#23: A woman's guide to investing for a sustainable future with Jessica Robinson
Jessica Robinson is the Founder and Managing Director of Moxie Future - the world’s first insights, education and community platform empowering women as responsible, sustainable and impact investors. As well as running Moxie Future, Jessica works as a strategic advisor to institutional investors, think tanks and governments on all things relating to green finance, sustainability, responsible investment and gender. Prior to this, Jessica was Head of Asia for the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UN-PRI), following a long stint as Chief Executive and Board Director of the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA), one of Asia’s leading think tanks working to promote sustainable finance and responsible investment across the region. She also led the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change and played an active leadership role in the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) and the Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change (GIC). She recently published a book on sustainable investing entitled ‘Financial Feminism: A Woman’s Guide To Investing For a Sustainable Future’. We cover the following in our conversation: ESG trends in 2020 and 2021 Climate change What is sustainable investing? What asset classes or investment vehicles can you invest in? How do you get started as a sustainable investor? Angel investing ESG tracking and measurement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender-lens investing What part does technology play? How do you find a financial advisor?