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Audrey Selian serves as Director of Artha Impact (Rianta Capital Zurich), a dedicated advisory to the Singh Family Trust and is co-founder of Artha Networks Inc. (ANI), a SaaS platform that has been licensed to various ecosystem-building organizations working to support investment discovery and collaboration across various sectors and geographies.

Audrey’s focus within the Artha portfolio has been on the deployment of private capital to high impact businesses serving the underserved in India in the agri, health and education sectors, among others.Audrey has served as an advisor to Halloran, is co-founder of ImpactforBreakfast.com, a network of over 3,500+ people across 33+ cities, and is also co-founder of Impact Hub Yerevan in Armenia and of Baraka Impact (an emerging market focused health-focused investment platform).

Audrey holds degrees from the Fletcher School at Tufts University (PhD, MALD), the L.S.E. (MSc) and Wellesley College (BA). In 2003-4 she was a doctoral fellow at Harvard in 2004-5. In 2022, she co-edited a book called “The Business of Building a Better World" with Prof. David Cooperrider from Case Western Reserve, published by Berrett Koehler Publishers in 2022.

Three things people will learn from this podcast:

1. What not to do in the impact finance sector
2. How to find the good people who get s*** done
3. How to avoid the posers and the imposters

INCREASE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND REDUCE SHAREHOLDER RISK

As You Sow believes that shareholders are a powerful force for creating positive, lasting changes in corporate behavior.Over the past century, corporate power has become the most dominant force on the planet.

Of the 100 largest economic entities in the world, nearly 70% are corporations. This concentration of resources gives companies power and influence over their workers, customers, and the communities in which they operate.It is critical for corporate leaders to address the impact of their policies and actions. By ignoring this impact, they are creating risk for their customers, employees, shareholders, and themselves. Ultimately, companies that view the world not in months, but in years, decades, and generations will be able to reduce their long-term risk and ensure success.

Shareholder actions press corporations to undertake this broader risk analysis and make decisions that benefit people, the planet, and profit over the long term.

Since 1992 As You Sow has utilized shareholder advocacy to increase corporate responsibility on a broad range of environmental and social issues. As shareholder advocates,

As You Sow communicates directly with corporate executives to collaboratively develop and implement business models that reduce risk, benefit brand reputation, and increase the bottom line while simultaneously bringing positive environmental and social change.

Andrew Behar is CEO of As You Sow,

What will you learn:

1. The Power of Shareholder Advocacy
2. Long-Term Risk Management for Companies
3. Examples of Shareholder Action in Practice

Fleur Rossdale's Woodland Sprite series tackles climate issues, food security, wellbeing, and plastic waste through a fantasy world where fairies protect nature with courage and authenticity. Instead of proposals, Fleur conveys her ideas through storytelling, aiming to inspire adults to act. She also organizes events in Brussels and Westminster, uniting changemakers, specialists, and scientists to drive solutions. A fine art background earned Fleur the title "The Queen of the Decorators" in the 1980s and ’90s, where her design exhibitions drew 30,000 visitors and launched a thriving industry. In 2020, she shifted focus to ecology, fundraising for climate charities, and developing impact investment projects, some featured in her upcoming book, The Farm. Her books inspire young readers to embrace sustainability through fairy sprites guided by a wise goblin, leprechaun, and pixie prince. The first book, Taken by Storm, builds confidence and explores themes from COP26. The Journey adds surrealism and fosters critical thinking, with real-life inspiration drawn from events Fleur hosted. The Farm, releasing in 2025, continues the story with practical solutions. Fleur seeks global support to develop her ideas collaboratively for a sustainable future. What we will cover:

• What I aim to achieve through writing my books.
• How do I intend to bring about change?
• How could I speed up the process and gain support without using a sledgehammer?

Terry Mollner is one of the pioneers of socially responsible investing as a new asset class in the professional investment community. He is a founder and member of the board of the Calvert Family of Socially Responsible Investment Funds, the largest such family of funds with over $7 billion under management. Dr. Mollner is founder and chair of Stakeholders Capital, Inc., a socially responsible asset management firm in MA and CA and the Massachusetts-based Trusteeship Institute, Inc., an economic and social policy think tank since 1972. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of Calvert Social Investment Funds and Calvert Impact Capital. In 2000, he also took the lead that resulted in Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. being bought by Unilever, Inc. so it legally sustained its ability to be a socially responsible company and afterwards served on its board for eighteen years. He is the author of 12 Self-Evident Truths About Truth: And, Recommended Priorities for 2020 US Presidential Candidates, Common Good Capitalism Is Inevitable, and The Love Skill: We Are Each Mastering the 7 Layers of Human Maturity. He is a Fellow of the World Business Academy and a member of the Social Venture Network. Academy Articles by Terry Mollner Thoughts on How to End Terrorism Economic Maturity Beyond Capitalism: What will define the next stage?

