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How is Breene Murphy pioneering sustainable investment strategies that challenge the status quo of traditional financial systems?Host Keith Zakheim speaks with Breene Murphy, President of Carbon Collective, as he recounts his extraordinary shift from the bustling world of NBA journalism to spearheading the movement for sustainable investing. Breene takes us through his journey, sharing how his creative aspirations and a pivotal influence from his grandmother set him on a path to climate advocacy. His story is a testament to the power of aligning personal purpose with professional endeavors, inspiring each of us to consider how we might contribute to the sustainability movement. We discuss his integral role at Carbon Collective Investing, where he crafts innovative strategies to integrate sustainability into traditional financial systems. Explore how leaders and innovators across sectors are redefining sustainable business practices, transforming challenges into opportunities for a brighter, greener future. This episode isn't just about investment; it's an invitation to align your values with your resources, and to envision the future you wish to see.Breene Murphy, President, Carbon Collective, is the first online investment advisor dedicated to solving climate change. With a strong background in finance, marketing, and climate, Breene has been a passionate volunteer with Citizens' Climate Lobby for 10 years, even helping pass climate legislation. He's also the director of the ecoadventure documentary series *Seven Crossings* with big wave surfer Jamie Mitchell. Breene enjoys connecting with the climate community and sharing insights on climate action through speaking engagements and podcasts.In This Episode: (00:00) How Breene got to his current role(05:24) Breene's stylish and energetic grandmother - a huge inspiration(08:50) Storytelling and behavioral economics, a gateway into finance(12:00) ESG and the Carbon Collective, the lived world vs. public markets(17:10) Looking forward instead of at the status quo, changing fiduciary best practices(20:00) Where we are now in investing, opportunities for shareholder engagementShare with someone who would enjoy this topic, like and subscribe to hear all of our future episodes, send us your comments and guest suggestions!About the show: The Age of Adoption podcast explores the monumental transition from a period of climate tech research and innovation – an Age of Innovation – to today's world in which companies across the economy are furiously adopting climate solutions - the Age of Adoption. Listen as our host, Keith Zakheim, CEO of Antenna Group, talks with experts from across the climate, energy, health, and real estate sectors to discuss what the transition means for business and society, and how corporates and startups can rise above competitors to lead in this new age. Access more curated content on the subject by visiting, www.ageofadoption.com.This podcast is brought to you by Antenna Group, an award-winning integrated marketing, public relations, public affairs and digital agency that partners with the world's most exciting and disruptive companies across cleantech, mobility, real estate, healthcare, and emerging B2B tech sectors. Our clients are transformational and distinguished corporations, startups, investors, and nonprofits that are at the bleeding edge of the Age of Adoption. Visit antennagroup.com to learn more.Resources:Breene Murphy LinkedInCarbon CollectiveAntenna GroupAge of Adoption WebsiteKeith Zakheim LinkedIn

How can product leaders find product market fit with customer insights? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and creating a diverse community to enhance talent capacity and to drive innovation, is essential to tackling this global environmental crisis. In this podcast, Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank) Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong will be interviewing Carbon Collective Investing President Breene Murphy to discuss achieving product market fit and scalability through understanding customer needs, optimizing adoption with user friendly process flow and technology, as well as leveraging market signals and relevant stakeholders to amplify product impact.

Breene Murphy is the president of Carbon Collective, a climate investment advisor. They create low-fee investment portfolios for employer 401k plans and individuals that divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in climate solutions. They have launched two Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): a climate solutions equity ETF (ticker: CCSO), and a green bond fund (ticker: CCSB).. Carbon Collective is an implementation partner of Project Drawdown, and a member of Rewiring America's CEOs for Electrification coalition. If you are responsible for your company's 401K plans, look to Carbon Collective's ETFs as a sustainable option to offer employees. In this episode, we discuss: ●     What an ETF is, and why Carbon Collective needed to create their own ●     How an investment portfolio is made ●     Why it's important to invest more funds into climate solutions companies Key Takeaways: ●     Investing: Simplify the Complex. Investing can feel like trying to decipher a foreign language. You're either lost in the weeds or barely skimming the surface. Here's my straightforward advice: First, if you're in the USA, start investing in your 401K as early as possible, and always contribute at least the maximum amount that your company matches. There is no fallback social system to rely on in retirement. Second, remember that your investments are your bets on the future. When you put your money into a company, you're saying, "I want this company to be part of tomorrow's world." So, invest with intention. Make sure your financial choices align with the future you want to live in. ●     Expanding Investment Choices. For markets to genuinely reflect individual choices, people need a full spectrum of options. Carbon Collective stepped in to fill a significant gap by creating new ETFs and 401K portfolios that exclude fossil fuel companies—something that was missing in the market. Considering that 401Ks are the primary retirement-saving vehicle for Americans, having no option to align those investments with personal values means the market can't truly reflect individual preferences. It's like having a dessert bar that only offers ice cream and then assuming everyone's favorite dessert is ice cream. True choice requires diverse options. ●     Helping: The Antidote to Helplessness. Before we started recording, Breene shared his eye-opening experience of joining the workforce and realizing that most adults are just figuring it out as they go, struggling along the way. This shattered the illusion that adults “have it figured out”. He talked about the impact helping those around him had on his career. It reminded me of the phrase "helping is the antidote to helplessness". No matter what, every life journey will have spots that feel helpless. This phrase is a nice reminder. Helpful acts not only lift others up but also pull us out of our own helpless ruts, reminding us that we have the power to make a difference. References: ●     Connect with Breene on LinkedIn ●     Carbon Collective ●     Project Drawdown ●     International Energy Agency ●     Rewiring America Connect & Share: If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading them! If this episode resonated with you, I ask you to send it to a friend. Help bring even more visibility to these leaders that are using business as a force for good! Subscribe to the Purpose and Profit newsletter to make sure you don't miss future episodes. This podcast is for you, the listener. I'd love to hear what resonated with you, or if you have a suggestion on who would be a great guest for this show. Please send me a note at info@KathyVarol.com.

Breene Murphy is the president of Carbon Collective Investing, a climate focused investment advisor. They create sustainable investment portfolios for individuals and employer retirement plans. To support portfolios, Carbon Collective Investing has launched two investment funds on the Nasdaq Exchange in New York, a climate solutions equity ETF with the ticker CCSO and a short duration green bond fund with the ticker CCSB. They also launched ClimateSmart target date fund series. Breene has been on the advisory board for USC's Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Catalina Island. Breene lives in Laguna Beach with his wife and two sons. He surfs regularly, including in Laguna's Annual Brook Street contest, and he loves great books! -- Critical Mass Business Talk Show is Orange County, CA's longest-running business talk show, focused on offering value and insight to middle-market business leaders in the OC and beyond. Hosted by Ric Franzi, business partner at REF Orange County. Learn more about Ric at www.ricfranzi.com. 

  Our guest this week on the pod is Angel Lance. Angel is a visionary founder and CEO with an impressive track record of creating and leading successful companies that solve big problems. In over 2 decades of serial entrepreneurship, she has launched and scaled 4 self-funded, profitable enterprises from the ground up, demonstrating an unparcelled business acumen and commitment to living her passion for environmental stewardship. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strategy Session if you can use support growing your impact business. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Motive Power site SB 253 bill info Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Sir Ronald Cohen's site Carbon Collective site Navigating Challenges in the Social Impact Startup Space blog Pitch an Awarepreneurs episode Book a Strategy Session with Paul

This is CC Pod - the Climate Capital Podcast. You are receiving this because you have subscribed to our Substack. If you'd like to manage your Climate Capital Substack subscription, click here. Disclaimer: For full disclosure, Carbon Collective is a portfolio company at Climate Capital, where Vijay works as a Syndicate Investor and Advisor.CC Pod is not investment advice and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any investment decision.Don't miss an episode from Climate Capital!In the latest episode of CC Pod, Vijay Rajendran had an insightful conversation with Zach Stein, Co-founder of Carbon Collective. Zach discussed the mission of Carbon Collective to provide curated options in sustainable investing. Carbon Collective is a fresh player in the financial industry, offering sustainable retirement accounts for businesses. Before this venture, Stein was the CEO and co-founder of Osmo Systems, an agrotech startup that provided affordable monitoring and control systems to hydroponic and aquaculture farmers.Stein and his co-founder, James, who have known each other since childhood, started Carbon Collective with a vision to build better tools that would enable individuals to take collective action against climate change.Rather than following a traditional model, they have created a simplified, jargon-free system that empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their investments. It's an approach that has proved controversial in some quarters, but Stein firmly believes in its potential to disrupt the industry.Looking to the future, Stein is optimistic. If Carbon Collective succeeds, he sees a world where sustainable investing becomes the norm, fossil fuel investments shrink, and the narrative of the financial industry shifts towards sustainability.Visit carboncollective.co to learn more! Get full access to Climate Capital at climatecap.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, we're joined by Brooke Tomasetti. Brooke shares her expertise on two topics relevant to our growing global community: becoming a digital nomad and integrating sustainable finance into your personal financial plan. As a financial coach, Brooke helps individuals, especially women, make the most of their income, guiding them toward financial freedom and the concept of "work-optional". She also heads up financial education at Carbon Collective, where sustainable investing portfolios are built. Join us for an insightful discussion as Brooke delves into what it means to become work optional and shares practical steps to unlock, allocate, and amplify your financial goals.

At Strong Leaders Serve we seek out and celebrate leaders who are making a positive impact through their work and leadership style. In today's episode, we have the honor of welcoming Breene Murphy, President of Carbon Collective, a climate-focused investment adviser. Breene shares invaluable insights on the importance of building relationship frameworks within teams, fostering clear direction and flexibility in a remote work environment.Moreover, Breene shares his personal journey of transitioning from corporate roles to leadership in a startup. He discusses leaving behind her previous identity and harnessing his true strengths, allowing her to excel in building relationships, identifying strengths in others, and fostering successful partnerships and fundraising. Notably, Breene's leadership approach involves developing the whole person, recognizing and nurturing individual strengths within a team, and ultimately requiring less effort in the long run.Resources:Connect with Breene on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veraquinn/Carbon Collective website: https://www.carboncollective.co/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teri-m-schmidt/Get 1-on-1 leadership support from Teri here: https://www.strongertoserve.com/coachingSet up an intro call with Teri: https://calendly.com/terischmidt/discoverycall

Launched in 2018, the Māori Carbon Collective was promoted as an indigenous approach to carbon farming, enabling iwi to prosper from the Emissions Trading Scheme while helping to tackle climate change. Mata investigates growing concerns around the group and its elusive managing director, as well as carbon farming's impact on Māori communities.

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Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ In this episode, Brooke Tomasetti, Director of Financial Education and Community at Carbon Collective, discusses the importance of self-awareness in difficult negotiations. She argues that if we can understand our own motivations and drivers, we are better placed to achieve success in any negotiation. Money Life Mentor Website https://www.moneylifementor.com/ Instagram: @moneylifementor Contact ANI Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamechristian/ The Ultimate Negotiation Guide: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/guides/ultimate-negotiation-guide/ Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race!: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Difficult-Conversations-About-Race/dp/1637741308/ref=pd_%5B%E2%80%A6%5Df0bc9774-7975-448b-bde1-094cab455adb&pd_rd_i=1637741308&psc=1 Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Confidence-Conflict-Negotiate-Anything/dp/0578413736/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PSW69L6ABTK&keywords=finding+confidence+in+conflict&qid=1667317257&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjQyIiwicXNhIjoiMC4xNCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMjMifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=finding+confidence+in+conflic%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-1

Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ In this episode, Brooke Tomasetti, Director of Financial Education and Community at Carbon Collective, discusses the importance of self-awareness in difficult negotiations. She argues that if we can understand our own motivations and drivers, we are better placed to achieve success in any negotiation. Money Life Mentor Website https://www.moneylifementor.com/ Instagram: @moneylifementor Contact ANI Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamechristian/ The Ultimate Negotiation Guide: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/guides/ultimate-negotiation-guide/ Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race!: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Difficult-Conversations-About-Race/dp/1637741308/ref=pd_%5B%E2%80%A6%5Df0bc9774-7975-448b-bde1-094cab455adb&pd_rd_i=1637741308&psc=1 Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Confidence-Conflict-Negotiate-Anything/dp/0578413736/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PSW69L6ABTK&keywords=finding+confidence+in+conflict&qid=1667317257&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjQyIiwicXNhIjoiMC4xNCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMjMifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=finding+confidence+in+conflic%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-1

https://www.carboncollective.co/In this episode of Better World, Henry sits down with Zach Stein of Carbon Collective to discuss how to invest your money into green, sustainable stock & bond portfolios built for solving climate change. Be sure to tune in as Zach explains the driving theory behind Carbon Collective's mission to make the world better and how you might be able to think of your financial future in a new light.This episode was mixed and produced by Daniel Reza.

What if your investments could help you AND the future of the planet at the same time? Zach Stein is the CEO & co-founder of Carbon Collective, a modern investment platform that combines cutting-edge technology with an earth-saving focus. And a real human touch! Forget complexity and confusion – Carbon Collective simplifies your investing and helps the planet

What if your investments could help you AND the future of the planet at the same time? Zach Stein is the CEO & co-founder of Carbon Collective, a modern investment platform that combines cutting-edge technology with an earth-saving focus. And a real human touch! Forget complexity and confusion – Carbon Collective simplifies your investing and helps the planet

If you're listening to this podcast you clearly care about climate change and it might bother you that your 401k is likely investing in fossil fuels. Many employers have yet to offer sustainable 401k plans, and it sends billions of dollars of capital into fossil fuels every year. Even ESG funds often invest in fossil fuels.Today's conversation is about making it easier for everyday investors to invest more sustainably. I'm joined by Zach Stein, Founder of Carbon Collective, a startup offering green 401ks and other sustainable financial products, and by Shaandiin Cedar, an investor at Powerhouse Ventures who invested in Carbon Collective. We talk about Zach and Shaandin's backgrounds, ESG investing and the need for more sustainable investment options, Carbon Collective's potential and traction, and what else is needed to finance the kind of climate progress we need. There's lots in this one that'll get you thinking. Enjoy.In today's episode, we cover:[3:15] Zach's background and how he came to start Carbon Collective[4:34] Shaandiin's background and work at Powerhouse Ventures[5:34] Background on Powerhouse[7:31] Powerhouse's investment thesis & companies they are looking for[8:37] Carbon Collective's theory of change[12:59] Carbon Collective's unique approach[16:00] Fossil fuel divestment[17:10] Carbon Collective's business potential & why Powerhouse invested[21:29] Carbon Collective's master plan & how it's going[24:53] What's critical for success[26:59] Status of Carbon Collective's returns & customer base[30:43] What Carbon Collective is aiming to accomplish in 12-18 months[31:45] Sustainable 401ks & addressing market friction[36:53] What else needs to happen to accelerate climate action?Resources MentionedCarbon CollectivePowerhouse Ventures Connect with Zach Stein & Shaandiin CedarConnect with Zach on LinkedInConnect with Shaandiin on LinkedInConnect with Jason RissmanOn LinkedInOn TwitterKeep up with Invested In ClimateSign up for our NewsletterLinkedInInstagramTwitterHave feedback or ideas for future episodes, events, or partnerships?Get in touch!

