunel) is one of eight national Local Government Pension Scheme Pools, bringing together more than £30 billion of investments of 10 likeminded funds.
Denise Le Gal, Chair of Brunel Pension Partnership will share her experience as a thought leader in the responsible investing space.
TBLI is the world's leading ESG/Impact Investing network/authority. We have been educating, advising, and connecting investors for 25 years.2024-01-2356 min
Sustainable Ambassador PodcastHelping Irresponsible Investors Profit with Sustainability & Impact | Robert Rubinstein, TBLIIn this episode, we speak with sustainable investment sherpa Robert Rubinstein about his work to help asset owners reallocate their portfolios toward sustainable investments.About Collective ResponsibilityBased in Shanghai, Collective Responsibility is a strategic advisory firm founded by Richard Brubaker, one of Asia’s most recognized authorities on sustainability, innovation and responsible leadership.Founded with the fundamental belief that a sustainable world can only be achieved through awareness of issues, finding tangibility in business cases, and development of cross-sector collaboration, Collective Responsibility acts as a knowledge base, ca...2023-10-1317 min
Taking Control of Your Financial LifeThe Last Gift You Can Give Your KidsRobert Schwartz is both an Attorney and a Certified Public Accountant. He practices in the areas of estate planning and administration, as well as in real estate. By combining his legal and financial knowledge, Mr. Schwartz is able to provide a high quality of service to his clients, and is well suited in matching his clients’ overall goals and objectives with the appropriate planning techniques. Listen to this informative Taking Control of Your Financial Life episode with Robert Schwartz about estate planning.Here is what to expect on this week’s show...2023-05-0316 min
Educational AlphaS1: Conversation with Robert J. Rubinstein, founder, and CEO of TBLI GroupIn this episode, Bill catches up with Robert Rubinstein, social entrepreneur and driving force behind TBLI Capital – the world’s leading impact investing authority and network focused on education, advising, and connecting investors. Listen in and hear what Robert means when he says, “I have full confidence in the greed of people”.
2023-03-1522 min
Radical TruthLessons learned from 50 years of Impact buildingWayne Silby founded Calvert Investments, a $15 billion investment management group in Bethesda, MD noted for their leadership in the area of socially responsible investment. Though he is no longer active in most of the day-to-day business of Calvert Investments, he supervises its private equity activities.
Mr. Silby also co-founded Social Venture Network, a group of socially oriented entrepreneurs and investors, and Calvert Social Venture Partners, one of the first socially oriented venture capital funds. He also started the Emerging Europe Fund for Sustainable Investment, a $60 million OPIC private equity fund focused on Central Europe.
Mr...2023-02-061h 00
Radical TruthCan you create a Post Growth Economy?Post Growth—Life After Capitalism
Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability—and left us ill prepared for life in a global pandemic. Weaving together philosophical reflection, economic insight and social vision, Tim Jackson’s passionate and provocative book dares us to imagine a world beyond capitalism—a place where relationship and meaning take precedence over profits and power. Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle a deeper conversation about the nature of the human condition.
Prof. Tim Jackson...2023-01-3058 min
Radical TruthHow to restore nature with financial return?Through a regenerative portfolio, Barney Swan accelerates ecosystem protection, carbon drawdown and leadership expeditions. He is currently in Far North Queensland, Australia, leading a project to restore 450 acres of the world’s oldest rainforest: Daintree. Prior to Founding the charity, ClimateForce Limited, Barney skied 1000km over 60 days to the South Pole, pulling a sledge with supplies and shelter. Surviving off clean technologies including a NASA-designed solar ice melter, biofuels made from waste products, vacuum flasks, and solar batteries. With a spirit of collaboration, he connects audiences to better understand their environmental footprint and the responsibility to do more about it...2023-01-231h 00
Radical TruthBeyond ESG to Science-based Investing /w Hazel HendersonWith ESG winning ground with money flows, there has been more talk of ESG failing in addressing the environmental and social challenges we face. In this podcast, futurist and Investor Hazel Henderson discussed a more science-based investing approach.
Hazel Henderson passed away in 2022. This podcast was one of the last interviews she gave. She will be missed.