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Everland is a global leader in community-led forest conservation, ensuring financial stability for projects through Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) while championing climate change mitigation. What will listeners learn: -Carbon crediting from REDD+ projects has been systematically robust, and new methodologies and safeguards continue to drive integrity.
 -REDD+ projects deliver demonstrable impact for climate, nature and communities; just the five projects Everland works for benefit more than 215,000 local people.
 -The REDD+ mechanism is ready to scale today to meet global sustainable development goals and companies’ demand for high-integrity carbon credits.

About Everland:

Joshua Tosteson joined Everland in 2019, first serving as President before becoming CEO in 2023. With a lifelong dedication to sustainability, system transformation and global prosperity, Joshua trained as an atmospheric scientist at Harvard and Columbia universities and has since worked for over two decades as an entrepreneur and change agent.

Pamela Brazier co-founded Everland in 2017 and became the company’s President in 2023. She began her career at BNP Paribas before joining Wildlife Works in 2012, where Pamela specialized in selling the Verified Emissions Reductions generated by Wildlife Works’ REDD+ projects to European companies. Five years later, she co-founded Everland to represent a wider portfolio of high-impact REDD+ projects (including Wildlife Works’).

Everland is a specialised conservation marketing organisation in the climate change mitigation business that exclusively represents the Voluntary Carbon Market's largest portfolio of high-impact, community-centered, forest conservation (REDD+) projects. Through these projects, Everland brings together communities and corporations in common cause to protect some of the world’s most important and vulnerable forests.

John Elkington is an award winning world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur. John is the founder and chief-pollinator of Volans, which works with leaders to make sense of the emergent future to unlock the potential of their organisation. Volans tackles some of the world's most challenging problems, helping key actors move from the responsibility agenda through resilience to regeneration through strategic advisory work. John's thought leadership is brought to bear in Volans Inquiries including Project Breakthrough, Tomorrow’s Capitalism Inquiry and the Green Swans Observatory. John will share his vision of the future.

Explore how sustainability-linked loans and KPI-based blended finance are advancing impact investing and driving measurable results.

Discover EBRD's High Impact Programme and development banks' evolving role in equity funds for impactful corporate growth.

Insights into pioneering work, including the Joint SDG Fund's support of ocean, energy, agriculture, and health initiatives for sustainable change.

This session will offer valuable insights for investors and sustainability leaders aiming to leverage finance for sustainable development. Massimiliano Riva (Max) is a senior sustainable finance advisor and manager with over 20 years of experience in international organizations, development banks and in the public and private sector.

He advanced impact and sustainability strategies in equity funds, public guarantee schemes, microfinance organization, export credit schemes, green/SDG bonds and designed blended finance solutions in the areas of nature, climate, agriculture, and health.

He also helped design public financial strategies and coordinated programming interventions to spur financial reforms in over 80 countries. After 15 years with the United Nations, he joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2022 as sustainability lead for equity funds and manager of the green climate fund.

In his career he facilitated a wide range of partnerships on sustainable trade and finance, providing advisory services on the ground to over 30 countries across all continents. He co-authored several publications on the same. Max is keen to meet and collaborate to unlock and invest much needed resources for the climate and nature crisis.

Allison Sesso is President & CEO of Undue Medical Debt, a national non-profit whose purpose is to strengthen communities by abolishing burdensome medical debt.  Undue Medical Debt has eliminated over 7 Billion Dollars and received $ 50 million from MacKenzie Scott (billionaire philanthropist) for their great work. What will you learn?

1. Medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy in the U.S.4 in 10 adults in the U.S. have medical debt.
2. RIP Medical Debt (RIP) uses donated dollars to buy and relieve medical debt across the country for those in financial need.
3. RIP's one-of-a-kind model turns $1 donated into $100 of medical debt relief.
   

Luca Rancilio's grandfather invented the espresso machine. Cube is the family office founded by the Rancilio family in 2013, after the sale of the espresso machine company founded in 1927 by our grandfather Roberto.

He will share his journey towards Impact Investing, after the sale of that company.

In this episode we’re joined by Matt Moscardi, a pioneer in rethinking corporate governance and accountability. Matt is the founder of Free Float, a platform dedicated to unpacking the hidden layers of corporate power and influence.

With a sharp wit and a no-nonsense approach, Matt and his team at Free Float explore how companies make decisions that impact us all—from boardroom dynamics to shareholder influence.

In this conversation, we’ll dive into his work at Free Float, how he’s challenging traditional ESG norms, and why transparency in corporate behavior matters more than ever.