In this episode of our Learn Better Podcast host, Stuart Pedley Smith, Head of Learning at Kaplan, discusses the importance of the climate change issue and how this links to the finance sector.  Zach Stein is our guest on this episode. He is a Co-Founder of The Carbon Collective, an organisation based in California that makes it simple for people to invest in companies that offer climate solutions and divest from companies reliant on fossil fuels. This episode explains the simple message: to quote Zach, “Climate change is the most important issue facing the world. We still have time to avoid the worst-case scenarios, but only if we invest capital in climate change solutions that can be adopted and implemented quickly,”. 

According to a 2022 poll from the Associated Press, although 93% of Americans acknowledge that human activity impacts climate, nearly half of Americans (47%) feel that their actions don't have an impact on climate change. And yet, we know – it is the collective momentum of tiny particles of snow that drive an avalanche.In our upcoming episode, Climate Now sits down with James Regulinski, co-founder of Carbon Collective, to discuss the role of investing - even among individual, “retail” investors - in determining the pace at which clean energy technologies can replace our global dependence on fossil fuels. We will discuss why investing in your retirement and investing in clean energy technologies can be well-aligned endeavors, why most environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment portfolios aren't having the impact they should, and why even small investments can make a big difference in accelerating the path to decarbonization.Carbon Collective Disclaimer regarding the use of MSCI data to develop ESG funds:The claims Carbon Collectively repeatedly makes are: MSCI explicitly states that their data should not be used to determine how good or ethical a company is, just as supplemental data to understand its exposure to risk from ESG-related issues. This means the use of the data as a measure of how ethical your portfolio is, is not supported by the data provider, even when it is sold as such. MSCI (and other data providers) use data that is self-reported by the companies. This data is not standardized or verified by MSCI or anyone. The result is data that is noisy/inconsistent. When used to build funds, the fund design is inconsistent with scientific reports of the actions we need to take to address the E of ESG. For example, the IPCC report states that if we want to stay below 2 deg warming (which is already disastrously high), we can not invest any new money in fossil fuel exploration or reserve development. However, funds using MSCI data routinely have oil and gas companies. This is not MSCI's "fault," but it is an artifact of using that data. When you use single-factor scores to judge a company, unrelated factors can "balance" each other out. So a high S score can balance a low E score. This can also lead to the inclusion of companies that are inconsistent with models of how we solve climate change. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

This week: Solutions to our biggest problems shouldn't be so perplexing. On the other hand, washing our hands wasn't obvious for a couple hundred thousand years, and my kids STILL don't want to do it.Plus: Seasonal allergy news, a new Barbie, non-profit grocery stores, climate hackers, the SEC, the WHO, Google's huge new feature, and Khan Academy revolutionizes education — againHere's What You Can Do:⚡️ Floods or not, fire season's (probably) right around the corner. Get up to the minute air quality reports with a Purple Air monitor (and nifty map, too) ⚡️ Your community may need to replace toxic lead water service lines. Check out Beyond Plastic's report on the pros and cons of PVC pipes. ⚡️ Sure, the economy and market are completely unpredictable at this point, but there's no better time to put your retirement fund to work fighting climate change. Do it with Carbon Collective. ⚡️ Speaking of lead pipes — will microplastics and PFAS (“forever chemicals”) be our version? Check out PFAS Central's PFAS-free brands and consumer products. News RoundupHealth & MedicineSeasonal allergies are coming for us all In Cancer Alley, US chemical giants mounted a campaign against grassroots organizers, so they can continue to kill people Apparently forever chemicals in food packaging (like

Our guest this week on the pod is Devin Thorpe. Devin is a champion of social good, a coach for social enterprise leaders, and the host of the Superpowers for Good Podcast.  He is also the organizer for SuperCrowd23 a virtual conference at the intersection of investment crowdfunding and impact investing. This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of our host, Zelizer Consulting Services. Resources mentioned in this episode include: SuperCrowd23 site CODE: awarepreneurshalfoff Superpowers for Good podcast Devin's Coaching & Speaking site Wefunder site Seed at the Table episode Startengine site Small Change site Carbon Collective site Paul's Strategy Sessions

In this episode, we cover the ins and outs of sustainable investing and the impact it has with James Regulinski. James is the Co-Founder of Carbon Collective which is helping people to align their investments with solving climate change!This was a fun one - James has quite the story and brings a refreshing, holistic perspective to investing and why it matters.As I mentioned at the end of the episode, Carbon Collective can help your company to offer sustainable investment options for you and your co-workers. After this recording, Crowdsourcing Sustainability partnered with Carbon Collective as we're aligned on addressing climate change and getting more people to switch to sustainable investing options. Because of this partnership, if your company ends up making the switch to having Carbon Collective as their advisor (and you let them know that you found them through CS!), our nonprofit will get a referral bonus. We see that as a mission-aligned win win win, and, quite frankly, every little bit helps our scrappy nonprofit!Relevant Links:Carbon Collective: https://www.carboncollective.co/CS Referral link: https://hubs.li/Q01JwLlY0Fossil Free Funds tool to see your investment's grades: https://fossilfreefunds.org/Invest Your Values: https://investyourvalues.org/Lots more on this topic in our latest newsletter which you can always find on our website! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org Additional Crowdsourcing Sustainability links: - Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01 - Join the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.community/Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep educating, inspiring, and empowering more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!!Support the show

Last year's surge in oil prices brought record windfall profits for oil majors, and a boon for investors. But historic trends don't favor fossil fuels. From 2010 to 2020, the oil & gas sector underperformed the broader S&P 500 index. The sector gained 6% over that period, while the benchmark S&P index grew 180%. Some called it a "lost decade" for fossil fuel investors. “If anything, oil's been a drag,” says Zach Stein, the co-founder and CEO of Carbon Collective, a company building climate-focused portfolios for investors and employer 401(k) plans. The recent surge for the oil and gas sector shows how fundamental fossil fuels are for today's economy. But looking forward, oil is facing the most significant competition it has ever seen, thanks to electrification and clean energy.  That view of the long-term threat to fossil fuels drove Zach to co-found Carbon Collective – with a mission to build funds around industries that will deliver strong returns in a climate-constrained world. In this episode, produced with Carbon Collective, Zach Stein talks with Stephen Lacey about trends in sustainable investing – how to define the category, identify good investments, and separate it from the confusing world of ESG. If you want to invest sustainably – at work or individually – you can learn more at carboncollective.co. There, you can see how the portfolios are built and read more about the company's theory of change.

In this episode of Post-Growth Australia, we interview James Regulinski, co-founder of Carbon Collective (https://www.carboncollective.co/), a company providing low-fee, diversified investment portfolios built for solving climate change. Inspired by the work of Project Drawdown, James and his business partner Zach Stein tackle climate change by encouraging investors to support environmentally friendly enterprises. For a podcast on Degrowth with a bias toward the anti-capitalist end of the spectrum, James is a very different kind of guest on PGAP and one who inspired much pithy discussion. For most of us in the post-growth movement, there can often be some tension around whether to ‘tap in' and to use financial leverage to encourage improvements in the current system (e.g. Green investment, divestment, supporting the ‘green new deal' etc.) Or, whether to ‘tap out' or fight the system altogether. Hats off to James to going down the rabbit hole with me here, where we conclude that a mix of both approaches is the best way forward. That is, any change we do needs to have a transition to a Degrowth society as the modus operandi. On the other side of the coin, it is currently very difficult, if not impossible, to tap completely out of today's growth based economic paradigm. To find out more about Carbon Collective, visit their website here (https://www.carboncollective.co/). This includes a fantastic introductory video from James. On PGAP, we've had a few discussions around the challenges of tapping out of the growth based system. In our interview with Dr. Alex Baumann (currently our top performing episode (https://pgap.fireside.fm/degrowthousing)), he discusses why the private housing market provides a financial barrier to opting out of the matrix. We've also had a few guests on who have made a successful change to off grid living (tapping out if you will). Mike Stasse (https://pgap.fireside.fm/mikestasse)from Tasmania is one great example. Artist as Family (https://pgap.fireside.fm/artistasfamily)(based near Daylesford Victoria) discuss how they made the change on a shoestring budget. Please share this and other episodes of PGAP with your friends, family and networks. Rate and review us on Apple Podcast. Any feedback or ideas for future episodes? Contact us here. All views, opinions and legacies of our guests are exclusive theirs and do not necessarily reflect those of PGAP. Special Guest: James Regulinski.

In this episode, Benji talks to Breene Murphy, the Vice President of Strategy and Marketing at Carbon Collective. Discussed in this episode:The use of time, stakes, challenges, and rewards in marketingHow to invite your ICP into a storyRemoving friction in the buying process

We're talking about building a sustainable investment portfolio for your retirement and why sustainable investing is the future in this episode of the Talkin' Solutions Podcast. I sat down with Carbon Collective co-founder Zach Stein to chat about their platform and how it helps to educate investors on sustainable investing and fundamental investment principles  In this episode we discuss:

In this episode, we talk to Zach Stein. He is the co-founder of Carbon Collective, the first online investment advisor 100% focused on solving climate change with a clear theory of change around 100% divestment from fossil fuels, reinvestment into science-based climate solutions, and shareholder advocacy.During this episode we talked about what is the Carbon Collective. Why it is important for us to divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in climate solutions. Zach provides is with some tips what to look out for when you would like your investments to solve climate change.Links from the episodesFossil Free FundsWhere can people find Zach?InstagramLinkedIn - ZachLinkedIn - Carbon CollectiveTwitterWebsiteKEY TAKE AWAY“Invest in the world, you actually want to retire into.”

In this episode, we discuss Carbon Collective, which purports to be an investment firm focused on climate conscious 'green' investments. We review their practices and portfolio, and point out some MAJOR flaws. Green Investment is a buzzword and if you are not careful, you could potentially be giving away your money to a bunch of snake oil salesmen! Connect on social media: https://www.instagram.com/f1rstprinciplespod https://www.twitter.com/f1rstprinciples  Subscribe to the First Principles YouTube Channel: https://cutt.ly/YouTube1P  FirstPrinciplesPodcast.com

ImpactAlpha's David Bank catches up with Zach Stein, CEO of Carbon Collective, to talk about how average investors with 401(k) retirement accounts can start to shift trillions of dollars away from fossil fuels and toward climate solutions (3:00). This month's Liist: https://impactalpha.com/the-liist-seven-impact-funds-that-are-raising-capital-now-october-2022/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

ImpactAlpha's David Bank catches up with Zach Stein, CEO of Carbon Collective, to talk about how average investors with 401(k) retirement accounts can start to shift trillions of dollars away from fossil fuels and toward climate solutions (3:00). This month's Liist: https://impactalpha.com/the-liist-seven-impact-funds-that-are-raising-capital-now-october-2022/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha-briefing/message

“The fossil fuel industry is an industry in decline - being outcompeted by better technologies. The narrative we're fighting against is that solving climate change is a sacrifice. We cannot afford not to have the best marketers around the world world focused on exactly this.” A truly informative episode where we talk with Zach Stein, Co Founder of The Carbon Collective about the realities of sustainable investment - from a personal perspective. Zach shares so many insights, backed up with real-world examples. What's clear is that aligned with changing behaviour, we need to change the ingrained narratives around climate change - namely being, it's not a sacrifice, but indeed an incredible opportunity - providing exciting opportunity for innovation and doing things differently. “The world isn't going to up give air conditioning - we need to find ways to still have the lifestyles we have, but in a way that is not threatening to our climate.” We talk about how when we change the narrative, it can have a dramatic impact. He shares data about the US coal index and how over the period from 2011-2022 it fell 99%. This wasn't because we stopped using coal – but because the narrative around coal changed. Coal no longer has a long term future – the narrative has switched to coal fundamentally being an industry in decline. Leading to divestment in the fossil fuel industry and investment into smarter technologies. Of course with profits at an all time high, it's unlikely any fossil fuel industry isn't going to continue making hay whilst the sun shines - Zach states that these companies have queues of customers coming out of their offices and all around many blocks. So the key isn't to try and get the fossil fuel industry to change, which is unlikely to happen - but instead - to get to the people in the queues and make them aware that there is a better way, more financially viable, better for their personal environment, cleaner air etc - and of course, better for the planet. “As you're weighing up which personal actions you should take – look at the big pieces of your life, the gears that run your life in the background – the big weighty decisions – green your investments, move your money, move your energy – the good news is, once it's done, it's done.” Latest research from Make your Money Matter reveals that the carbon footprint of FTSE100 pensions is 7 times higher than the total reported emissions of those companies! Yes, that's right – the emissions financed by company pensions is 7x higher than the emissions produced by those businesses. And with £20BN invested in company pensions annually, as Zach states, instead of being invested in fossil fuels that money could be invested in things like clean technology and renewable energy instead. And that starts with you. Take action, read more via Make your Money Matter here Meanwhile, I'm sure you'll enjoy the podcast, motivating, action focused and filled with lots of practical advice and direction. More information about The Carbon Collective and Zach Stein here. You'll find the Podcast on all the usual pod platforms - and if you love it, do share it and spread the word. Talking about climate change and the role we play is one of the most important things we can do. So join the conversation. We're all in this together. Our podcasts are recorded purely via online conferencing platforms, we apologise for any minor sound quality issues.