Futurist and evolutionary economist Hazel Henderson was president of Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil), author of nine books, a syndicated and author of over 200 articles in Harvard Business Review, New York Times and other publications. She was p...2023-01-1759 min
Radical TruthUnravelling the mystery of China - What are the ambitions of the soon to be world's largest economy?Isabel Hilton is a London-based international journalist and broadcaster. She will share her vast insight into China and its future relations with the rest of the world.
She studied at the Beijing Foreign Language and Culture University and at Fudan University in Shanghai before taking up a career in written and broadcast journalism, working for The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Guardian, and the New Yorker. In 1992 she became a presenter of the BBC’s flagship news program, “The World Tonight,” then BBC Radio Three’s cultural program “Night Waves.”
2023-01-0959 min
Radical TruthHow finance can address the Climate Challenge?Germany has started a mega fund of fund to fund decommissioning all German Nuclear Power Plants. Jochen Wermuth, our next speaker on the Radical Truth podcast is on the Investment committee member of Germany's new €24bn SWF "KENFO". He shares his solutions for using finance to address the climate challenge.2023-01-0357 min
Radical TruthPurpose Investment - Unleashing the Power of Purpose and Self-Determination /w Armin SteuernagelArmin Steurernagel
What will you learn?
- What are the alternatives to corporate governance?
- How does steward ownership contribute to build lasting businesses that preserve their mission?
- How does an alternative governance structure protect companies from extractive capital?2022-12-201h 00
Radical TruthFrom green business to blue business /w Patricia RicardPatricia Ricard
Oceans are dying. The combination of pollution, climate change, over fishing are creating death zones destroying plant and other life forms. Coral reefs are disappearing.
Can this be turned around? What opportunities are there to address this environmental disaster and create opportunities for mobilising action and investment?2022-12-1358 min
Radical TruthAccelerating the Sustainable Economy /w Leonie SchreveLearn how ING Group approaches Sustainble Investment in Infrastructure (Green Bonds). Leonie Schreve, Managing director, Global Head Sustainable Finance will share her thoughts and discuss the risks and opportunities.2022-12-061h 01
Radical TruthCreating Impact at scale in frontier markets - How to approach a country's political instability as an investor?Michael Madden is an experienced investor in emerging and frontier markets. He will share his experience operating in various countries going through turmoil and upheaval, including coups, genocide and insurrection. His latest investment is in Myanmar.
Michael is the Chairman and Founder of Ronoc and Chairman of Teneo Capital & Restructuring (New York). Michael was the founding CEO of Renaissance Credit – a Russian bank start-up which grew into a hundreds of millions dollar lending business. He established the American Express card business across the former Soviet Union, and served as Director for a portfolio of franchise markets and as...2022-11-1558 min
Radical Truth30 Years Pioneering Impact Investing /w Amy DominiWhen there was no ESG or Impact Investing ecosystem, Amy Domini started Domini Social Investments and the Domini Index. ESG and Impact has grown significantly in the past 3 decades, and going mainstream. Nearly all financial institutions are offering their clients Responsible Investing products. How has the industry evolved? Has ESG and Impact improved things? What will the industry look like in the next 30 years. Pioneer Amy Domini will share her thoughts and vision for taking Impact to the next level.2022-11-081h 16
Radical TruthAre Green Bonds Really Green? /w Sean Kidney“Global sustainable finance volumes will approach $425 billion in 2020 after a strong third quarter,” says Matthew Kuchtyak, AVP-Analyst in Moody’s Investors Service’s ESG Group. “We now forecast around $250 billion of green bonds, $100 billion of social bonds and $75 billion of sustainability bonds for the full year.”
What are Green or Climate Bonds? Are they really green or low to ero carbon? How will the new EU taxonomy impact the growth of Green Bonds. Sean Kidney one of the thought leaders in this secot and the CEO at Climate Bonds Initiative will share his vision and thought of a climate bonds and a...2022-10-3156 min
Radical TruthMacArthur Foundation Genius fights for environmental rights in Rural AmericaOften called The “Erin Brockovich of Sewage” tells the riveting story of the environmental justice movement that is firing up rural America.
