September 2021 – Deep Impact Investing

53. Fishy Fish: What You Should Really Know About Sustainable Seafood

By deepimpactinvesting | September 24, 2021

Regardless of whether you enjoy seafood, the truth is, it’s important to be informed about seafood’s sustainable and unsustainable components.

That’s exactly what Kim Griego-Kiel is here to help you learn in this week’s episode.

Join in as Kim reveals how understanding seafood sustainability can help you make conscious decisions as a consumer. Plus, learn how you, too, can mitigate the harm caused to the environment when these marine creatures are extracted from their natural habitat.

Kim discusses:

The definition of sustainably harvested seafood
The role of regulatory agencies within the industry
What bycatch is and why it should be eliminated
Ways to find labels and certifications for sustainable seafood
Easy ways to support sustainable seafood
Consequences of fishes being in the wrong habitat
And more!

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52. Investing for Climate Risk and Gender Equality With Pooja Khosla

By deepimpactinvesting | September 1, 2021

Many of us want to be informed investors, putting our money towards companies and causes that will positively impact our earth and societies.

But finding the information we need to make these decisions can be a challenging task.

That’s why companies like Entelligent are working to give investors the data they need to invest according to their values.

In this episode, econometrician and Entelligent’s executive vice president for client & product development, Pooja Khosla, joins Kimberly Griego-Kiel to discuss just how the company helps investors engage in impact investing. She talks about investment solutions that are climate-aligned and explains how her investment tools translate the projections from climate change models into simple rankings, which can be used to build climate-resilient portfolios.

Pooja discusses:

What an econometrician is
How Entelligent helps investors engage in ESG investing
Sustainable impact investing
How climate change and inequality are linked
Gender equality in financial services and how the pandemic has empowered women
And more!

Resources:

“Small Change, Big Gains: Reflections of an Energy Entrepreneur” by Thomas Stoner

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About our Guest:

Pooja Khosla Ph.D. is Vice President of Client Development at Entelligent. Dr. Khosla is an economist, econometrician, and mathematician who has deep knowledge to build investing solutions. She has extensive experience in predictive modeling, microfinance, and designing impact investment tools and has been working on impact solutions since 2003, both nationally and internationally.

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