“The fossil fuel industry is an industry in decline - being outcompeted by better technologies. The narrative we're fighting against is that solving climate change is a sacrifice. We cannot afford not to have the best marketers around the world world focused on exactly this.” A truly informative episode where we talk with Zach Stein, Co Founder of The Carbon Collective about the realities of sustainable investment - from a personal perspective. Zach shares so many insights, backed up with real-world examples. What's clear is that aligned with changing behaviour, we need to change the ingrained narratives around climate change - namely being, it's not a sacrifice, but indeed an incredible opportunity - providing exciting opportunity for innovation and doing things differently. “The world isn't going to up give air conditioning - we need to find ways to still have the lifestyles we have, but in a way that is not threatening to our climate.” We talk about how when we change the narrative, it can have a dramatic impact. He shares data about the US coal index and how over the period from 2011-2022 it fell 99%. This wasn't because we stopped using coal – but because the narrative around coal changed. Coal no longer has a long term future – the narrative has switched to coal fundamentally being an industry in decline. Leading to divestment in the fossil fuel industry and investment into smarter technologies. Of course with profits at an all time high, it's unlikely any fossil fuel industry isn't going to continue making hay whilst the sun shines - Zach states that these companies have queues of customers coming out of their offices and all around many blocks. So the key isn't to try and get the fossil fuel industry to change, which is unlikely to happen - but instead - to get to the people in the queues and make them aware that there is a better way, more financially viable, better for their personal environment, cleaner air etc - and of course, better for the planet. “As you're weighing up which personal actions you should take – look at the big pieces of your life, the gears that run your life in the background – the big weighty decisions – green your investments, move your money, move your energy – the good news is, once it's done, it's done.” Latest research from Make your Money Matter reveals that the carbon footprint of FTSE100 pensions is 7 times higher than the total reported emissions of those companies! Yes, that's right – the emissions financed by company pensions is 7x higher than the emissions produced by those businesses. And with £20BN invested in company pensions annually, as Zach states, instead of being invested in fossil fuels that money could be invested in things like clean technology and renewable energy instead. And that starts with you. https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/hiddenemissions/ (Take action, read more via Make your Money Matter here) Meanwhile, I'm sure you'll enjoy the podcast, motivating, action focused and filled with lots of practical advice and direction. https://thecarboncollectiveco.com (More information about The Carbon Collective and Zach Stein here. ) You'll find the Podcast on all the usual pod platforms - and if you love it, do share it and spread the word. Talking about climate change and the role we play is one of the most important things we can do. So join the conversation. We're all in this together. Our podcasts are recorded purely via online conferencing platforms, we apologise for any minor sound quality issues.

In this episode Forrest talks with Jessica Zimmerle, Advocacy Director at Earth Ministry. Earth Ministry, part of the Interfaith Power & Light network in the US, aims to inspire and mobilize people of faith from diverse traditions, to advocate for strong environmental policies, and offer guidance to faith communities working toward environmental justice. Importantly, they work to create conversation and collaboration that doesn't ignore cultural and ideological differences; instead, they place a high value on diversity that brings new perspective and broadens understanding.Link to Forrest & Kayra's video review of the Carbon Collective site.Discount code for $50 of the Waymarkers course: WILDAUTUMNEARTHKEEPERS. Expires 10/01/22 Guest: Jessica Zimmerle - Program & Outreach director for Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light Interfaith Power & Light Greening Congregations toolkit Mentions: fracked gas facility threatening Puyallup land in Tacoma, Washington salmon &orca are spiritual keystone species for Northwest tribes Madagascar- biodiversity; worst economy in the world Lummi Nation - healing totem pole journeys proposed coal terminal on sacred Lummi Nation land - Cherry Point Doctrine of Discovery; Wikipedia entry; UN preliminary report - 2010 Earthkeepers' interview with Anne Bikle and David MontgomeryEarthkeepers' interviews with Mary DeJong--24 and 44Earthkeepers' interview with Multifaith Network for Climate JusticeJewish Shmita year - year of rest and economic reset Evangelical Environmental Network Green Muslims  Hazon - Jewish Lab for Sustainability  Creation Justice Ministries  US Climate Action Network Climate Action Network  Keywords: Interfaith, multifaith, ecumenical, climate justice, Northwest Native

This week, Zach Stein, Chief Investment Officer at Carbon Collective joins us to break down their just launched ESG ETF, the Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF (CCSO). Plus, Kim Khan recaps the FOMC meeting and delivers your next week's Catalyst Watch.  Join us for Stock Market Live next Wednesday at 12 pm ET. Grab your seat now - https://bit.ly/3z4zIVg

As climate people, we hear this question again and again: “What can I do?” Many of us are trying to figure out how to help address the climate crisis. So, we're taking on that critical question in a three-part miniseries. The first episode is all about The Personal — key ways we can act on climate in our own lives and create meaningful, durable change. Hint: it involves stoves and cash. This episode features Sarah Lazarovic, artist, writer, and head of communications and brand at Rewiring America, and Marilyn Waite, managing director of the Climate Finance Fund and author of Sustainability at Work.  For more info on electrifying your home, head to Rewiring America's guide to Electrify Everything in Your Home. For more info on moving your money, turn to Marilyn's guide to Sustainable Banking and Investing. Also mentioned: Carbon Collective, Sphere, Atmos Bank, and Earth Equity Advisors. Be sure to check out Sarah's comic “100 Things You Can Do to Help in the Climate Crisis,” her book A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy, and her newsletter Minimum Viable Planet. We quoted from Leah's essay “A Field Guide for Transformation,” in the anthology All We Can Save that Katharine co-edited, and Bill McKibben's invaluable newsletter The Crucial Years. Next time, our miniseries will turn from the realm of The Personal to the realm of The Professional. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and don't miss a single episode this season!

In this episode of EnvironMental Podcast, we got very excited about Sustainable Investing as we spoke with Breene Murphy, the VP of Strategy for the Carbon Collective. Breene took this sleepy topic and turned our heads with his optimistic view on climate crisis solutions and investment. The Carbon Collective is a sustainable investment agency on a mission to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon society.

Quantum Quote: “You can't climb a mountain if it's smooth." -Andre Iguodala   Investing is one of the primary ways to secure a better financial future for you and your family. But, did you know that where we bank and how our investments are managed can greatly impact our carbon footprints?    Our finances, including our retirement funds, are not charity. Ensuring that these are properly invested is a must.    Carbon Collective provides the opportunity to ensure that our investments not only build a better future for us, but also for our planet. As part of its mission, we have the power to create a zero-carbon society by forcing major corporations to transition and decarbonize faster through your investments.   Make the right choice. Invest with impact. Save our planet.   Zach Stein is the co-founder of Carbon Collective, the first investment advisory firm focused solely on solving climate change.   Zach's entrepreneurial journey began with his hands on the ground, well, more accurately, in poop. He founded Urban Worm, a Bay Area worm composting farm that took free waste products– horse manure and apple pulp– and turned them into premium compost that sold for $20 a gallon.   This urban agriculture base led Zach into the world of indoor farming, raising leafy vegetables and fish in controlled environments. He teamed up with James Regulinski to launch Osmo Systems, an innovative sensor/monitoring platform that would enable first indoor farmers and then the broader world of fish and shrimp farming to detect key aspects of their water quality for 1/10th the cost. They raised over $4m from top-tier VCs to commercialise the tech.   Now, Zach and James are scaling Carbon Collective and rapidly expanding their offerings, team, and member base.     Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.   In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you'll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:   How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies) Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system and much more…   If you are tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and register now for this FREE special event that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home.     SuperNova #1. So often, when it comes to climate change, individuals get stuck in a loop of "I'm terrified, emotionally. And I don't know what to do. I see these lists, and it's like you have to do everything."  How should we prioritise that? What we found to be a really helpful framework is focusing on the big things, like the gears of your life that run in the background, focus where it's a weighty decision to make a change, but once you make it, you're done, and you just get to go on living your life. One simple example is where you keep your money.   SuperNova #2. Remove the really big rocks first. And then you can kind of take a breath and re-establish.   SuperNova #3. If you don't have effective teamwork, then you aren't going to be successful, or it's very hard to be successful. Invest in the team, and put that front and center.   AHA! Moment: I'll share like, from fairly early on, we ended up doing 120 interviews with folks to try and understand where their climate anxiety took them and where they got blocked. This was before we knew that Carbon Collective was going to be an investing company. We set up all these elaborate demos to try to walk people through a simulation of what it could be. In our first interview, this guy says, "Hey, this was fine, but you really should read this book called the "Mom Test". We're like, "What's the Mom Test?" It is the best book I've ever read for people who are looking to see if a particular product should exist. It teaches you how to interview, where you go, and how to dig for past behaviors. When you dig for the why of their behavior, you see where people got blocked.    Best Advice He's Ever Received: “Learn. So long as you're learning you're on the right path.” -Zach Stein   Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Making sure I get good sleep, which has been really hard with a five-month-old.” -Zach Stein   Internet Resource: Loom   Magic Wand: “I think I would re-establish our deep human connection to nature and that we're a part of it. I think that if that happened across the world, so many of our environmental problems, in addition to climate change, we would just feel so much of the pain that is happening that we wouldn't need to do anything to solve it. It would just happen.” -Zach Stein   WTF Moment: “I lived through the orange day in San Francisco in the Bay Area. This was during fire season. I, at the time, was waking up with the sun at seven am. There was a skylight right above my bed. It was so dark- I woke up at 10 am. It was the weirdest day I've ever been in. My wife, and I had recently bought a home in the Bay Area and we looked at each other and were like, "Did we make a huge mistake?" -Zach Stein   Most Energized About Today: “Honestly, I'm really energized about my kid. He's in such a cute phase. Whenever I see him, he smiles at me. It's incredible!” -Zach Stein   Parting Advice: “So long as you're learning, you're on the right path. And just trust that that's going to take you there.” -Zach Stein     Connect: Website: https://www.carboncollective.co/ Email: zach@carboncollective.co Project Drawdown: http://www.projectdrawdown.org/ Project Drawdown's Climate Solutions at Work: https://drawdown.org/publications/climate-solutions-at-work As You Sow: https://www.asyousow.org/ International Energy Agency: https://www.iea.org/ Renewing America: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/

Have you ever wondered what your retirement funds are actually investing in? Chances are they are invested in businesses that you'd prefer not to be supporting, such as oil and gas. In this episode we speak with Carbon Collective co-founder Zach Stein on how his business helps individuals invest with their values and fight climate change.

Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race! In this episode, Brooke Tomasetti, Director of Financial Education and Community at Carbon Collective, discusses the importance of self-awareness in difficult negotiations. She argues that if we can understand our own motivations and drivers, we are better placed to achieve success in any negotiation. Money Life Mentor Website Instagram: @moneylifementor Request a Custom Workshop For Your Company Get Free Access to Over 15 Negotiation Guides Follow Kwame on LinkedIn Follow Brooke on LinkedIn Kwame Christian With Brooke Tomasetti

Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race! In this episode, Brooke Tomasetti, Director of Financial Education and Community at Carbon Collective, discusses the importance of self-awareness in difficult negotiations. She argues that if we can understand our own motivations and drivers, we are better placed to achieve success in any negotiation. Money Life Mentor Website Instagram: @moneylifementor Request a Custom Workshop For Your Company Get Free Access to Over 15 Negotiation Guides Follow Kwame on LinkedIn Follow Brooke on LinkedIn Kwame Christian With Brooke Tomasetti

Ep 1 for our theme on Great Global Start-Ups! out from life on planet A! To kick this off we've travelled to the great USA to speak with Zach Stein, co-founder of Carbon Collective. Zach is a wealth of knowledge which is helpful when running a start-up all about investing! Carbon collective helps American citizens to invest their money into stocks and companies that are working to solve climate change or helping the planet to reach net zero. Useful links:- Carbon collective website- Sustainable investing 101Time Stamps:0:00 - Introduction5:00 - Introduction to Zach Stain7:28 - What is an equity fund?9:09 - Why did Carbon Collective start?16:00 - Challenges at Carbon Collective19:00 - Green Washing26:01 - Project Drawdown30:00 - Nuclear42:00 - Hold or to sell?Support the show

What happens when plastic, meat and leather become unsustainable to produce? You up-cycle from natural growing products like mushrooms, using cutting-edge mycelium technology. Eben Bayer is CEO of Ecovative, the biotechnology company, pioneering the art and science of growing complete structures with mycelium. Nick and Eben get into how a small mushroom sample can create whole sheets of tissue, why Ecovative is growing bacon, and how the business interacts with other industries such as fashion and retail. You'll also hear who else is inspiring Eben in the climate tech space right now. And if you love listening to The Keep Cool Show, please leave me a 5-star review on Rate My Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/keepcool (https://ratethispodcast.com/keepcool) Want your company's 401(k) to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon society? Join https://hubs.ly/Q01hxK9F0 (Carbon Collective Investing) to gain access to climate-forward portfolios. Carbon Collective is a paid sponsor of The Keep Cool Show. Thank you so much! Follow Eben: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebenbayer (linkedin.com/in/ebenbayer) Twitter: https://twitter.com/ebenbayer (twitter.com/ebenbayer) Stay up-to-date on all things Keep Cool:https://workweek.com/discover-newsletters/keep-cool/ (https://workweek.com/discover-newsletters/keep-cool/ )or follow Nick Van Osdol on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickvanosdol (https://twitter.com/nickvanosdol)

In this episode, Forrest talks with Zach Stein, co-founder of Carbon Collective. Carbon Collective is the first online investment advisor that is 100% focused on combatting climate change. They help individuals and organizations to invest in diversified, low-fee, climate-focused portfolios. By helping investors to know which companies are truly operating in ways that are in keeping with a zero-carbon future, Carbon Collective helps people who want to live greener lives to collectively focus their resources and their influence as consumers in ways that work for the good of the planet.Forrest and his daughter Kayra and I did a “test drive” of Carbon Collective by making an actual investment—to see if the platform is easy to understand, easy to use, and up front about all costs and fees. If you want to watch a video of that process, we'll send you a link to anyone on the Circlewood e-mail list. If you aren't yet on that list, go to circlewood.online and add your name to our growing, global community of earthkeepers; use this link to join the Circlewood email list.Guest: Zach Stein - co founder of Carbon Collective - online investment platform Mentions:  zero carbon future Dr. Katharine Hayhoe - Earthkeepers' interview minimum of $5 trillion/year investment into climate solutions needed Project Drawdown Climate Policy Initiative McKinsey - $9 trillion/year investment estimate Vanguard -investment firm; MSCI - analyticscompany Carbon Collective's investment strategy As You Sow - nonprofit in Berkeley, California Pacific Garbage Patch 2018 IPCC report - UnitedNations' scientific body for climate change 2017 fire season in Bay area - San Francisco, California fossil fuel industry in decline; fossil fuels get more expensive to extract solar, wind & batteries get cheaper as manufacturing issues get resolved Vanguard index funds - market innovation ; new ESG fund 