Catherine Coleman Flowers grew up in Lowndes County, Alabama, a place that’s been called “Bloody Lowndes” because of its violent, racist history. Once the epicenter of the voting rights struggle, today it’s Ground Zero for a new movement that is Flowers’s life’s work. It’s a fight to ensure human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. Too many people, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable means of disposing...2022-10-2557 min
Heja Framtiden383. Robert Rubinstein: Less talk, more impact (IN ENGLISH)Robert Rubinstein is the founder of TBLI, Triple Bottom Line Investing Group in Amsterdam. Originally from New York, Rubinstein worked in publishing in The Netherlands when he realised the potential impact of accelerating sustainable investments and ESG work. TBLI has since its birth evolved into a powerful network and learning platform, offering both newsletters, events and advisory services. Robert Rubinstein is not easily impressed with fancy press releases and far-future CO2 targets - he wants to see change right now. We met him to discuss these topics at Stockholm Impact Week 2022 at Epicenter in Stockholm. // Podcast host: Christian von...2022-10-1920 min
Radical TruthAmerica's destructive healthcare system: How to support change for patients, not profit? /w Wendell PotterPrior to resignation in 2008, Wendell Potter was vice president of corporate communications for the health insurance company CIGNA. He was one of the main forces to prevent the Clinton Administration to pass health care legislation. During his tenure, he was instrumental in preventing the health care system to work for those who were ill.
Potter is the first and only "health insurance insider" to have publicly criticized the industry's stance on the Obama health care reforms. A supporter of the Affordable Care Act, Potter correctly predicted in 2010 the final version of the law would increase health insurance...2022-10-181h 01
Radical TruthShell: Greenwashing their way to disasterCaroline Dennett is Director of CLOUT LTD and has 20+ years’ experience as a researcher and insight consultant; she has developed a sensitive understanding of the drivers of human behaviour, motivation and change.
Caroline has gained unique insights into the factors that can make and break positive safety cultures, the role Leadership plays in these dynamics and in driving change.
She recently withdrew her services from Shell because of their lack of leadership in addressing the climate challenge, and zero ambition for a genuinely green future.2022-10-111h 00
Radical TruthHow to access 95 billion euros for startups?There is a lack of finance for breakthrough and disruptive innovators in Europe, with an estimated equity funding gap of about Euros 70 billion. Many European start-ups can't find high risk capital needed to get to the stage where private sector investors gets involved.To address the challenge, the EU launched the European Innovation Council (EIC), The EIC can help innovators from the stage of idea and invention to investments and scale-up of their companies.Funding up to 2.5 million in Grants and 15 million euros in equity, is availalble. TBLI has invited an expert in this field, Mauro Andriotto to explain t...2022-10-0458 min
Radical TruthConfessions of a Recovering Professional Football PlayerWill Allen played 12 years in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he developed meaningful relationships with athletes, influencers, CEOs and brands.
He is now one of the founding partners of MVP-Magarac Venture Partners and is looking to invest and support small businesses in the American mid-west, with a focus on businesses run by people of color. This podcast outlines his journey going from a professional football player to impact investor.2022-09-271h 01
Radical TruthHow to fight poverty through Community Currencies?Will Ruddick is a development economist focusing on currency innovation. After completing graduate school researching high energy physics as a collaboration member at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, he found his analysis skills and passion drawn to alternative economics and development. Since 2008 Will has lived in East Africa and managed several successful development programs in environment, food security and economic development. He is an advocate for, and designer of currencies for poverty eradication and sustainable development. Mr. Ruddick has pioneered Community Currency programs in Kenya since 2010 and is the founder of the award winning Sarafu and Bangla-Pesa programs.2022-09-2057 min
Radical TruthDAVOS MAN - How the Billionaires Devoured the World /w Peter S. GoodmanPeter S. Goodman is the global economic correspondent for The New York Times, based in New York.
He is the author two books, the best-selling DAVOS MAN: How the Billionaires Devoured the World (HarperCollins, 2022), and PAST DUE: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy (Times Books, 2009), which was named one of Bloomberg’s top 50 business titles.
