Upside & Impact

Upside & Impact

By Elysabeth AlfanoBusinessInvesting
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Upside & Impact episodes

  • An OG Perspective on Responsible Investing: Trillium's Matt Patsky

    CEO of Trillium Asset Management, Matthew Patsky, joins the CEO of VegTech Invest to discuss his historical, current and future perspectives on sustainable investing.

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    56 min
  • Does Your Shareholder Vote Matter? Andrew Behar of As You Sow

    Does Your Shareholder Vote Matter? CEO of As You Sow, Andrew Behar, talks about the power of the shareholder vote against the power of global corporations on this episode of NYSE's Upside & Impact: Investing for Change with host Elysabeth Alfano, CEO of VegTech Invest.

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Is 2025 the Year for Financing Food Fast? Ambassador Ertharin Cousin

    Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and Executive Director of the Food Systems for the Future, Ertharin Cousin joins CEO of VegTech Invest to discuss the pivotal year of 2025 for food and other systems shifts.

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    55 min
  • Plant-based Innovation Q3 2024 Results with Dr. Sasha Goodman

    Portfolio Manager of EATV, Dr. Sasha Goodman discusses the EATV ETF’s Q3 results and explains the benefits of diversifying one’s portfolio to include exposure to the global food and materials transformation. Specifically, he illustrates that EATV invests in high growth companies offered at low growth prices. EATV is diversified across the entire supply chain and small-, mid- and large asset classes. EATV can reduce the carbon footprint of one’s portfolio, as it is a carbon neutral fund without buying credits. EATV's performance results and beating its benchmarks.

    Enjoy this video and for more information, visit https://EATVetf.com Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at https://eatv.vegtechinvest.com.

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    32 min
  • What Is the State of the American Farmer? Deputy Under Secretary, USDA, Sanah Baig

    What is the state of the American Farmer? Is food insecurity in the US on the rise? What initiatives are upcoming to address feeding more people with fewer resources? What does the USDA science data tell us? Deputy Under Secretary of the USDA, Sanah Baig, is here for the big knowledge drop just months before the Farm Bill drop.

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    1 hr 8 min
  • Friends of the Earth Discuss Who Funds the Most Environmentally Damaging Sectors

    Monique Mikhail, Senior Program Manager, Climate and Agriculture Finance Program, and Kelly McNamara, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, at Friends of the Earth reveal some shocking environmental statistics from the banking industry's funding of animal agriculture.

    Bull in the Climate Shop study: https://foe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bull-in-the-Climate-Shop_FR_FINAL.pdf

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Live at the Sun Valley Forum with Danny Kennedy and Ricardo Bayon

    In this episode of Upside & Impact: Investing for Change, CEO of VegTech Invest and host Elysabeth Alfano conducts two interviews while attending the Sun Valley Forum in Idaho. She interviews the Chief Energy Officer at New Energy Nexus, Danny Kennedy, and Partner and Co-Founder at Encourage Capital, Ricardo Bayon.

    Ricardo's papers on biodiversity: https://encouragecapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Banking-on-Biodiversity-Ricardo-Bayon.pdf

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    59 min
  • The Societal Impact of Corporate Externalized Costs with Rick Alexander

    The Shareholder Commons CEO, Rick Alexander, joins VegTech Invest CEO, Elysabeth Alfano, on the Upside & Impact: Investing for Change podcast to discuss the societal impact of corporate externalized costs and what investors can do to encourage companies to internalize these costs.

    Sources/Articles referenced:

    FAO: https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/8a80e31b-3c41-419d-a11d-0b62e4b2528a/content/state-of-food-and-agriculture-2023/hidden-costs-global-level.html

    FOE: https://foe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bull-in-the-Climate-Shop_FR_FINAL.pdf 

    TSC: https://theshareholdercommons.com

    TSC case studies: https://theshareholdercommons.com/case-studies/

     

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

    58 min
  • How To Benchmark Your Investing Impact with Georges Dyer of IEN

    Executive Director of the Intentional Endowment Network (IEN), Georges Dyer, discusses the organization's recent pilot program for the Endowment Impact Benchmark. Joined by CEO of VegTech Invest and host, Elysabeth Alfano, the two discuss a resurgence for impact investing and the pressure for institutional organizations to lead on sustainable investing initiatives.

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    53 min
  • What is Stakeholder Engagement & Is It Important for Food Systems Shift? With Dr. Sasha Goodman

    Chief Investment Officer of VegTech Invest, Dr. Sasha Goodman, discusses the firm's recent white paper, in conjunction with Harvard University student, on Stakeholder Engagement for Plant-based Innovation & Diversified Proteins. Along with host, Elysabeth Alfano, the two discuss the top 5 findings of the white paper and the impact on the diversified proteins sector.

    VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact.

    You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest.

    VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

    To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here.

    52 min

About Upside & Impact

From the publisher's feed

Welcome to the Upside & Impact: Investing for Change Podcast! Produced by VegTech™ Invest, Upside & Impact is hosted by VegTech™ Invest CEO Elysabeth Alfano. In each episode, Elysabeth will dive deep with a leader in the impact investing space to uncover the potential financial upside and long-term impact investing in sustainable sectors like alternative energy, transportation, building materials, food and so much more.