On this 60th episode of the SHINE podcast, I am delighted to share this amazing interview with a new friend, James Regulinkski of Carbon Collective. Together we talk about the important subject of sustainable finance and investing. In this interview, you will learn how we can 10x our return on investment for climate and the impact of investing in ESGs versus non ESGs and how that supports a world that works for everyone. We also talk about Project Drawdown and how that was a huge inspiration for the mission and vision of Carbon Collective and how they choose their investment portfolios. Lastly, we speak about the special co-founder relationship of James and Zach and the practices James engages in as an early stage entrepreneur to keep his light shining bright.   Guest Links:   Fossil Free Solutions — www.fossilfreesolutions.org Carbon Collective — https://www.carboncollective.co/ How Banks Could Bail Us Out of the Climate Collective — https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/how-banks-could-bail-us-out-of-the-climate-crisis?mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social Aspiration Bank — https://www.aspiration.com/ Beyond Science Based Targets — https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/beyond_science_based_targets___a_blueprint_for_corporate_action_on_climate_and_nature.pdf Symbrosia — https://symbrosia.co/offsets   SHINE Links:   Thank you for listening. Want to build a high trust, innovative, and inclusive culture at work? Sign up for our newsletter and get the free handout and be alerted to more inspiring Shine episodes   Building Trust Free Gift — https://www.leadfromlight.com   Carley Links   Book Carley for Speaking — https://carleyhauck.com/speaking Leading from Wholeness Learning & Development — https://carleyhauck.com/learning-and-development Carley's Book — https://carleyhauck.com/SHINEbook Executive Coaching with Carley — https://carleyhauck.com/executive-coaching Contact Carley — https://carleyhauck.com/contact Carley's Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/carleyhauck   Well Being Resources:   Inner Game Meditations — https://carleyhauck.com/meditations Doterra — https://www.doterra.com/US/en/site/carleyhauck 4 Sigmatic — 15% Discount code Shine — https://us.foursigmatic.com/?rfsn=4405553.d15cc7&discount=SHINE   Social:   LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/carley-hauck/ IG — https://www.instagram.com/carley.hauck/ Website — https://www.carleyhauck.com Newsletter — https://www.leadfromlight.com Shine Podcast Page — https://carleyhauck.com/podcast     The Imperfect Shownotes   0:01 Carley Hauck Hi, welcome to the SHINE podcast. My name is Carley Hauck, I am your host. This podcast focuses on the intersection of science, the application of conscious inclusive leadership, the recipe for high performing teams, and awareness practices so that you can cultivate the conscious inner game skills to be the kind of leader our world needs now.   Please go over and hit the subscription button so that you don't miss any future episodes and so that you have access to all the wonderful episodes of the past three years. Additionally, go to leadfromlight.com This is my free newsletter that also gives you bi weekly inspiration and alerts you to new podcast episodes.   This is the 60th episode. And it will be the last episode for the next couple of months as I regroup and take a well deserved pause. The SHINE podcast has been shining bright since May 2019. And I am delighted to share this amazing interview with a new friend, James Regulinkski of Carbon Collective and we talk about the important subject of sustainable finance and investing. In this interview, you will learn how we can 10x our return on investment for climate and the impact of investing in ESGs versus non ESGs and how that supports a world that works for everyone. We'll also talk about Project Drawdown and how that was a huge inspiration for the mission and vision of Carbon Collective and how they choose their investment portfolios. We'll also speak to the special co-founder relationship of James and Zach and what James does as an early stage entrepreneur to keep his light shining bright.   The future is up to us humans. I can't wait for you to listen. Thanks so much for being here.   Carley Hauck 2:28   Hello, SHINE podcasters thank you so much for joining me and my friend James Regulinkski. He is the co-founder of Carbon Collective. And James, I'm so excited to have this conversation with you. Thanks for joining me.   James Regulinkski 2:44   Oh, Carley, thank you so much for having me. This is a pleasure.   Carley Hauck 2:46   Well, one of the first questions that I often ask folks, because SHINE is about conscious, inclusive leadership is: what does conscious, inclusive leadership and business mean to you?   James Regulinkski 3:05   I love this question. I love to challenge my thoughts on this a lot. And I think my opinion might be a little bit out there. But I guess that will be for all of you to decide. So I think the number one thing that a leader needs to do, which is particularly hard in the US, is to realize that their job is not to lead, their job is to support every other person at the company and the organization. I think with the sort of the culture of the individual, we get hyper focused on what are the superpowers and strengths and talents of leaders? How cool are they? What is Elon Musk gonna say next, what kind of personality do they have?   And I think most things happen in the world, because you have an incredible team there. And so, well, my job, my probably my most important job as the founder has been too, to bring the right team together to make these things happen. It's closely followed by making sure that that team has all the resources they need to to thrive, that they don't aren't blocked by things that don't need a block be blocked by that. We haven't created systems that impede them from being the best selves, that we haven't detracted from their life in a way where they can't bring their best selves to work, and that we're using their skills on the right problems. So vision setting can help sort of establish the direction and the momentum of the company and, and the holding, holding different parts of the processes that need to happen so that that people's time is being used effectively and that we're all going in the same direction well, can look a little bit like what we often call that sort of leadership set setting. They're like, Oh, I'm this is the map to where we're going. For us Carbon Collective we talk a lot about the inverted pyramid that as co-founder, as one of the co founders My job is to support and let everyone else stand on my shoulders.   Carley Hauck 5:05   Some of the salient things I heard you say, and thank you for that answer, was really creating the atmosphere for your team to thrive, so that they can bring their best selves. And the truth is that we bring our messy selves to right. You know, it's like, it's like, it's not one without the other sometimes. Right?   James Regulinkski 5:26   And part of that, exactly, I think it's sometimes similar to parenting, which is like, co-founders can have conflicts, and we fight, but we don't. We don't. Sometimes parents don't resolve their fights in front of their kids. And so kids never see that there is a resolution process. And similarly, Zach and I tried to resolve any problems that we have ever had in the space of the company. So we show how resolution of conflict occurs and what aspiration we have around that. That's a way in which we sort of live that and show our messy selves. I don't pretend I go through my ups and downs cycle, I don't pretend I don't have them. We are initially talking about like, Oh, should I just not come to a morning meeting? If I'm, if I'm having a down day? And the answer is no, absolutely show up. But also let everyone know that this is where you are and what you can and can't do. And that reminds people that having limits stating your limits, communicating those is part of, of giving everyone permission to do that.   And if if you're in a place of that's traditionally viewed as a place of power, the example you set probably has more weight than what you say, if I if I tell everyone I'm about to go take a run to deal with anxiety, it's going to be a lot received much more differently, in terms of giving other people's permission to say, oh, there, it's okay to deal with anxiety and not just hold it inside. Then if I say, you know, say nothing about it and have radio silence, or just sort of shutdown and don't respond to people well.   Carley Hauck 6:54   Yeah, I love that you're, you're really talking about leading from authenticity from vulnerability. And so that leads me to the next question, you have a very special relationship with your co founders, Zach Stein, and from what I've heard from listening to a couple interviews that you both have done separately, is that you've been childhood friends, I think since you were four, right? You grew up in the Bay area together, you had lots of, yeah, lots of interactions, and then you moved away, because your family went sailing around the South of France, I totally want to hear about that. And then you found each other again, after you came back, something like that?   James Regulinkski 7:35   Our dads were friends in college. And so as you know, we were sort of four to 10 ish. We were, you know, at each other's house all the time. And we have great stories of building forts, bailing out tree forts, from our sliding down mountains together, and just being completely silly as kids. And that was, like, you know, one of the one of those friendships that you, you, you hold on to, like, it's, it's formative, if you will.   But when we by the time, you know, I left to go sailing around the world with my family, and, and Zach actually came and visited us a couple of times. But, you know, by the time we were in high school, and then college, we were living in different parts of the US and going to school elsewhere. And there was not, you know, we have that we have that gap, you change, you grow.   But I did, when I moved back to the Bay Area, I took a job at ALL Power Labs, which was in Berkley, and I was biking home one day, and saw someone coming back for basketball. And he looked really familiar. And I don't remember who said it first, but we started staring at each other. And so we literally ran back into each other on the street, and started discovering who we were as adults and building a new friendship that wasn't based on necessarily just the childhood memories, but seeing where we had come and what we were up to. And then I got pulled into his entrepreneurial journey. And we started another company together. And the growing that we had, while maintaining that friendship made us both, I think, better at leading, better at being part of a company better at being mostly just better at being human and vulnerable. And then growing together and letting someone else sort of push you and and support you. Because I think both of those are necessary. So that was it is a it has been a joy to work with Zach and go through all of those all of the hard times and all of the exhilarating thrilling times.   Carley Hauck 9:40   Well, you know, I teach a lot with leaders and teams on creating a foundation of psychological safety. So that trust, innovation, belonging, high performance can really exist. And so what I imagine is there's a real strong level of psychological safety and trust between the two of you because of the longevity of your relationship.   And when I speak to psychological safety, it's, you know, maybe there's criticism, maybe, you know, maybe sometimes your real messy selves come through. But there's such a level, and this is my assumption. but there's a level of trust and like, you know what, Zach's kind of being an asshole today, but I really know he's got my back. Yeah, or vice versa, I really know that we will be able to resolve this conflict.   And so I feel curious, how do you resolve your conflict? You know, together? You were mentioning that before? And what do you think supports you to do that to come back and say, Hey, we've got the same mission, we're on the same team. Let's, let's let this kind of pass, let it go and get back to what we're here to do. Or I don't know, maybe that's not the narrative you have, maybe it's something different.   James Regulinkski 11:00   I mean, for us, we know that we are not going to be successful without each other in this company. And maybe it'll get to a point where one of us could leave in the distant future. And that would be fine. But like, right now, the company is what it is because we both brought our selves to this and what was so valued, like what we valued.   I want to take a step back a little bit to talk about how we sort of developed because after that, that hiatus in the friendship, like, you know, as adults, you are a different person than you are as a kid. And so we did intentionally rebuild that space of psychological safety. And it came in a fairly messy process, which I won't describe here because then you know, everyone will be psychoanalyzing me, but be no one wants to hear that, that the details of that drama, but one of the things we stumbled upon is a really great tool for us to, to grow, was we would read books together, we would both we listen to books, we both had a shared Audible account.   And there are books on on leadership on communication on psychological safety, whatever the topic was, because we found that one of us would go and read something and get excited about and try to explain it to the other, the other person would be like, Well, I don't see how that fits into my life I like and then starting, the person would have the first person who brought it would be like, I now need to defend this idea. And, and it would become a big issue. If we both read it at the like, one right after the other, and then came and talked about the ideas and how they might or might not fit into our work life or our relationship. That allowed us to sort of step back and be collaborative together on on that and see how it could fit in.   So we have our like our list of favorite books that that helped us. And one of them was Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg, yeah, absolutely, which is a treat to listen to, because they'll actually sing some of those goofy songs, which most people tell you to skip over. But anyway, having that shared reading, and then making an aspirational goal of using that in our communication gave us all of these tools to fall back on.   Zach also has a lot of talents. But one one that he brought, or one idea that he brought into our relationship was name entertainment. So as we observed something that happened again, and again, we would just give it a name, so we could talk about it. And little tricks like that allowed us to sort of separate out the strong emotional anxiety, tension elements of any issue that came up, which sometimes was interpersonal, strictly.   And sometimes we were feeling strong emotions, because we're raising big chunks of money and hiring people and firing people and, and having to make decisions about the fate of the company. And not knowing whether it was right or wrong. So some of it was external, but you'd still have that strong emotional stance and being able to, to really see the other person. And to practice active listening, for example, again, coming out of the shared reading, and being able to know, what, see what the other person was doing in the practice of seeing the other person or of active listening has just allowed us to continue to help each other grow.   And like, I know that Zach has made me a better person, a better leader, a better participant in this company, and that is that there's really the foundation of a trust is that at the end of the day, I have seen how Zach has helped me become a better person. And so I can look back at that when I'm having a frustrating interaction or maybe I'm just hungry or maybe I'm fresh, like scared about something or worried about something at work and bringing that into conversation I would I ever need to take a step back and take a step back and can look back at this this now, you know, five years of working together. Six more than that now. Wow. And remembering like all the times that he has, he has been there that we have worked through the difficult thing we have used the skills we have learned to grow. And so that's really cool. And that's how we got there.   Carley Hauck 15:02   Thank you. Yeah, that's what I was hearing is that you, while leaders are learners, so you're already doing one of the right things, I also hear that you've been growing your self awareness and therefore able to self manage when those bigger emotions come up and even name, hey, this is happening right now. And what I hear is that you've had different tools to lean on, that have supported you to move through the conflict.   So I could go further into leadership, but why don't why don't you tell our listeners that you are the co-founder of the Carbon Collective, which is such a cool business. And it started in 2019, right before the pandemic, so you've had quite, you know, I don't even know what to call that quite a mountain. That's your first starting a new business in the midst of such a pivotal time.   James Regulinkski 15:54   Honestly, I think that starting right at the beginning of the pandemic was really for us, it was worked out really well. The whole world changed to remote work, and Zach and I wanted to be working remotely anyway. But it also meant that people were more available for these kinds of interviews. So the start of the business, we didn't know exactly what we were gonna do. It wasn't like we were chatting, like, oh, I have a perfect idea for business. Let's go start this.   We were like, we finished up our previous startup, we wrap that up, end of 2019. So really, it was right at the start of 2020. And we knew that we wanted to be working on climate change, we knew we wanted to be building something that was directly impactful to people's lives, and that we could actually manage with the skills and resources we had at the time.   So it wasn't like we needed to go learn how to be a chemical engineer to start a product or go find that person that was what is what is with the skills we have now how can we build this. And so really, it started out with just finding exercises, we sent out a survey to everyone we knew and we asked them to send it out to everyone they knew to understand how they related to their anxieties around climate change. We interviewed like 150 people or something both individuals and professionals in the space, trying to understand how they related to the money and their anxieties and climate change and, and their work and sort of this sort of broad space. And we started to come up with ideas that seemed like they might work. And it wasn't until that summer that we started to see how, as a planet, we have all the technologies that we need to solve climate change, but we weren't putting enough money collectively into solving them, we need to be investing about $5 trillion every year. And while that's a large number, it's not an insurmountable number. And well, there's a lot of new technologies that need to be implemented. It is not a novel idea, like go engineer a new thing that has never been seen before, we have all those tools. And so now we just need to direct that towards the solution.     And we discovered that people get exhausted by making constant decisions, making frequent decisions every day. And so having one time decisions helps allow you to be more likely to stick with a solution. And all of that came together into this idea, which is what Carbon Collective is, which is an online investment platform that allows individuals to divest their money from fossil fuels, invest in climate solutions, and put pressure on companies. And having that all sort of automatically taken care of for you means that you're not having that one more thing we're like. I'm gonna ignore the fact that my money is fueling the future I'm desperately trying to avoid in every other part of my life.   And I don't have to worry about, you know, constantly readjusting or putting pressure, etc, that someone else's, is taking care of that and then sharing that process with me, because I don't think it's enough to say, Oh, we got this where you don't have to think about it, because that's gonna lead to greenwashing that's going to lead to folks not being not understanding how their money or their their their life energy is being put to use.   And so we also sort of bring that all out into the open and you can go into our website and find out why we invest in everything we invest in, and how we come across that. As a disclaimer, this is not going to be financial advice. So this is just me talking about the history of our company and our story and our philosophy and so forth.   Carley Hauck 19:35   And I'll leave a link in the show notes so people can find Carbon Collective and learn about how they can, you know, get involved and open an account and all of those things. And since you just offered that lovely disclaimer, I will also share that I am a current client of Carbon Collective. And for those of you that are listening to the podcast, one of the things that I have made a commitment and intention for every single one of these episodes, and this is going to be, by the time this airs, it'll be number 60.   But I mentioned climate change and every single one of the episodes because that is the largest problem our humanity is facing. And it is why I started the writing of my book SHINE. And therefore why this podcast started, because I was doing a lot of research of leaders and companies that really wanted to reprioritize business so that it was in service of people and planet.   And it's really interesting, because I found out about Carbon Collective about a year ago, and I was having a conversation with a friend of mine, who also works in leadership and organizational development consulting. And I won't out him at the moment, but he had just started working at Accenture. And he was saying, you know, Carley, I've got this great 401(k). But it's invested in all these fossil fuels. And it's ridiculous, and this is totally not in alignment with my values. And now I have to do all this extra research. And then I happened to find out about your company. And I thought, Ah, this is awesome. This is awesome.   James Regulinkski 21:19   That's probably a good segue for me to also mention that we did just launch a 401k program for companies because most people do most of their investment, they're saving for retirement through a 401k plan if they have one. And they're often very few and very poor choices when it comes to investing with your values on a four with a 401k.   Carley Hauck 21:39   So let's talk about it. What is the 401k a Carbon Collective offer?   James Regulinkski 21:42     So right now we're offering essentially our same core portfolio theory. And as we watch other investment vehicles in the future, we'll sort of roll those into the plan as well. So the same idea where you divest, reinvest in climate solutions. So it's really a broadly diversified portfolio because most people want to have large market exposure for financial reasons so that they can sort of enjoy track the market and the growth in the market.   But they don't want to do that while investing in the things that are actively destroying the planet that they're going to retire into. I mean, how ironic is it that if you have, you know, enough money to retire, but it's in a world where you're where it is, it's a grim, grim version, not the one you imagined when you were doing all that saving?   So both divesting from those, and then taking that portion that would have gone to fossil fuels and saying, no, we want to, we want to invest that in the technologies that are actively bringing us to a solution that are transitioning our economy away from needing and relying on fossil fuels. So that is that portion for our in particularly in our robo advisors, or we call our climate solutions fund. And should our common solutions fund is that all of the companies that were identified by Project Drawdown as being-   Carley Hauck 23:12   And I know a Project Drawdown is you know what it is, but tell our listeners what project or I can even fill in the blank. What do you think, What would you like to do?   James Regulinkski 23:19   I'd love to hear what your answer is.   Carley Hauck 23:23   Well, it's going to be short and sweet. But Drawdown is a book, one of the many wonderful books that Paul Hawken wrote. And basically, in that book, he speaks to 100 different ways that we can actually reverse climate change. And so what you said at the beginning of the interview is like, we already have the solutions, we know what to do. It's just that we have to divest from these industries, from these ways of being that are actually not supporting humanity, and the planet to flourish.   And Paul's newest book, which I think has gotten a little bit more acclaim, and I think it's really just based on the title, which is Regeneration, the first week that regeneration was out. It was a New York Times bestseller, but that feels much more hopeful than drawdown. Right. And so it's it's essentially the same information, but that's my answer for drawdown. What's your answer?   James Regulinkski 24:22   Yeah, I'd say that I'm an engineer by education. So I generally describe it as the open source model that was put together by about 100 or so engineers and scientists, right, I looked at everything we needed to do to get to that point where we're pulling more co2 out of the atmosphere than we're releasing.   And that's, to me a very hopeful point to be at, because it is not just sometimes we talked about direct air capture or these things to sort of, or carbon sequestration, where we're saying oh, the technology will allow us to continue businesses you all, but this is a no, we can change everything. And the natural systems that are already in place will do that carbon sequestration for us. But we have to get to a point where we're not producing as much co2, or other greenhouse gasses.   And some of the answers that came out of this were a little bit surprising. But all of those answers that companies, publicly traded companies are working on a solution, so their primary work is on one of those spaces we put into our climate solutions fund.   Carley Hauck 25:33   Awesome. So for folks that are not maybe as familiar with what ESGs are and investing in ESGs, versus, you know, not investing in ESG is, could you break that down?   James Regulinkski 25:41   Yeah, so ESG is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. So I will talk about what it is, why it's better than the status quo and why we need to move beyond it.   So ESG stands for environmental, social and governance. And it was developed in response to the industry, people demanding that they have some way of responsible investing. And previously, it had been very hand wavy, what counts as a responsible investment. So a framework was put together, that essentially takes a whole bunch of data and compiles it down to a single score and rates every company on the stock market based off of those three categories.   However, if you go to the website of the main data producer, they say there and big font ESG is not a measure of the ethical-ness of a company, they probably don't say ethical this, but it is not the measure of how good a company does. It is a financial risk metric. And so he's saying how much risk is there as it relates to these criterias.   So often in these portfolios, they tend to have fewer of the worst actors. So it's an exclusionary filter. So this is why you should, if you have no other choice, choose an ESG, you're going to have less exposure to the worst companies out there. However, many ESG funds end up with companies like Exxon Mobil, and companies that aren't building the world that we are trying to build that's Fossil Free fuel, fossil fuel free, or the world in which we solve climate change and move our economy away where people thrive and the planet thrives. It is often what are the best actors within what are the best actors within a sector. And what are the end which ones sort of aren't the worst.   