THIS MASTERWORK OF REPORTING IS THE FIRST BOOK TO EXPOSE HOW THE WEALTHIEST LEFT OUR HEALTHCARE, ECONOMY, AND GOVERNMENTS VULNERABLE TO THE PANDEMIC—AND HOW THEY HAVE EXPLOITED COVID-19 TO MULTIPLY THEIR FORTUNES WHILE THE...2022-09-061h 04
Radical TruthDriving impact with Corporate Venture Building - how established companies can build new growth and impactMarko Oksanen is CEO of Coventures and an experienced product leader. Marko has been involved in building digital products and ventures his whole career. As co-founder, product manager or venture designer he has been hands-on building 20+ fast growing digital ventures in Helsinki & Berlin. Now as Coventures CEO Marko has been in the deep end of Corporate Venture Building and has seen many different approaches for building impact in cooperation with established companies and entrepreneurs. In his talk shares his learnings on how corporations can successfully build new ventures and which pitfalls to avoid.
What will you learn?
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Radical TruthShared-X has the Solution to Rural Poverty, Food Security, Climate Change and Healthy FoodSeventy percent of the food of the world is produced by smallholder farmers and 70% of the poor are smallholder farmers. Increase soil concentration by 2% we can offset climate change. We need a multi pronged approach to address climate change, food security, rural poverty and soil restoration Regenerative Ag does all and no one does it better than Shared-X.
John Denniston, Chairman of Shared-X shares the solution that they have developed over 7 years. Absolutely brilliant and by far the cheapest way to address all of the challenges listed.
What will you learn?
-How to...2022-08-2350 min
Radical TruthRefugees are an asset not a liabilityThe Refugee Investment Network (RIN) is building the investment ecosystem for refugee-led and supporting ventures through delivering partnerships, advisory programs, education, and financing mechanisms.John Kluge the founder will show how Refugees are an asset not a liability and how RIN has creative financial instruments to help both society and refugees2022-08-161h 09
Radical TruthESG is not the problem. BAU is the problem.Clara Miller writes and speaks about sustainable finance, impact investing, business models and accounting in the nonprofit and for-profit arenas, and advises projects and individuals working for progress on same. She is President Emerita of the Heron Foundation (2011-2017), and was Founder and President/CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund (1984-2011).
Miller was named seven times to the Nonprofit Times “Power and Influence Top 50,” (2006-2017), to Inside Philanthropy’s “50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy for 2016 and 2017 and as Social Innovator of the Year by the University of New Hampshire in 2017.2022-08-0959 min
Radical TruthBlood Diamonds, Sanctions, the role of Government and TradeMartin Rapaport has worked tirelessly to create Fair Trade Diamonds in West Africa. Rapaport Fair Trade defines a “conflict” or “blood” diamond as a diamond which comes from a mine located in or providing profits to any of the following: civil conflict; illegitimate rebel movement; oppressive regime; or a violation of the Rapaport Minimum Human Rights Standard.
At Rapaport, it means a product which has met the following four conditions:
Fair wages to all those working along the supply chain
Community benefit to the people who live in the area of the mine
Do No Harm – no displac...2022-08-021h 03
Radical TruthWhen Things Fall Apart - How do you balance investors and beneficiaries’ interests when everything goes wrong?Andrea Pizziconi is the Founder & Managing Principal of the Christie Company as well as its subsidiaries, Africa Integras and Girls First Finance. An accomplished social entrepreneur and TBLI Hero.
She has worked tirelessly to address the challenges of expanding access to higher education in Africa by investing in public universities on a grand scale. She will share some of the many challenges she faces working in Africa and the education sector and how she has flipped the script on a nightmare outcome to create the most impactful venture she’s taken on yet.
What will yo...2022-07-2656 min
Radical TruthAddressing the Mental Health Crisis through Investment /w Christian AngermayerChristian Angermayer is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and founder of his private investment firm, Apeiron Investment Group
With USD 3.5+ billion under management and 50 FTEs across five international locations, Founded by Christian in 2018. Atai is already making significant headway towards unlocking innovative treatments for the one billion plus people worldwide suffering from mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Atai currently has multiple projects underway to investigate the potential of psychedelic compounds like “magic mushrooms” / psilocybin, DMT and Ibogaine, and establish these as approved treatments.
