What if your investments didn’t just grow your money — but changed lives?

In this episode of Smug Money, we’re joined by Ray Coyle, CEO of Energise Africa — a UK-based investment platform connecting everyday investors with clean energy projects across Sub-Saharan Africa.

From solar home systems and mini-grids to clean cooking and low-carbon transport, this is investing that delivers real, visible impact : helping communities access energy, build businesses and improve everyday life.

We talk about how it works, why it matters, and what it feels like to invest in something you can actually see and follow.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your money could do more — this episode is for you.

Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high - risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 mins to learn more

Welcome to Good With Money’s Smug Money Podcast Series: a podcast designed to give you the inside track on the most exciting developments and opportunities in the sustainable money world, as well as top savings and investment tips.

In this episode, investment manager Mike Appleby from the Liontrust Sustainable Investment team joins editor Rebecca Jones to talk about greenwashing: what it is, why it's bad and the top five tricks we can use to dodge it.

But remember, none of what you will hear constitutes financial advice and if you invest on the basis of this podcast, you do so at your own risk. Past performance is not a guide to future performance, and you could lose all your capital.

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Welcome to Good With Money’s Smug Money Podcast Series: a podcast designed to give you the inside track on the most exciting developments and opportunities in the sustainable money world, as well as top savings and investment tips.

In this episode, we speak to Seb Beloe, partner at WHEB Asset Management, who tells us about how he and his team have been working to even further decarbonise the WHEB Sustainability fund, despite its investments in energy saving companies and technologies already taking hundreds of tonnes of Co2 out of the atmosphere every year.

Seb also gives a rallying cry to the investment industry, calling on money managers to do much, much more to help mitigate climate change.

But remember, none of what you will hear constitutes financial advice and if you invest on the basis of this podcast, you do so at your own risk. Past performance is not a guide to future performance, and you could lose all your capital.

Welcome to the seventh instalment of Good With Money’s Smug Money Podcast Series: a podcast designed to give you the inside track on the most exciting developments and opportunities in the sustainable money world, as well as top savings and investment tips.

In this episode, we speak to Laurie Don, investment manager on the Liontrust Sustainable Investment team, who tells us about the latest breakthroughs in health and how he’s investing in them: from cannabis for childhood epilepsy to cutting-edge gene therapy that screens-out disease.

The manager also explains why protecting the environment is essential to ensuring the health of humanity, and how he and his team work hard to ensure they are choosing companies that have only sustainable and ethical practices.

RISK WARNING: Please remember that none of what you will hear constitutes financial advice and if you invest on the basis of this podcast, you do so at your own risk. Past performance is not a guide to future performance, and you could lose all your capital.

Welcome to the sixth instalment of Good With Money’s brand new Smug Money Podcast Series: a podcast designed to give you the inside track on the most exciting developments and opportunities in the Good money world, as well as top savings and investment tips.

As we approach the end of the tax year, it’s all about ISA’s here at GWM towers, and so in this episode, we nab Jeannie Boyle, Chartered Financial Planner and Executive Director at Good Egg Company EQ Investors, who helps us wade through the ISA jungle.

Cash, Stocks and Shares, Lifetime ISA, Help-to-Buy, Innovative Finance – the choices are endless! Jeannie breaks down what each is, who they’re for and even how much we might want to put in each. Stay tuned to the end for her top spending and savings tips.

But remember, none of what you will hear constitutes financial advice and if you invest on the basis of this podcast, you do so at your own risk. Past performance is not a guide to future performance, and you could lose all your capital.

Welcome to the fifth instalment of Good With Money’s brand new Smug Money Podcast Series: a podcast designed to give you the inside track on the most exciting developments and opportunities in the sustainable investment world.

In this episode, we speak to Seb Beloe, partner and head of research at leading sustainable asset manager WHEB Asset Management, who tells us why the sustainable potential for 5G technology is exciting him - from driverless cars, to selling our unused solar energy to our neighbours to harnessing the energy from our footsteps as we walk; the benefits of an increasingly connected world seem manifold (if not a little scary... Skynet, anyone?)

But remember, none of what you will hear constitutes financial advice and if you invest on the basis of this podcast, you do so at your own risk. Past performance is not a guide to future performance, and you could lose all your capital.

Welcome to the third instalment of Good With Money's brand new Smug Money Podcast Series. In this episode, we speak to Damien Lardoux, head of impact investing at Good Egg Company EQ Investors, who reveals how he measures the exact impact of the firm's investment portfolios - right down to the last litre of water saved.

Simon Clements, fund manager at Liontrust Sustainable Investment gives us his view on global markets after the worst year for most investments (even Good ones) since 1969. Is it time to stash the cash, or keep calm and carry on being Good investors? Tune in to find out!