So it has its limitations. Again, if you have no other options, ESG can be a way of being less bad. But you'll still end up with exposure to companies that are not really in alignment with building the future we want to see.   Carley Hauck 27:47   I'd like to ask a question, which I think I know the answer to but I'm curious about your perspective. So a company that has invested in becoming B certified right, a B Corp company, they have to hit certain criteria along the ESG. So would you say that if a company for example, Allbirds, I believe is a B Corp. They're then high on the ESG in comparison to a company that hasn't gone through the B Corp certification.   James Regulinkski 28:15   Yeah, in that case, though, it has more to do with the rigorousness of the B Corp certification than that there's even a unified, there isn't a unified document that says anyone who has a good that has an ESG score, it means the same thing across datasets. It's not even a consistent score that every one could look at and go, I know how I rank up in a similar way. So well, I love a B2B court certification, and it will push a company to be a lot better. I guess maybe that's the pun they intended. It is not the same to say that if you have a high ESG score that you would do well on all the processes that would take to get the decertification.   Carley Hauck 28:56   Okay, so let's talk about Coca Cola and Pepsi. Yeah, because being that I do have a core fund and Carbon Collective I noticed that out of all the portfolios out of the companies in my portfolio, Coca Cola and Pepsi were in there. And I was like, Huh, why have they been chosen?   James Regulinkski 29:20   So I'm going to do a little bit nerdy bit about why you see those and why this comes up more than other things. So that when we made the portfolio, the way we constructed it was that we bought it the sector by sector portfolios for each sector of the economy, except for the four highest carbon emitting sectors. And that is why we got rid of fossil fuels and a lot of other bad actors in terms of sort of building the future we wanted to build.   And then that percentage we replaced with our climate solutions, which was all because that fund isn't an ETF. You can't go out and buy it. It is visible in your portfolio as individual shares that we're buying on your behalf. However, when we went to go construct the financial sector and the consumer staples sector, there was a bunch of other companies we had to cut out, there was companies that were involved with private prisons, there are companies that are involved in arms manufacturing, and well, those aren't part of our core, we're solving climate change, they're a part of our we don't, we don't see a world in which we want to be investing in these, even though this is our main focus.   So there are things that we cut out there exclusionary, that sort of are table stakes of being a decent human, that we had to reconstruct that sector of the economy. So when you look at your full shares, a bunch of companies are hidden in ETS, and you don't see those. And then there are some companies that you see that are visible, because we bought, we built this sort of single stock holding collection. So that said, Coca Cola is in there, because the main thesis of the core portfolio is you're broadly invested in the market, you've cut out the worst actors, and what you're left with are companies where it is which will survive and could thrive in a world where we solve climate change, and are receptive to pressure that are worth spending that time on pressuring them.   We don't believe that Exxon Mobil that ConocoPhillips, that these oil producing companies, Dow Industrial that does do manufactures most of the plastic in the world, not the most, but one of the largest that these companies are, are going to be receptive, or that are spending our time and energy trying to change them away from their core business. Right? It's worth it, we don't have enough time, we don't have enough money, we don't have enough resources, to spend all of our effort trying to change these companies to be something completely different from what they are, because there is internal inertia, there is identity wrapped up in it, they're going to be incredibly resistant to change.   But we have seen some of these other companies that are what we call the low carbon economy that are sort of their existence is not threatened, like Coca Cola can still make a bubbly, sugary drink. In a world where we solve climate change, that plastic could be a bioplastic and net zero, and the carbon could be pulled out of the atmosphere to fizz the soda and they could source the wine.   Carley Hauck 32:22   And you're speaking to why I said Why is Pepsi and Coca Cola and mostly because I'm such an anti plastic person. And when I think about the pounds of plastic that had been put into our oceans, yeah, Coca Cola is in fact responsible for a lot of that.   James Regulinkski 32:40   They are. 33% of all plastic production goes to food and packaging, wrappers and containment. We've kind of accepted that as the status quo. And I think we can do a lot better. Like I'll say that straight up. Again, our belief in this case is that the place to stop it in the same way that the place to stop oil is not on the individual level, same buy less oil, it's what stopped producing the oil, let's stop making that economically tenable.   In the same way, the pressure where we weren't the standard we take on sort of the petrochemical side, it's not all the people consuming buying and producing that plastic started it's not that people consuming the plastic it's the people producing it. And ultimately, that is the Dow Chemicals of the world, and the Exxon Mobil, Exxon Mobil mix of massive like a massive percentage of the plastic that goes into those bottles.   And then we do need collective action outside of any political collective action, and we need personal action on alternatives to plastic for Pepsi and Coke. Compostables, reusable, it's like there's a ton of a ton of good options, then start selling this there's syrup and stuff to a soda, like a fizzy drink fizzy maker at home, like lots of ways that we could reimagine the consumption of beverages.   Carley Hauck 34:04   There's also I mean, there's a lot. I mean, it's just going off on a little bit of a tangent.   James Regulinkski 34:10   Let's go, let's go deep.   Carley Hauck 34:11   Well, I guess, before I go into the tangent, and before I go deeper, I'll just summarize, you've answered really well, what an ESG is, which is the question I had and investing in ESG is versus non investing. And so you're giving some really wonderful examples right now from, you know, the Dow and the Exxon, which is not investing in ESGs, to investing and other portfolio companies that are much more aligned with that.   But, you know, one of the things that I think is lovely about living in California is they tend to be trailblazers and some of these systems and even legislature, for example, in January, there was this mandated composting system and program that had to be brought through all of California. And then I saw in the news maybe a few weeks ago that LA has boycotted all plastic like you, they will not give out plastic into go orders in LA. And that started in May of 2022.   And so I think we're going to see more and more and more of that where states where cities are creating different rules. And laws essentially said that we are being more mindful of our consumption.   James Regulinkski 35:28   And that's why we might be at peak plastic, or close to it. Like there's a positive outlook where, especially on the disposable side, where we've sort of reached our tolerance for it, we've seen what the harm is. And it seems it also is a attractable problem, where oftentimes climate change as a whole feels like an intractable problem. It is so large, it has so many different facets, you know, there's the plastic part of it, there's the transportation part of it, there's the construction part of it, you can, you can get overwhelmed by how many different pieces there are involved.   And so I'm excited for what people have pushed for on the plastic front. And when it comes to climate change, it is still not the biggest, like whether you have forks, plastic forks, which I don't think we should have thrown in every to go order. But I also don't think that solving that piece of the problem is enough, or is even the highest leverage point.   Now there's a lot of reasons we can do ethical things that are unrelated to climate change. Like there's, as I said before, there's I don't see, I don't want to live in a world with private prison systems. trafficking, human trafficking, there's lots of things that are important to stand that go beyond climate change that we should think about in our lives. And when we make decisions, the way we construct a carbon collective was focused on saying this, this issue affects all other issues, right? And what is the way we can make the biggest difference on this issue, so that we have the most likelihood of having a large lever arm, but all these other, and all these other issues?   Carley Hauck 37:08   When I was doing research for my book, I spoke to a wonderful person, she's a Stanford professor, and she does a lot around sustainable finance. Her name's Alicia Seiger, she actually, Alicia, if you're listening, you ended up not making the book, but our conversation definitely hit home. And you when you look at the Sustainable Development Goals, being there, what is it 17 of them, I'm trying to remember 17. She said, If we solved for climate, we would solve for all of them, because they all are impacted by climate.   James Regulinkski 37:34   And if we don't solve, which is sometimes more scary, is they exacerbate a lot of a lot of each other a lot of these issues, climate refugee, right? Being a climate refugees will exacerbate like all sorts of I think hate crimes, which I'm really terrified of, or, I mean, what I hope for is that we open up our borders to other people and bring you know welcoming arms as as they deal with the loss of their their land and their livelihoods, etc. But I'm scared about the alternative reality. So that's the sort of the, the nuance of how these play.   No, I don't like to leave things on just, we're not leaving yet. But I don't want to just say these negative things and try to rouse climate fear. I think we have the solutions and examples, both on the technological side, but also on the interpersonal side, also on the how do we develop policies that are? And how do we respond? How do we develop that internal empathy, so that we have the strength when there's a big crisis comes up to to share that out trying to do a call back to earlier in the podcast?   Carley Hauck 38:40   Well, I love that you just kind of switched gears. And I have just a couple more questions before we end, although I'm sure we could, we could talk for many, many hours. So you just talked about this internal empathy piece, which, in my book, I refer to the inner game a lot in the inner game are these qualities that every person can cultivate, and they're their qualities of consciousness.   And so you and I spoke a little bit about this before we hit the record. But the qualities that I focus on are self awareness, emotional intelligence, which incorporates empathy, resilience, which could be growth mindset, well being like how are we taking care of our own well being? And then how do we see that by taking care of ourselves, we're able to therefore take care of others and therefore see the interconnection and how we're taking care of the planet. But then also how are we leading from love and how are we leading from more authenticity and vulnerability, this is all on the inside, and then it shows up on the outside.   And so you know, being a co founder being the fact that you started this business in the midst of the pandemic that you are tackling a really big problem with some fabulous solutions. What is the inner game that you have really cultivated on the inside, for example, maybe there's one of those qualities that you feel like, really has you be the leader, and the person that you want to be?   James Regulinkski 40:16   As you said, then, I was like, Man, I need to do all of these things. What is this person she's describing right now and how can I be them? But for me, empathy has, as I said before, like my job is about supporting others, empathy is so crucial to that. And realizing, when you're at your limits, goes along with the empathy piece, probably more than any other. So that self awareness, I don't want to focus too much on self awareness, because I think that you, we should also be community aware, and there's like these external paths, the self awareness that should be merged in with that concept. But if I don't know my limits, and I can't, as I talked about earlier, bring that to bear, I can't make space for the empathy that I need to have.   And the space we're working in, on climate change is really easy to get overwhelmed by climate anxiety. It's something that is, is very real, and and, you know, is aging us all faster than we can imagine. Because it's an existential problem in a way that we haven't collectively faced many other times. So I, as I said before, I think as a society, and all these questions are kind of as a society, as a society, do we redirect our resources to solving climate change, but also as a society, are we preparing ourselves to to deal with how different the world it's going to be?   Carley Hauck 41:55   Yes, the adaptation, the letting go.   James Regulinkski 41:58   We talked about solving climate change a lot. But solving climate change isn't getting back to the world that my parents grew up in. But that ship sailed, it's creating a world where we cause as little harm and save and make flourish as much as we can, it's about setting us on a new trajectory that can be really beautiful, to solving climate change could be making, you know, better homes and transportation. And that can be a more joyful, exciting world.   But it's also putting us down a path where we do think of ourselves as true stewards of the planet, that it isn't just for us, and how do we create space for the other living creatures here and the other people who aren't rich white Americans, like there's a, a shifting of the consciousness that occurs and like I think of the the internal work I do is sort of like tending to the soil, that I'm going to be one of these plots of land where there's going to be cool new, new realities growing from in the future, and, and taking the time to get to know my limits, and then work on the so I can I can have the space for the empathy is, is how I tend to that soil.   And I don't know, investing is all about imagining a better future. And like, when you invest in a house, or you invest in stocks, or a certain company or thing, I think the future is going to look like this. And we can either invest in that future personally, or literally in our investments, and say, I believe the world is going to look like it did for the last 10 years, or I believe it's gonna get worse, or you can say, I believe it's gonna get better, I'm gonna invest like the world is gonna get a whole lot better on all these fronts. And whether you're doing that through self care, or you're doing that with your dollars, I think that that is what's going to allow us to manifest the solutions, or this new world in which we're, we're able to come off this.   Carley Hauck 43:44   Yeah, well, I, I heard a lot of things I heard self awareness really allows you to self manage some of the climate anxiety that comes up. And therefore there's a greater self empathy that you're able to have, oh, wow, this is hard. There's a lot of freaking uncertainty, and our planet is on fire. And I don't really know how it's gonna work out. But I know that I'm going to be one of those leaders that's charging a new way forward, and getting us to 10x. You know, our investments in a supportive climate.   And, you know, I also felt a ton of climate anxiety. And I wrote the book when Trump was elected because I didn't see a future that I felt excited about. And my nephew also right around the time that I was given the contract for this book. He was four. He looked at me and he said, Auntie Carly, will you help me save the ocean? And I'm like, Ah, I mean, what do you say? You go? No, dude, I'm not doing it, not doing anything. So you're not gonna have it. You're not gonna have coral reefs or dolphins or fish to eat when you're 20. And I did nothing. And I just couldn't. I couldn't say no, I I said yes, yes, yes, I'll help you.   And, you know, this is the number one. What's the word? It's the number one concern of young people right now is climate. And, I do see the consciousness rising. It, you know, I mean, it's been four years since I wrote the book, but like, the consciousness of leaders, the consciousness of business is rising. So it's exciting.   James Regulinkski 45:32     Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So I think what every business really needs to ask itself is what are we doing about climate change. And unfortunately, what that is often led to in the corporate world is making a pledge, making a pledge, it's unenforceable, and that you're going to be out of your role as a sea level person before or board seat before you have to implement. And the pledges are often focused on like the lowest hanging fruit that everyone already knows about. So they tell it saying solar panels, we're going to replace all of our lights with LEDs, or we're going to buy carbon offsets.   However, every business has some superpower, they have some reason they exist, there's something they're really good at. And the question I think that is, every business should ask that is far more interesting is how do I take that superpower? How do I take that core competency that we have? And use that to address the problem?   Carley Hauck 46:33   For example? What if I was a really large credit card holder? In the US? How could I greatly influence my customers, my shareholders to vote with their dollars and more environmentally, socially? Just ways? I mean, that seems like a perfect opportunity. Right?   James Regulinkski 46:55   Right. So in this case, the the large company that has has a bunch of credit card holders who are making purchases every day, so they might say, hey, we could we could build part of our platform to to help people spend, see the impact the environmental impact of the dollars or spend or see how saving money is actually also, you know, consuming less so saving the planet, or we can use the data that we we collect from there to help help everyone help our members understand collectively where the biggest opportunities are, they can have an integrated opportunity to allow their customers to vote on the issues that were most important to and shape how the money that this company is using is being spent and is influencing the rest of the world. From a shareholder perspective, more and more, the companies that are going to win in this political environmental space is by having a stance is by saying this is what we believe.   And well, let's let us show you how we believe that. So I think ultimately, you win customers that way. And I think that this company has an opportunity to use their that combination of their data and their presence as this as this provider of financial services to to enable better spending habits for the planet. And that might well have a much larger impact than any amount of commitment to buy zero carbon energy.   Carley Hauck 48:22   Totally. I I 100% agree. And you know, two of the companies that I highlight in my book that I did a lot of research that are doing some of that already, Bank of the West Bank, located actually in San Francisco, and they were highly influenced by BNP, which is a very environmentally responsible French bank. Yeah, but Bank of the West and the last year that I was consulting and working for them, they came up with an ATM card that was 1% for the planet. So every single purchase, there was some of that going back towards the planet.   And then we think about Salesforce, which is also one of the companies I highlight in the book, you know, Salesforce was having this very large conference called Dreamforce, every year where they'd have 100,000 people descend on the city of San Francisco from all over the world. Well, in 2019, which was the last in person version of this that I was attending. They had a huge focus on the SDGs. And so they were educating all these people on the benefits of actually aligning their business for sustainable development. And I mean, that's just one way to have major influence, in addition to buying the Salesforce, you know, CRM to help small businesses and large businesses. So I think that's kind of speaking to some of the examples that all companies can be leading from that place.   James Regulinkski 49:48   Right. And financing companies that deal with finance are shaping what happens. The investments that they're making are saying what is possible and what's impossible the rules they said, around how money is lent could shape whether a renewable energy project gets financed, so we talk a little bit about on the on the lending on the credit card side, but they also have you also have a banking operation, then you have another area where you can help accelerate or make a more positive planet for everyone. And I am inspired by the examples that you're giving about folks, companies who really dig in and say, What can we what can we do? That could, I could talk to you about many more of really exciting places where companies have have stepped up and thought creatively?   Carley Hauck 50:35   Awesome. Do you want to tell me one more?   James Regulinkski 50:37   Oh, one that I love, it's a little bit dated now. But Interface Carpet was this carpet company that looked at how they could make carpets that had this problem where they just the strict regulations on how much pollutants could come out of the water. And so they made a target to get to the point where they were, water was cleaner coming out of the factory than coming in. So their process actually cleaned the water as opposed to dumped the you know, we're just under the legal limit of whatever toxins were happening. Were in there, they looked at ways to use carpeting as, as more of almost like a service as opposed to as a as a consumable and taking responsibility for the end of life and recycling all their own materials.   Now, each of those steps where you say, I'm going to go, and like we are a carpeting company, that we you know, we just provide this thing that gets us to say, oh, no, we are a company that exists in this world of limited resources, how do we make it better? How do we take responsibility for what we have? And not? I will I will pay for someone else to deal with this problem. But I am the ultimate.   Carley Hauck 51:54   Yeah, I'm we're taking responsibility, and we're gonna make it a better product.   James Regulinkski 51:59   And it's so easy, like we talk about companies as separate entities. But I think it's really, that alienates the reality, which is, companies are made up of individuals. And each of those individuals has a set of beliefs and has a conscience and wants to live in a beautiful world and wants to be actualized as a human being.   And so, it's so much easier when we have a bad guy that it's a company. But it also means that it's hard for us to imagine change, because we don't understand how companies think. But I do understand how people think that I can empathize with their struggles and the pressures they're under and maybe help them see a different alternative way of being.   Carley Hauck 52:38   And that's why I love working with leaders and supporting teams. And I really feel like the greatest lever I can pull in this lifetime is supporting the shift in the hearts and minds of leaders and businesses. Because just what you said, there is a consciousness. And it can either be for good, or it can be for evil. I mean, I don't like using evil. But let's bring in the Star Wars, I'm definitely on the Skywalker Skywalker path.   There we go. Well, James, fellow Jedi. Thank you so much.   James Regulinkski 53:16   That was a lot of fun, Carley.   Carley Hauck 53:18   Thank you so much, James. I know, again, we could talk about a lot of things. But is there anything else that you'd like to leave folks before we end?   James Regulinkski 53:28   I guess the startup hat wearing co-founder part of me is like, one more time if you guys are all interested by what you heard here, go check out Carbon Collective. If you can watch this 401k program, which means you can absolutely if you don't invest personally, you can also help maybe get your company to change how they do their investments.   But also, even if you don't check us out, because you want to work with us, there's a lot of resources on our website, there are resources on how you can do this yourself. There are resources on how you can talk about these issues with other folks. We believe that this problem is more important than our success as a business. So we try to be really transparent and give you everyone the tools to be more conscientious about how they use their money, or invest our money. So if it's only to see what those resources are, head over to carbon collective.co. And I hope that it's helpful.   Carley Hauck 54:27   Thank you. Thank you so much. We'll leave all those links in the show notes.   Thank you, James, for your time, your service, your vision, and creating an easy way for those of us that really care about social justice, environmental responsibility that we can vote with our dollars and support capitalism to be more conscious. There are many links in the show notes and resources. And I've added a few more including this amazing new startup called Symbrosia that actually supports us to have different ways of reducing our carbon footprint through offsets.   Lastly, because of my investment, and consulting with Bank of the West for a few years supporting leaders, teams and culture change, I wanted to give them a plug because they really are a wonderful example of a company leading from a higher responsibility to people and planet. I was privileged to support Bank of the West for three and a half years and in October 2018, the bank pledged to provide 1 billion in financing for clean, efficient and renewable energy products over a five year period. Over that five year financing initiative, their customers' demand for sustainable financing exceeded their expectations, and they hit the 1 billion mark more than two years ahead of schedule.   As a result of this brave action, the Conservation Alliance, which is a consortium of more than 250 businesses in the outdoors industry, announced that it was ditching Bank of America for Bank of the West based on their divestment of coal, tar sands and Arctic drilling. While banks can often seem like opaque institutions, it's important to remember that everything that banks do is dictated by decisions made by humans, and what humans finance today will define the world we and our children and grandchildren live in tomorrow.   I think there's a lot more opportunity for credit card companies, for financial institutions, for tech institutions, to really put their money behind causes that really matter. That's what I'm rooting for. That's what I'm standing for. And as always, thank you so much for listening, for joining this community and I would love to stay connected with you. So please feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn. Carley Hauck and you can also go to my website, carleyhauck.com.   Wishing you a wonderful summer and until we meet again you the light and shine the light.  