What will you learn?
Can depression be cure...2022-07-2154 min
Radical TruthConfessions of a Recovering Climate Asset Owner /w Mats AnderssonMats Andersson, former CEO of Swedish Pension Fund AP4 will share his vision as to how asset owners and manager can de-carbonize their portfolios, and still achieve alps.What will you learn? How to de-carbonize portfolios? What are the challenges for investors in de-carbonising? How can we scale investment addressing climate risk?2022-07-1248 min
Radical Truth10 years of small investments with big impact /w Benjamin BinghamBenjamin Bingham-Benjamin Bingham is the CEO/Founder of 3Sisters Sustainable Management, focused on 100% impact portfolios across private and public asset classes (Scarab Funds). Educated at Groton School, Yale and Emerson College (UK), his writing and work draws on broad experience as an artist, bio-dynamic farmer, and teacher. His pioneering book on Impact Investing: Making Money Matter is an important contribution to this expanding movement (www.makingmoneymatterbook.com ).
Currently Mr. Bingham is working on a second book on how investors can help the world best by transforming their own personal relationship with money and focusing on what changes a...2022-07-051h 15
Radical TruthHow to make thousands of Social Entrepreneurs blossom in emerging marketsSocial entrepreneurship on steroids.
Thierry Sanders is one of the most successful social entrepreneurs. Having worked on several continents having set up a global crowdfunding platform, Indonesia's 1st online lending company, an impact fund and now a waste management company. In this podcast, we will discuss his experiences as a social entrepreneurs and key lessons learned.
What will you learn?
-How to convince a billionaire to fund a Social Enterprise Bank?
-How to build a large scale Social Enterprise in Emerging Markets?
- How & when to pivot?
...2022-06-2855 min
Radical TruthAre ESG Funds really making a difference?Former Group Sustainabilty Officer of DWS, Desiree Fixler discusses if ESG is doing anything, other than making fees for fund managers.
What will you learn?
- Are ESG funds actually addressing the climate challenge?
- What do many of the institutional investors feel about ESG?
- It is all greenwashing?2022-06-211h 04
Radical TruthHow is a Family Office Revolutionising the Food System?Gustaf Brandberg started Gullspång Invest. An early stage investor in disruptive companies in sustainability. When nobody wanted ot invest in Oatly (10 billion dollar IPO), Gullspång invested. His new vehicle https://refood.vc/ is investing in entrepreneurs solving the foodsystem’s structural problems for generations to come.
What you will learn?
How to find the next food unicorns?
Can the present food system be repaired?
How to convince other families to get on board?
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Radical TruthMoney is power. Wealth taxation means democratisation of power.Marlene Engelhorn (29) comes from a family of wealth. She has been active in campaigning and raising societal awareness about the dangers of wealth concentration is a few hands.
There is nearly 4x more wealth than there is GDP. This vast wealth is concentrated in very few hands who often use that wealth to avoid paying taxes and influence the political process at the detriment of society. This needs to change.
What will you learn?
You can't abolish poverty without abolishing uber-wealth
Why is a wealth tax critical to society?
Why are seven digits in...2022-06-0758 min
Radical TruthWhat are the challenges to get Private Banks to fully embrace Impact Investing?The leading Private Banks control vast sums of wealth through the management of the wealthiest families and individuals. With more and more clients wanting their money to be used for more purpose, the role of the Private Banks is critical.
Listen to three senior managers of Private Banks, share their experiences on increasing money flows in to Impact Investing
Speakers:
Rosa Sangiorgio, Head of ESG at Pictet Wealth Management
Rashila Kerai, Head Group Sustainability, VP Bank AG
James Purcell, Group Head of ESG, Sustainable, and Impact Investing at Quintet Pr...2022-05-2559 min
Radical TruthFather Séamus Finn OMI - How to get the Catholic Church to embrace Impact Investing?Father Séamus Finn OMI has been one of the most vocal and active in getting the Catholic Church to allocate their financial resources towards responsible investments. For the past 3+ decades, he has actively engaged the Church and mobilized capital for investments that addressed poverty and climate change.
