Sustainable Investing: Fighting Climate Change One Investment At A Time With Zach Stein, Carbon Collective
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
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:
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
Show Notes: FINAL AUDIO
01:55 Introduction
05:03 The Banking Industry And Fossil Fuels
10:56 Equity And Justice Within Climate Transition
15:49 Carbon Collective
19:33 Divesting In Fossil Fuel
25:07 Divest, Reinvest, Engage
30:39 Shifting How Your Money Is Saved
37:49 Is Cryptocurrency Sustainable?
40:36 Conclusion
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| 0:00.0 | So we started Carbon Collective because we couldn't find any way to invest for our retirement |
| 0:06.3 | that was building the world that we actually wanted to retire into. And that, put simply, |
| 0:11.2 | is a climate-stable world. If we are able to solve climate change in the next 30 years, |
| 0:17.1 | and when I say solve climate change is to define it, is we run our global civilization |
| 0:22.7 | without burning stuff. We're no longer having to combust to do it. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social |
| 0:33.7 | impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:37.2 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:42.3 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. |
| 0:47.3 | Here's your host, Karina Belizei. |
| 0:52.3 | Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist who is passionate about social impact and building a better, more sustainable future. |
| 1:02.1 | Every week, I invite you to care a little bit more so that together we can all build a better future. |
| 1:08.7 | Have you ever wondered how the money in your bank is used while it sits |
| 1:13.3 | in your account? Is it doing good? Or is it invested in projects that you wouldn't like to see |
| 1:18.3 | funded? Today we're going to dig into this topic and more like it as I introduce you to |
| 1:24.0 | Zach Stein. Zach is a sustainability entrepreneur and the co-founder of Carbon |
| 1:29.2 | Collective, a company that's making it simple to invest in portfolios that are built around |
| 1:35.0 | what some are calling the great climate transition. He was born and raised in the Bay Area, |
| 1:41.0 | where I've spent the better portion of my life, and presently lives in the East |
| 1:45.1 | Bay with his newborn and his wife. Now, Zach, welcome to the show. Green, I'm so glad to be here. |
| 1:52.8 | Now, life with a newborn can be a bit nuts, right? Complicated? Oh, my God. Yes, yes. We're in that |
| 2:00.6 | sleep stage right now. He's almost five months old. And so we're totally in the four-month regression where the last two nights, he slept almost six hours in a row before that. Like the past 10 days were terrible. So it's just day by day. |
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