Great to chat with Zach Stein, Cofounder of Carbon Collective! Carbon Collective is the first online investment advisor 100% focused on climate change! We discussed the importance of a well-defined customer cohort, how to assess a climate positive company, the intersection of climate and investing and more!https://carbotnic.com/carboncollective Download Podcast Here: https://plinkhq.com/i/1518148418Remember, If you want to support the podcast please rate and review 5 stars on  Apple, Thanks so much! James

Hello everyone and welcome back to the CleanTechies podcast. This is our 50th episode. Hard to believe we are already at 50. ____________________________________________________ If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.  ____________________________________________________Today's episode is with James Regulinski the Co-Founder of Carbon Collective. Carbon Collective is a financial services firm that helps people ensure they are achieving their financial goals, such as short-term savings or retirement, in a way that is Climate-Aligned. With Carbon Collective you will know that your money is going into places that are good for the climate and not being part of the problem. In our discussion with James we discuss, what they are doing at CC, the reasons why to invest in climate-aligned funds, financial literacy, and responsible investing, we also touched on Blockchain tech, and a lot more. Overall, great conversation with James. It's really great to see what they are doing. I was personally surprised that this is not something that is already widely adopted. It's great to have this because as we all know, the market needs to demand something for the solutions to be created. Today's conversation with James was really fun and insightful for me. I hope you'll find the same. Main Talking Points: Intro to JamesFrom Engineering to FinanceStarting Carbon CollectiveWhat is Carbon Collective3 Reasons why Climate-Conscious investing is betterThe benefits to the governmentProxy votingWho are their clientsWhat is he excited about for the futureFinancial literacyInstitutional and Individual responsibilityThe education systemGetting into financeBlockchain and ClimateTechWrap upWe hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at silasmahner@gmail.comCarbon Collective Website: https://www.carboncollective.co/Connect with James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesregulinski/Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/Join the Slack Channel: https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/emailFollow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/ HMU on Twitter: @silasmahnerSupport the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/silasmahner__________We are proud to continue working with NextWave as our official show sponsor for this podcast. NextWave and all of its staff are highly motivated to advance the ClimateTech revolution anSupport the show

Zach has always worked as a sustainability entrepreneur; from a worm farm to Carbon Collective, Zach understands the scale of investing required to counteract climate change.  Ep.#48   Zach Stein, Co-founder of Carbon Collective - Tech4Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder Series, we are sitting down with  Zach Stein Co-founder of Carbon Collective, the first online investment advisor 100% focused on climate change. When Zach founded the company, he understood that a lot of workers in the sustainability sector were not offered retirement plans that matched their values and their work. Furthermore, he saw a clear gap in the market for investment that was not just greenwashing but provided transparent investments in climate change.  Through Carbon Collective, he works with customers to allow them to align their investment goals with their values and life's work.  I was excited to speak with Zach, who has worked as an entrepreneur in the Bay Area for his entire career beginning with building a worm farm immediately after finishing university. After a few other start-up ventures, Zach built Carbon Collective as a way to accelerate divesting in fossil fuels and promoting investing in sustainability in a way that is more transparent for users and promises investment in real climate change solutions, not just greenwashing.   In this episode, we will learn more about the green or Climate  investing landscape. Zach walks us through the main challenges of current investing strategies and how most ESG funding is a step in the right direction, but still needs to be realigned with realisting climate change investing goals. Zach also explains the details of his business model, how he onboards customers, what stocks he chooses, and the market opportunity of Carbon Collective. Throughout this discussion, Zach provides an insightful perspective of how to invest in climate action in a way that truly allows us to not only to divest in fossil fuels, but fuel the 20-fold investment in sustainability needed to fight climate change.  PART 2: My secret sauce: (AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS ONLY=> More info on our site) During the second part of the talk,  Zach provides insights on fundraising for young Climate Tech entrepreneurs, and how he has managed the work-life balance of being a CEO and a dad. Finally he will share some of the books he has read that have been useful along the way. 