Often looked at as the rock star of the Catholic Church with regards to changing the mindset of the Church on investment2022-05-181h 07
Radical TruthHow Artha resolves Impact Investing ChallengesImpact Investors struggle to find, do due diligence, invest, report, and support impact opportunities For many it is a new initiative. Audrey Selian, Head of Artha Impact (Hindi for goal, sense, purpose) will discuss how she has been able to address many of these challenges and dramatically increase interest and money flows.
What will you learn?
-What is Artha network technology about?
- How is this more 'than just another platform'?
- Can discovery and dilligence scale impact investing2022-05-101h 02
Radical TruthESG has failed in providing true sustainable solutions. Is Future Fit the answer?With supposedly 40 Trillion being committed to ESG and Impact, one has to ask why haven't we seen improvements in society or environments. Perhaps the methodology for determinin what is a sustainable company or investment needs to be re-evaluated.
Geoff is an entrepreneur whose experience spans sustainability consulting, high-tech startups, and academic research. He holds a PhD in artificial intelligence, and has co-founded two software businesses, the second of which was acquired by a global technology company. Geoff switched careers in 2010, joining London-based think-tank SustainAbility, where he oversaw communications and advised some of the world’s biggest corporations on...2022-04-2859 min
Radical TruthMoney is nothing more than a mental construct. If you want to invest with impact, know your own mental construct.Peter Koenig, a global expert on the meaning of money. In this episode of Radical Truth, we invite Peter to discuss what he has learned, in educating thousands about what is money.
Relationship, to self, other, Nature and money is at the heart of this, not as philosophy or a nice-to-have but as a hands-on practice. Aside from the usual exchange and discussion in these sessions, Peter is offering to give a practical demonstration to any participants who would like to try his system out in situ.
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Radical TruthHow is Ruben Vardanyan using Impact Investing to develop Armenia?Ruben Vardanyan is a Russian business leader, social entrepreneur and venture philanthropist of Armenian origin, Co-founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. He and his wife Veronika invest in large-scale multifaceted projects in the sphere of global education, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and solving humanitarian problems. Ruben and his family, together with partners from various countries, have invested about $600M in projects in Armenia, developing a commercial approach that relies on involving blended financing to find solutions to social problems.2022-04-1354 min
Radical TruthAre African Family Offices interested in Impact Investing?Africa is a fast growing continent, in population and economically. With this prosperity, comes great wealth. The Family Office industry is quite nascent and only starting to evolve. Are these successful entrepreneurial families interested in Impact Investing.
This episode of Radical Truth will be a deep dive with Tsitsi Mutendi, the co-Founder of African Family Firms. Founded in 2019 by family business owners to create a safe and non-solicitous environment where they could get together to talk openly about their challenges and share their experiences to help others. As a not-for-profit organisation they put the needs of our m...2022-04-0653 min
Radical TruthHow to Monetize the Business Case for Sustainability /w Tensie WhelanIn this week's episode of Radical Truth, Tensie Whelan, Director of NYU Stern School of Business’s Center for Sustainable Business, will discuss her work on proving the Business Case for Sustainability.Tensie will discuss latest research in proving the business case for embracing sustainability in the corporate strategy.2022-03-3059 min
The Grand Tourist with Dan RubinsteinRobert A.M. Stern: Making History in ArchitectureAmerican architect Robert A.M. Stern is a legend, not only for his impressive portfolio, but for his ideas, critiques, and contributions to the craft of architecture itself. On this episode, Dan speaks with Stern about his new memoir, the birth of postmodernism, his unlikely friendship with Zaha Hadid, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-03-3045 min
Radical TruthRegenerative Investment - Is it achievable? /w B. Lorraine SmithESG and Impact Investing has become the buzz words for the investment community. With tens of trillions pouring into this pace, have we made any real progress with adressing environmental and social challenges (climate, food, water, poverty, inequality, etc.)
