Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, joins the show to talk about how his activist investing strategy of getting individual and institutional shareholders of the world's biggest oil companies, is forcing change from the inside of Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and others. Plus, hundreds of billions of dollars flowed into mutual funds, ETFs, and private investments in climate technologies last year. We follow the money and the sectors it is flowing to. And, universities are jumping into the Green Bond game to green up their campuses. We go back to school on The Green Investor.

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Emily Chew, the Chief Responsible Investing Officer for Calvert Research and Management, joins the show to talk about how one of the original social investing funds is meeting the evolving needs of its clients, especially around climate investing. Plus, BlackRock's Larry Fink says ESG isn't 'woke'.... it's good capitalism. We also follow the money as automakers tilt their advertising budgets towards their electric futures, and we introduce a new segment, "Unpack the Acronym", to help green investors cut through the alphabet soup in sustainable investing.

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Shila Wattamwar, Global Head of ESG Retail Wealth Strategy at Sustainalytics/Morningstar, joins the show to talk about the screening tools her team has been building to help investors personalize their investment choices, and what today's sustainable investor is actually looking for. Also, 2021 was one of the most expensive years in history for climate change disasters just as investors and underwriters poured more money into ESG funds and green bonds. We unpack the mismatch between money flows, returns and the realities of a changing planet.

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David Callaway, founder of Callaway Climate Insights, joins the show to talk about which sectors are seeing the most venture capital and investments as we head into 2022, and how the investing industry is trying to package those themes for investors. Plus, why Europe is leading the charge in green-themed investing, and why recent regulatory changes are putting the wind in its sails. And, the language of green investing is changing so we break out our decoder to make sense of the new vocabulary.

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In our inaugural episode of The Green Investor, Spencer Glendon, founder of Probable Futures, joins the show to talk about the critical risks to the multi-trillion dollar investment industry and investors due to climate change, including many we have never heard about. What does the industry need to do to prepare for them, and how can individual investors move their money to truly invest along with their environmental beliefs?

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Green Investing is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the capital markets, yet it’s still one of the most misunderstood. Investors want their money to align with their social and environmental values, but finding a path through the thicket of products, companies, industries, and ratings is trickier than ever. The Green Investor, powered by Investopedia, will explore the present and future frontiers of ESG, SRI and Impact investing, and the companies and leaders who are shaping the landscape. Hosted by Investopedia Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver, The Green Investor will feature interviews with the most influential executives, academics, investors, and policymakers in ESG. Listeners will learn how to invest with environmental and sustainable frameworks, trends to watch as the industry grows, and resources to help them on their green investing journey.

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