Now, more than ever, we feel the impacts of climate change. Just as we caused it, we hold the keys to solving it. And every day, we have the power to make simple decisions that could contribute to helping save the world. Investing is one area we can do that. In this episode, Corinna Bellizzi interviews sustainability entrepreneur and the Co-founder of Carbon Collective, Zach Stein. Carbon Collective is a company that is making it simple to invest in portfolios built around helping solve climate change. Zach introduces us to sustainable investing, encouraging us to be smart investors that help save the world. Join this conversation to learn more about how to consciously put your money to good use, divesting from fossil fuels and reinvesting in climate solutions. About Guest:Zach Stein is the Co-Founder and CEO of Carbon Collective, a company that's making it simple to invest in portfolios that are built around what some are calling the great climate transition. Prior to that, he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Osmo Systems, an agro-tech startup offering all-in-one monitoring and control systems to hydroponic and aquaculture farmers at a price they can actually afford. Zach has always plunged into the burgeoning intersection of technology, investments, agriculture, and the climate. His work has been in the line of helping fight food insecurity and reducing both technological and financial barriers. At Carbon Collective, Zach takes his life's work a step further by putting people's savings to work, investing in over 100 companies building climate solutions while still helping them be broadly diversified. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-stein-100/ Website: https://www.carboncollective.co Additional Resources Mentioned:Carbon CollectiveRegeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One GenerationChase BankAtmosAndoBeyond PetroleumExxonCoca-ColaBettermentWealthfrontAcornsAllTrust Show Notes: FINAL AUDIO01:55 Introduction05:03 The Banking Industry And Fossil Fuels10:56 Equity And Justice Within Climate Transition 15:49 Carbon Collective19:33 Divesting In Fossil Fuel 25:07 Divest, Reinvest, Engage30:39 Shifting How Your Money Is Saved 37:49 Is Cryptocurrency Sustainable? 40:36 ConclusionLove the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com And join the Care More Be Better Community!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show: https://caremorebebetter.com/donate. Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started!

In this episode of Engaging Alternatives Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Zach Stein, Co-Founder of Carbon Collective, a San Francisco-based investment adviser focused on solving climate change. He shares his outlook for investing in companies focused on addressing climate change, including the greatest opportunities and challenges, thoughts on the SEC's push for more transparency, how the firm is integrating DEI and more.

We are currently in a climate crisis because we continue to invest heavily in carbon-emitting industries that fuels climate change. We can help fight climate change by divesting our investments from companies that rely heavily on fossil fuels to companies working on providing climate solutions. How do you know which companies are truly sustainable? No worries, Carbon Collective has done all the hard work. In this episode, James Regulinski, co-founder of Carbon Collective breaks down how this company solves climate change by making sustainable investing accessible to individuals and organizations. Carbon Collective Website: https://www.carboncollective.co/ James Regulinski's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesregulinski/ Timestamps 0:00 Podcast Intro 0:26 Episode Intro 1:11 James Regulinski's bio and motivation to start Carbon Collective 2:56 How does Carbon Collective work? 4:28 How is Carbon Collective different from ESG investment, mutual funds, and ETF. 8:07 What criteria does Carbon Collective use for choosing companies that get added to its portfolio? 14:46 Can you talk about the climate index for Carbon Collective? 15:15 How are climate solution stocks faring in the face of current inflation and falling stock prices? 18:05 What are your projections for the next 5 years? 20:03 When you search for sustainable companies to invest in, the top search results are renewable energy or related to renewable energy companies, what other types of companies are included in your portfolio? 23:05 How do you make investing accessible to low-income individuals? 25:37 What year did Carbon Collective start? 27:40 What are the major challenges you have experienced? 29:18 Can you tell us about your customer experience and retention rate? 31:10 How can my audience start benefiting from carbon's collective work today? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rarosue-amaraibi/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rarosue-amaraibi/support

James Regulinksi is the cofounder of Carbon Collective, the first financial investment advisory firm focused solely on solving climate change. We talk about how we may, unintentionally, be supporting industries that we don't want to see in our world's future (such as fossil fuels and nuclear weapons) and James provides tangible resources and ways for us to change that.*The opinions expressed in this episode are not meant to be taken as financial advice. Investing comes with risks that should be discussed with your personal financial advisor.HighlightsThere is a misconception that sustainable investing has lower returns. Is that the case?How can someone find out what industries their investment is going towards?Does ESG investing count as sustainable?ResourcesCarbon CollectiveAs You Sow Project Drawdown Carbon Collective's Ultimate Guide to Sustainable InvestingWhat YOU Can DoGet clear on what industries and activities you are willing to support and not support.Find out where your 401k and other investments are going.Find an advisor who respects your values and perhaps even shares them.Learn more about sustainable investing.Want a free guide to help you become a force for nature? Get it at https://forcesfornature.com/becoming-a-force-for-nature-free-guide/If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate and review! This helps to boost its visibility.Hit me up on Instagram and Facebook and let me know what actions you have been taking. Adopting just one habit can be a game-changer because imagine if a billion people also adopted that!What difference for the world are you going to make today?Check out the new The Healthy Seas Podcast on your favorite podcasting app and meet those doing all they can to ensure our oceans and seas thrive!

The Carbon Collective is the first climate-focused online investment advisor. Brooke Tomasetti, Director of Financial Education and Community, joins us to share with us how the advisor works and what she wants to achieve at this role. Find out more at carboncollective.co and connect on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok. Connect with Brooke at moneylifementor.com, Instagram and LinkedIn.

The rise of travel subscription services. Adam Levinter, author of The Subscription Boom, tells us how these subscriptions work and if they're worth it. And, the changing retirement landscape. Pattie Lovett-Reid, Chief Financial Commentator for HomeEquity Bank, is here to take us through the 5 R's of Retirement.  Then, dealing with debt in Canada's north. Crystal Buhler from Debt Free North is here to tell us about the work she does in these remote communities. And, investing for the environment. Brooke Tomasetti of the Carbon Collective will be here. Plus, I'll speak to financial therapist Erika Wasserman about her Financial YES! Plan. To find out more about the guests check out: Adam Levinter: com Patti Lovett-Reid: Instagram Crystal Buhler: com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Erika Wasserman: com Carbon Collective: co | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook |Twitter | TikTok Brooke Tomasetti: com | Instagram | LinkedIn Bruce Sellery is a personal finance expert and best-selling author. As the founder of Moolala and the CEO of Credit Canada, Bruce is on a mission to help you get a better handle on your money so you can live the life you want. High energy & low B.S., this is Moolala: Money Made Simple. Find Bruce Sellery at Moolala.ca | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

This week, PI Energy CEO Phil Layton interviews James Regulinski, CEO and co-founder of The Carbon Collective. Their mission is to make investing in companies that promote a better future-- whether through low-carbon energy, technology, or even meatless products--easy and simple for the end user.Phil and James discuss the implications of investing in companies, how The Carbon Collective offers plans for individuals and for company 401(k)s, and what we can imagine for the future.Learn more about James and the Carbon Collective:Website: www.carboncollective.coFB @carboncollectiveinvestingIG: @carbon.collectiveTwitter: @CarbonCollective

Who is responsible for creating your life? What can freedom really look like? My guest today believes that everyone has the responsibility and the opportunity to design their own lives, and that money is a tool to build our dreams. Brooke Tomasetti is a personal finance coach and educator at Money Life Mentor. She's Director of Financial Education and Community at Carbon Collective, the first climate-focused online investment advisor.Here's a link to the episode blog post and transcript: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/tomasettiSocial Media Links - Money Life Mentor & Personal: Website: https://www.moneylifementor.com/InstagramLinkedIn Social Media Links - Carbon Collective: Website: https://www.carboncollective.co/InstagramLinkedInFacebook TwitterTikTokPortfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/stocksforbeginnersDisclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use this link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they're offering something of value. Stocks for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn't financial advice, and you shouldn't buy or sell any investments based on what you've heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Stocks for Beginners. This podcast doesn't replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Zach Stein Discusses How Sustainable Investing Can Make a Positive Impact on Climate Change Zach Stein is one of the founders of Carbon Collective, the online investment platform built around solving climate change. Built with his oldest childhood friend, Carbon Collective constructs and manages portfolios that mitigate climate risk, while maximizing impact all for the same fees and risk/reward you would pay for generic index-based online investing. Connect with Zach carboncollective.co https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbon-collective/?viewAsMember=true https://www.instagram.com/carbon.collective/?hl=en https://twitter.com/CarbnCollective https://www.tiktok.com/@carbon.collective   Connect with me. This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial and 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset .* URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset You'll love this episode if you want to spark your inner genius. And don't forget there's a bonus mini-episode here if you join the coffee by the water club. Liking the Show? You can now show your support with Innovative Mindset Merch! Get LIT! Grab the lightbulb logo on a bottle, hat, phone case, button, and more.   Support the Podcast. Or join my brand new Coffee By The Water Club and get a bunch of extra goodies like bonus podcast episodes, art no one else sees, and music no one else hears! Connect with me. Website: IzoldaT.com Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/IzoldaST Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/izoldat/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@izoldat Twitter: https://twitter.com/Izoldat LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izoldat/ Website: https://izoldatauthor.com/ Listen on These Channels Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | Podbean | MyTuner | iHeart Radio | TuneIn | Deezer | Overcast | PodChaser | Listen Notes | Player FM | Podcast Addict | Podcast Republic | I'm thrilled that you're tuning in to the Innovative Mindset. Get in touch if you have questions or comments. *Affiliate link. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I'll get a small commission.   This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial and 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset .* URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset

What if you could invest your retirement fund into companies that are sustainable and working towards solving climate change? That's hitting two birds with one stone and exactly what Carbon Collective does. One of Carbon Collective's founders, Zach Stein, joins us today to educate us on the world of sustainable investing and why this matters so much in the world we live in.In this episode, Zach shares his entrepreneurial journey creating Carbon Collective with his co-founder, James, with whom they've known each other since they were four year old. This is one of the main reasons they've cultivated a strong co-founder relationship, and he gives great advice on how to make this happen for you and your co-founder(s). He also talks about the importance of being vulnerable with your team along with sharing his highly suggested book recommendations for entrepreneurs and early stage founders. There is so much to be learned from Zach, so listen to this episode to hear what he has to say.   Zach's key lessons and quotes from this episode were:“How does the world change? How does the status quo change?," and the only answer I've really found out is when enough people say, "I'm going to break from the status quo." When enough people do that, that's when the world starts to change.” (27:14)“Talk is cheap. And often, that's seen as a bad thing, but it means talk is the cheapest place to ideate on something. Make sure you've thoroughly talked through something before you actually start building.” (36:51)“An effective co-founder relationship and just an effective team, it is not tension-free. Tension is actually really important. You just never want to let it sit.” (38:43)“A small effective team can do so much more than a large ineffective one.” (43:36)In this episode, we also talked about:The impact of sustainable investing in addressing climate change  (9:06)How Carbon Collective works (19:23)Important entrepreneurial lessons Zach learned (34:29)Finding the right co-founder (38:22)Vulnerability and team culture (45:59)Support the show

Most people don't put that much thought into where they bank. Do you? Do you choose a bank because it's convenient? Is it simply somewhere your family has always banked? Do you look for the best interest rates? You probably haven't considered how your bank invests the money you deposit in your savings or checking account(s). The majority of big banks are investing your money into fossil fuels. Today's guest—Ravi Mikkelsen—is the founder of Atmos Financial, a bank that ensures your deposits only fund climate-positive investments like renewable energy projects. Switching banks may sound like a hassle, but it's likely easier and far more impactful than you think. In this episode of Invested in Climate, Ravi shares how Atmos Financial works and how you can make an impact with your money.  In Today's Episode, we cover:[3:11] What led Ravi to found Atmos Financial  [7:11] How Ravi navigated some bumps in the road [10:40] Lean how Atmos Financial works [15:50] Why should you consider Atmos Financial?  [18:34] Does divestment from fossil fuels make a difference? [20:34] Most people don't think twice about where they bank [26:28] Learn the ins and outs of banking with Atmos Financial [29:58] How the debit card works (cashback + roundup program)  [32:10] Why they have the ability to offer higher savings rates [33:55] How to get started with Atmos Financial [35:32] What else can listeners do to invest in climate? [41:15] What's happening next with Atmos Financial Resources & People Mentionedhttps://www.greenbiz.com/article/funding-transition-tale-two-banks (Funding the Transition: A Tale of Two Banks) https://www.unepfi.org/net-zero-banking/ (Net-Zero Banking Alliance) https://www.carboncollective.co/ (Carbon Collective) https://newdayimpact.com/ (Newday Impact Investing) https://ethocapital.com/ (Etho Capital) https://www.changefinance.org/ (Change Finance) https://premiumsfortheplanet.com/ (Premiums for the Planet) https://www.climatechangemakers.org/ (Climate Changemakers) https://www.environmentalvoter.org/ (Environmental Voter Project) Connect with Ravi Mikkelsenhttps://www.joinatmos.com/ (Atmos Financial) Connect with Ravi on https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravimikkelsen/ (LinkedIn) Follow Ravi on https://twitter.com/RaviMikkelsen (Twitter) Connect With Jason Rissmanhttps://investedinclimate.com/ (https://InvestedInClimate.com)  On https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrissman/ (LinkedIn) On https://twitter.com/jasonrissman (Twitter) Subscribe to https://pod.link/1620915138 (Invested In Climate) Audio Production and Show Notes by - https://www.podcastfasttrack.com/ (PODCAST FAST TRACK)

It's a big question and Zach Stein has the answers with Carbon Collective. Meet the CEO battling for the Earth's future. Traditional investment practice isn't made to drive impact. And for individual investors who want to make sustainable choices, that can be a source of frustration. Carbon Collective is disrupting old school financial theory, creating investment products that make profit, are sustainable, and make a positive impact. Nick and Zach get deep into the power of narrative to drive positive climate impact investing, why there are still considerable fault lines in the investment community around decarbonizing, and the debate over oll and gas. If you want to know how you can reverse climate change, this is the episode to dive into. Follow Zach:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-stein-100 (linkedin.com/in/zach-stein-100) Twitter:https://twitter.com/OsmoBot ( twitter.com/OsmoBot) Stay up-to-date on all things Keep Cool:https://workweek.com/discover-newsletters/keep-cool/ or follow Nick Van Osdol on Twitter:https://twitter.com/nickvanosdol (https://twitter.com/nickvanosdol)

Put your money where your mouth is, perhaps more effect would be to put your moneys where your values are. Carbon Collective is an investment platform that identifies companies dedicated to creating the technology, infrastructure, commerce and business necessary for a sustainable future, and they put your money to work supporting those companies. The value proposition is simple: if you think that not destroying the earth is good business, then investing in the businesses doing the most to save the planet while divesting from the companies actively destroying it is a great long term investment strategy. This week Zach Stein, CEO and Co-Founder of Carbon Collective joins us to talk about how his company is using simple metrics to unlock an investment strategy appropriate for anyone keen on the survival of civilization and the environment. We discuss the path to creating carbon collective, how their model differs from the status quo, and what makes for a winning investment strategy. Or, at least one that won't kill us along the way. Note: Nothing in this podcast (and certainly nothing from me) should be taken as financial advice.