Regenerative Investment attempts to achieve social and environmental balance as well as financial returns. We will discuss this with B. Lorraine Smith, a thought leader in this space.2022-03-231h 22
Radical TruthOldest Private Bank embraces Impact Investing /w Alexander HoareC. Hoare & Co. is the United Kingdom’ s oldest privately owned bank, founded in 1672. Founded in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare, C. Hoare & Co. is still owned and led by 10th and 11th generation members of the Hoare family. Alexander S. Hoare is a family member and on the Board of Directors. Alexander will share his personal journey that led him to launch Snowball, an Impact Investing Initiative for sophisticated investors.2022-03-161h 05
Radical TruthMaking Human Rights an issue for the financial sector - Mission Impossible?Celia Ouellette is the founder and CEO of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ), which works with companies to champion fairness, equality and effectiveness across systems of punishment and incarceration. She has dedicated her career to representing and fighting for those most disadvantaged by broken criminal justice systems.
She is a dual US-UK qualified lawyer who started her career in the US working on criminal defense cases. She then joined the UK human rights charity Reprieve as a Staff Attorney for their death penalty team. Before forming RBIJ, she founded and directed The Powell Project, an org...2022-03-1059 min
Radical TruthThe Man Who Changed The World of ESG InvestmentIn October 2005, Paul Watchman, working at Freshfields Law Firm,, published a paper called, for the United Nations Environmental Program The Freshfields Report. This report title was A Legal Framework for The Integration of environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment. This report profoundly changed the landscape and laid the basis for ESG Investment.
In this episode of Radical Truth, we've invited Paul Watchman for a discussion on his insights regarding the development of the ESG space since his report has been published.2022-03-0257 min
Radical TruthBhutan - the Dark Side of Shangri-LaBhutan is not that Shangri-la that many perceive. In this talk, Dr. Rieki Crins, one of the world's leading authorities on Bhutan discusses the massive human rights abuses in the Himalayan country. There are over 120.000 Refugees.2022-02-241h 29
Radical TruthAre you selling what you don't believe?Many in the financial sector are well compensated, but often asked to push product that are not in line with their values.
Dr. Giulio Franzinetti will explore these personal challenges and torments. Dr. Franzinetti is a 30 year financial services veteran. He worked at Banca Intesa, he worked on trying to rationalise the Catholic Church portfolio. In addition, he created the Gum Arabic Fund, to create a fair trade for this essential commodity fund. For the past few years, Dr. Franzinetti is a personal coach for those in the corporate and financial sector.
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Radical TruthFrom Tiananmen Square dissident to Health & FoodTech Innovator and investorShen Tong Shen Tong (Simplified Chinese: 沈彤; Hanyu Pinyin: Shěn Tóng) is an American impact investor, activist, and writer. He was a Chinese dissident who was exiled as one of the student leaders in the democracy movement at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Shen was one of the People of the Year in Newsweek 1989. and he became a media, software, social entrepreneur, and investor in the late 1990s.He founded business accelerators FoodFu tureCo in 2015 and Food-X in 2014, the latter of which is recognized by Fast Company as one of "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Food He serves...2022-02-0958 minRadical TruthPlanet of the Humans - Fact or Fiction?Jeff Gibbs film about Renewable Energy, Growth, and Sustainability have shocked, angered and gotten critical acclaim. The premise is that Renewable Energy is carbon intensive, we can't keep growing and wind and solar will not save us. Is this true? For this episode of Radical Truth we have brought together expert panel to discuss the film and the future of the Human Race.2022-02-021h 58
Radical TruthNew Alternatives to the Silicon Valley Business ModelDr. Melanie Rieback is a leading cybersecurity and social entrepreneur working to show how business can be an effective for of activism. During this talk she will expose the failings of the steroid induced silicon valley model of artificial growth, and alternative models"Business can be one of the most effective forms of Activism. Business can be one of the most expressive forms of Art. " Dr. Melanie Rieback, a successful Social Entrepreneur and Professional Hacker, will talk about nonprofit businesses, Post Growth thought, and alternatives to the Silicon Valley model.2022-01-261h 27
Radical TruthWho is TBLI?Robert's Radical Truth is part of TBLI Group.. TBLI is making the financial system work for all. We cover the wide range of ESG and Impact Investing topics. What it is? Why is it booming? How to integrate sustainability in asset management? How to create ESG or Impact Portfolio? How will climate change impact investments? There will be interview with many thought leaders, some know and some not known, but all brilliant.
