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Episode 12 | August 13, 2018

SDG #5: Gender Equality

Allyson McDonald, CEO, Work Capital

McDonald discusses how gender equality is at the heart of all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially as it relates to private and public market investment strategies.

Episode 10 | July 29, 2018

SDG #2: Zero Hunger

John Streur, CEO, Calvert Research and Management

Streur brings his 25 years of leadership in sustainable investment to bear on UN Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger. How can investors help to achieve this goal during a period of explosive global population growth?

Episode 9 | July 18, 2018

SDG #12: Sustainable Consumption and Production

Maureen Kline, VP Public Affairs and Sustainability, Pirelli Tire North America

UN Sustainable Development Goal #12: Sustainable consumption and production—where the rubber meets the road. Kline explains how the tires on your car today could be the road you drive on in the future!

Episode 8 | July 10, 2018

SDG #6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Garvin Jabusch, CIO, Green Alpha Advisors

Jabusch sees water-related investment opportunities in the Next Economy through the lens of clean water and sanitation.

Episode 7 | July 5, 2018

SDG #15: Life on Land

Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Asset Management

Life on Land, UN Sustainable Development Goal #15, brings out the best in Samuelrich. In this podcast she talks about how shareholder engagement with companies and their supply chains can produce good business results.

Episode 6 | June 29, 2018

SDG # 4: Quality Education

David Sand, Chief Impact Strategist, Community Capital Management

Quality Education, UN Sustainable Development Goal #4, is part of the investment strategy at Community Capital Management. David Sand, Chief Impact Strategist, tells us why education is a critical part of how to do successful fixed income investing.

Episode 5 | June 19, 2018

SDG #13: Climate Action

Scott Klimo, CIO, Saturna Capital

Climate Action, UN Sustainable Development Goal #13, is on most investors’ minds. In this podcast Klimo talks to advisors about long-term climate-focused portfolio strategies that he recommends to investors.

Episode 4 | June 11, 2018

SDG #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Patrick Doherty, Co-Founder, Long Haul Capital Group

Doherty, co-founder of Long Haul Capital’s innovative lending program and co-author of “The New Grand Strategy”, sees an opportunity to make walkable towns and cities the key to a successful U.S. economic future.

Episode 3 | June 4, 2018

SDG #1: No Poverty

Seungah Jeong, President and CEO, MPOWERD,

Consider the impact a portable solar lamp can have on poverty reduction, early childhood education and a healthier homelife for people at the bottom of the global economic food chain.  Seungah Jeong, President and CEO of MPOWERD, talks about how her company’s inexpensive, easy to use, highly mobile Luci light is transforming people’s lives.

Episode 1 | May 21, 2018

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jeff Gitterman, Co-founder, Gitterman Wealth Management

I interview Gitterman about his role as a convener of the first ever sustainable investing conference for financial advisors at the United Nations. We talk about how to integrate ESG and impact investing with the UN Sustainable Investment Goals (SDGs)–the framework adopted by 193 countries in 2015 to address critical global environmental and social issues.

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