Are you a reasonable person? If so, subscribe to the Connors Newsletter! On This Episode of Utterly Moderate. . .  Segment 1: The Conger Ice Shelf Has Collapsed Richard Alley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, joins host Lawrence Eppard to help us understand the collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica and its implications. Read about the Conger Ice Shelf collapse here. Segment 2: All About Climate Investing Zach Stein from the company Carbon Collective joins the show to discuss the work his company does helping people get their IRA's, brokerage accounts, trusts, and more invested in green, sustainable stock and bond portfolios built for solving climate change. Visit them at CarbonCollective.co Episode Music: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Draw the Sky” by Paul Keane (licensed through TakeTones) “Reading by Lamplight” by Maarten Schellekens (creative commons) “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist's permission)   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen in as Zach Stein from Carbon Collective explains divestment, its importance, and why it makes sense from both an environmental and financial perspective.

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Episode 3 of The Social Change Career Podcast explores the links between sustainability and investing with with Zach Stein. Zach is the co-founder of Carbon Collective which utilizes finances to solve climate change.  This episode talks about how he started as a worm farmer to co-founding Carbon Collective.  Zach shares his experience and tips on sustainable investing. If you are seeking to explore how to link your finances to social impact (which should be all of us as we only have one planet) or if you are interested in building a career in this growing sector, take a listen to today's episode. Zach began his post-college career with a fellowship on an urban farm. That spun out to worm farming, which led him into aquaponics, then aquaculture with his first tech startup, Osmo Systems. And in 2020, Zach set out to build a new climate company to better collectivize individual climate actions. He has the pleasure of working on it with his oldest friend as his cofounder. Zach currently lives in the East Bay Area with his wife and son. Episode recorded April 12th, 2022.  Interested in watching it? Click here for the Linkedin video or go to PCDN.global Youtube channel This podcast episode is supported by the Rotary Peace Fellowship. Every year, 130 individuals are selected to receive a generous award from The Rotary Foundation that funds tuition, living expenses, international field experience, and research/conference opportunities at one of the Rotary Peace Centers, located within eight leading universities around the world. Check out The PCDN Career Campus, group career coaching, networking sessions, expert -led webinars, daily newsletters with tons of jobs and opportunities in the impact sector; office hours.  

As the climate crisis continues, more and more companies are jumping on the sustainability bandwagon and finding innovative ways to help mitigate or offset carbon emissions. While this is becoming common practice among corporations, what about individuals who want to make a difference? Join us on this special Earth Day episode of RENEWables, where we sit down with James Regulinski, Co-Founder of Carbon Collective, to discuss ESG investment opportunities designed to help pressure large companies into taking climate change more seriously. James identifies how to bridge the $4 trillion dollar gap between how much money is needed versus how much is being invested in climate change technologies currently. There are many ways to be an advocate for change, but Carbon Collective knows how to take an ethical stand when investing in a portfolio with a more sustainable future! Listen and subscribe now so you don't miss an episode! Show Notes: Website - https://www.carboncollective.co Linekd In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbon-collective/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/carbon.collective/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@carbon.collective

James Regulinski likes the idea of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) investing, but he wasn't convinced it was helping solve the climate crisis fast enough. So he and his partners started Carbon Collective to advise investors based on the impact of companies fighting climate change. Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio Podcast Episode 314 www.greenenergyfutures.ca

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Investing is a topic that can be hard to learn about. And sustainable investing can be even harder to learn about. Luckily, James Regulinski is here to share his knowledge. James is the co-founder of a company called the Carbon Collective, where they help people invest strategically. Their goal is to use investing to fight climate change! Listen to hear his story and to learn more about sustainable investing. Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19aTDgZ_M0x_HygSMtoYgf7K8BS3TlhxiKS3uk4aOJT4/edit?usp=sharingDonate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=NTXUQNMZLH2VJ&no_recurring=0&item_name=Thank+you+so+much+for+donating+to+Earth+Minded.+All+donations+support+the+podcast%2C+making+episodes+faster+and+higher+quality.%C2%A4cy_code=USD

Zach Stein, cofounder of Carbon Collective, how to the company's Climate Index can help investors identify ESG investments that accelerate progress toward the zero-carbon economy. Investors can have influence that can reshape business practices. It takes time and energy to understand how companies are changing to reduce their environmental impact, create positive social outcomes and improved transparency and accountability. We also discuss the potential impact of the Securities & Exchange Commission's recently proposed rule that would require companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks with their regular finacial reporting.The Carbon Collective's basic approach suggests divesting from 20% of companies responsible for 85% of emissions, particularly fossil fuel companies, to reallocate those that capital to climate solution companies. Their tools are open for anyone to learn from, offering insights into companies based on Project Drawdown analysis of their environmental and social performance. Carbon Collective also plans to launch managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) focused on climate and the social safety net. You can learn more at https://www.carboncollective.co/.

Our guest this week on the pod is Zach Stein.  Zach is the Co-Founder of Carbon Collective, a company that puts your savings to work investing in over 100 companies building climate solutions for the same price you pay for a generic online investment advisor. Resources mentioned in this episode include: The Mom Test book Carbon Collective site Project Drawdown site The Awarepreneurs Community Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

Investment is a hugely important part of the fight against climate change. But where should the money come from?What if the money we invest for our pensions, life insurance, savings were put towards fighting the climate crisis, while at the same time making a profit for us? Putting our money to work, for good. That is the thinking behind Carbon Collective - an investment house that invests your money solely in nonfossil fuel-based companies, and with the shares it purchases, becomes an activist investor to pressure companies to work towards reducing their emissions.keen to know more I invited Carbon Collective Co-Founder Zach Stein on the podcast to tell me all about it.This was an excellent episode of the podcast and I learned loads as always, and I hope you do too.If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to leave me a voice message over on my SpeakPipe page, head on over to the Climate 21 Podcast Forum, or just send it to me as a direct message on Twitter/LinkedIn. Audio messages will get played (unless you specifically ask me not to).And if you want to know more about any of SAP's Sustainability solutions, head on over to www.sap.com/sustainability, and if you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover the show. Thanks.And remember, stay healthy, stay safe, stay sane!Music credit - Intro and Outro music for this podcast was composed, played, and produced by my daughter Luna Juniper

On Day 4 of the VoizDAO Sustainable Finance Summit we interviewed Naomi Haber Senior Analyst, Corporate Strategy at Broadridge, Zach Stein the Co-Founder of Carbon Collective, and Lucy Auden the Sr. Program Manager of the Investment Lead Group at the University of Cambridge!

This week we talk to USC alum Breene Murphy about his role as the VP of Strategy and Marketing at Carbon Collective, a sustainable asset manager. Buckle in for an exciting episode discussing all things sustainable investing including an inside look into Carbon Collective's climate index. Breene also offers some great career advice on balancing your passions with your skillset! Action Items: Follow @carbon.collective Connect with Breene: breene@carboncollective.co Check out Carbon Collective's climate index: https://www.carboncollective.co/climate-index Want more ways to get involved or learn more about Eco Alarm? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @ecoalarmpodcast or check out our website: https://ecoalarmpodcast.com/ Interested in being a guest? Fill out our speaker form! Want a shout-out on our Instagram? Fill out our mini-episode form!

Flower and Friends proprietor and musician debuts his original "When We All Move to Mars" performed with Holly A La La Woods (KiethJonesWorld.com)!!! Live in studio, local surfer and climate change activist, Breene Murphy spins some favorite Island and Surf tunes while talking story about financially creating environmental solutions through a "Carbon Collective". Carbon Collective: https://www.carboncollective.co/Climate Index: https://www.carboncollective.co/climate-indexTheory of Change: https://www.carboncollective.co/impactPerformance: https://www.carboncollective.co/returnsFor Businesses: https://401k.carboncollective.co/employer-401k Mark Freeman's surf report gave us the cold water shivers and the Henton Update with Michelle and Jeff Haynes was even colder with 25° thermometer readings on the prairie!

Carbon Collective helps investors invest in companies building climate solutions and divest from companies reliant on fossil fuels, while still helping them be broadly diversified. They do all this for the same price as a generic online investment advisor.Zach and Michelle discuss the current sustainable funds on the market today, how even a small group of investors can build a coalition to force positive change in large companies and how Carbon Collective provides an easy and reliable way to promote sustainability in your investments while getting a good return.Relevant links:https://carboncollective.coSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/toastedearth)

Today's guest is Zach Stein, Co-Founder & CEO of Carbon Collective.Carbon Collective is a sustainable investing platform that provides low-fee, diversified portfolios built for solving climate change. Zach and his co-founder, James, saw a gap in the climate investing market. There were avenues for wealthy people to invest in climate startups directly. Still, the existing paths don't have a climate impact for the average American who wants to invest their 401K, IRA, or general savings. That's where Carbon Collective comes in. Carbon Collective is not an ESG fund. Instead, the startup focuses on divesting from the sectors dependent on fossil fuels, reinvesting that share in companies building solutions, and vote and pressuring the remaining parts of the stock market to decarbonize as quickly as possible. And make it an attractive investment by making it cost the same and with a similar diversity as generic options.Zach is a serial founder. Before co-founding Carbon Collective, he spent seven years as the CEO and co-founder of Osmo Systems, a company using novel sensing technology to help fish and shrimp farms be less wasteful. He was also the founder and retail director for Urban Worm, a worm farm in the Bay Area. Zach holds a BA in psychology from Hamilton College.In this episode, Zach walks me through Carbon Collective, how the company was founded, and what sets the startup apart from its competitors. We also have a lively discussion about ESG investing, why it is falling short for the climate, and why divesting in fossil fuels is the future. Zach is a wonderful guest, and it was great to learn more about Carbon Collective.Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded October 4th, 2021To learn more about Carbon Collective, visit: https://www.carboncollective.co/To learn more about this episode, visit: https://myclimatejourney.co/ctss-episodes/carbon-collective

In this episode of the Startup Selling Podcast, I interviewed Zach Stein.   Zach is a multi-time founder and is currently helping lead Carbon Collective, the investment platform that makes climate impact investing = smart investing.    Zach lives in East Bay, CA.    Some of the key topics and questions that we covered in this podcast are:   Carbon Collective and climate change investing. How did Zach get from Osmo Systems to Carbon Collective? What decisions were made to change to Carbon Collective? Zach's process for product discovery. Book: The Mom Test. How did Zach build an investment platform – Carbon Collective? Links & Resources   Carbon Collective website: www.carboncollective.co   Zach on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zach-stein-100 Listen & subscribe to The Startup Selling Show here:   BluBrry | Deezer | Amazon | Stitcher | Spotify | iTunes | Soundcloud | SalesQualia   Thanks so much for listening! Tell a friend or ten about The Startup Selling Show, and please leave a review wherever you're listening to the show.  

This week it's another Adam & Jake episode! We waffle on about so called 'scene brands', as well as a few products we've been using recently from the likes of Duel, Bilt Hamber, Scholl, Carbon Collective, & Concept Chemicals. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedetailingpodcast/message

Companies have more tools than ever to broadcast their own messages, whether it's via a website, podcasts, newsletters, social media, or all of the above. Breene Murphy from https://carboncollective.co (Carbon Collective) and the Forbes Communications Council joins the show this week to share his own experience with content marketing, as well as examine Andreessen Horowitz's decision to launch its own publication called Future (which we discussed at length in https://www.prand.law/episode/episode-61-paternity-leave-post-pandemic-andreessen-horowitz-future-website-journalism (Episode #61)). Content can help give a company a louder voice in a noisy marketplace, but Murphy talks about some other benefits that comms people and marketers might overlook. We talk a lot about the future of work these days, particularly as we emerge from the global pandemic. Ewan shares a new study done in Iceland about a four-day work week, something that was obviously popular with workers. The thing is, the experiment also proved to be useful for employers. Ewan explains why. In Check This Out we return to Britney Spears and her controversial conservatorship, while Cam brings up cancel culture and the case of a brave musician from the band Mumford and Sons. Don't miss any future episodes and get updates about the podcast by https://prlawpodcast.club/ (signing up) to the PR & Law Podcast newsletter. We promise: no spam. Ever. If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or family member. It's the best way to get the word out and we are very grateful! We also frequently post updates to the stories we discuss on social media. You can find us on https://linkedin.com/in/prlawpodcast (LinkedIn), https://twitter.com/prlawpodcast (Twitter), https://instagram.com/prlawpodcast (Instagram), and https://facebook.com/prlawpodcast (Facebook). You can also subscribe to our channels on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKssq1REhnQb3lHhCXL7GQ (YouTube) and https://soundcloud.com/user-697756979 (Soundcloud). If you have a question we would be happy to answer it on the show! Just post it to social media with the hashtag #PRLawPod. Links and Show Notes https://www.prand.law/episode/episode-61-paternity-leave-post-pandemic-andreessen-horowitz-future-website-journalism (Episode #61: Andreessen Horowitz Launches Future) - PR & Law Podcast https://qz.com/work/2029888/icelands-four-day-workweek-trial-bodes-well-for-productivity/ (Iceland's Four-Day Work Week Trial was a Triumph for All) - Quartz Check This Out https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/britney-spears-conservatorship-nightmare (Britney Spears's Conservatorship Nightmare) - The New Yorker https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/winston-marshall-was-bloody-terrified (Substack: Winston Marshall was 'Bloody Terrified' to Quit Mumford & Sons. He Tells Me Why.) - Common Sense with Bari Weiss Guest Breene Murphy is the vice president of strategy and marketing for https://carboncollective.co/ (Carbon Collective), an online climate friendly investment management platform. He is on the Forbes Communication Council, the advisory board for the University of California Irvine's Customer Experience Certificate Program as well as the advisory board for USC's Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies. He's a second generation marketer and an avid literature fan and surfer. He lives in Laguna Beach, California with his wife and two sons.  Hosts Ewan Christie is an employment lawyer in Toronto, Canada. Cam MacMurchy is a corporate communications executive with a multinational technology company listed in Hong Kong and curator of the http://signupfor.digitalbits.today/ (Digital Bits PR) and Communications newsletter. He also contributes to Apple news website https://9to5mac.com/ (9to5Mac) and shares his thoughts on PR, media, travel, and technology on his https://cammacmurchy.com/ (website). Support this podcast