So many of us want to invest in the stock market to make money for retirement, but feel pretty icky about where our money might be going. Do we just have to surrender to the greedy capitalists polluting our planet and perpetuating social inequities?

Listen to this episode to find out! (Spoiler alert: NO)

Sara and I grill sustainable investing expert Kacie Swartz about how to find funds that promote our values. And guess what?

They do just as well, if not better, as the traditional funds that have gotten away with regressive social policies and short-sighted slash and burn environmental damages in the name of profit.

Kacie explains how to find funds we can feel good about, without diminishing our returns, AND how this kind of activist investing is a very powerful way to change industries with our dollars.

Here are some of the resources Kacie mentioned that are good for researching sustainable, environmentally and socially-conscious funds:

Morning Star

Vanguard

MSCI

Green Money Journal

And here’s Kacie on LinkedIn.

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This episode was edited by our co-producer Kelly West. Music by Bad Bad Hats and Devmo.