Can we create an economy based upon well being? Lets make the financial system work for all.
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The Art of Kindness with Robert PeterpaulRonen Rubinstein (9-1-1: Lone Star) Uses Kindness to Make WavesActor and activist Ronen Rubinstein (FOX's 9-1-1: Lone Star) discuss kindness in the arts, including: the importance of giving back, the ideal way to converse with people who disagree with you, why everyone needs a pet and much more. Be sure to stick around after our chat for your kindness tip of the week! Ronen Rubinstein currently stars alongside Rob Lowe in Ryan Murphy's groundbreaking series 9-1-1: Lone Star. You may also have seem him onscreen in American Horror Stories, Smiley Face Killers, Orange Is The New Black or Dead of Summer. Offscreen, Rubinstein is a...2021-09-0645 min
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: BROADWAY'S LIVING LEGENDS » PodcastJOHN RUBINSTEIN, Actor- Part OneSHOWS: Pippin, Getting Away With Murder, WickedIn Part One of our interview with John Rubinstein we hear how the man who has appeared in Pippin, Children of a Lesser God, Fools, Hurlyburly, M Butterfly, Ragtime, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, not to mention The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Crazy Like a Fox, Feud, and so many more, has sustained a career as an actor, director, writer, and educator for over fifty years!John pulls back the curtain on his career to discuss how he befriended Ruth Gordon...2021-05-241h 13
Enterprising Families PodcastRobert Rubinstein shares on "Is Impact Investing the right strategy for African Family Offices?"Robert Rubinstein shares on "Is Impact Investing the right strategy for African Family Offices?"
About: Robert J. Rubinstein (born 1952) is a Social Entrepreneur and the founder and driving force behind TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investing) Group, a group that specializes in Environmental, Social and Governance ESG and Impact Investing, using Triple Bottom Line principles.2020-12-2831 min
The Social Impact Podcast - Your Mark on the World with Devin ThorpeOne Key To Impact Investing: Start Big - Robert Rubinstein, TBLI - #641Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin.
Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2KEPdXC.
Robert Rubinstein, 66, founder of the TBLI Group, has been advocating for sustainable, responsible or impact investing since the mid-1990s. One of the key lessons he’s learned: start big.
“I always focus on irresponsible investors and criminals. And I always communicated in their tribal language, so I only showed them self-interest, opportunity and money flows,” Rubinstein jokes enthusiastically, referring to the investors who didn’t already employ some form of responsible investing.
Those money flows we...2018-05-2224 min
Superpowers for Good: Empowering Changemakers for Social Impact via Regulated Investment Crowdfunding from the SuperCrowd.One Key To Impact Investing: Start Big - Robert Rubinstein, TBLI - #641Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin.Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2KEPdXC.Robert Rubinstein, 66, founder of the TBLI Group, has been advocating for sustainable, responsible or impact investing since the mid-1990s. One of the key lessons he’s learned: start big.“I always focus on irresponsible investors and criminals. And I always communicated in their tribal language, so I only showed them self-interest, opportunity and money flows,” Rubinstein jokes enthusiastically, referring to the investors who didn’t already employ some for...2018-05-2224 min
The Japan Considered Podcast071019JapanConsideredPodcastVolume03Number37October 19, 2007. Volume 03, Number 37Click here for a transcript of this program.Thanks for joining me again today. We have a good program. Featuring an extended interview with Gregg Rubinstein of Washington, D.C. Gregg gives us his latest thinking on the nature of U.S.-Japan relations. All interesting stuff. Before that we briefly consider the significance of a couple of items in the news this week. First, Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura's comments to the Kantei press corps about negotiations with China over the East China Sea gas exploitation dispute. He clearly said...2007-10-2025 min