EPISODE 91:
FOSSIL FUEL FREE INVESTING WITH ALEX WRIGHT-GLADSTEIN
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 03/14/2022
Release Date: 03/14/2022
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How to fight climate change using retirement funds with Alex Wright-Gladstein, creator of SPFFX, a mutual fund that mirrors the S&P 500 Index without investing in fossil fuels.
Topics: ⭐️ Where to invest fossil-fuel-free ⭐️ SPFFX expected returns and expense ratios ⭐️ How to fight climate change using retirement funds ⭐️ How to ask your 401k provider to provide a fossil fuel free option within your retirement plan |
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Alex Wright-Gladstein
Founder and CEO | Sphere
Sphere
Alex Wright-Gladstein
Alex Wright-Gladstein is the founder and CEO of Sphere, a public benefit corporation that is amplifying a social movement to get retirement savings money out of fossil fuel companies. Sphere helps US employers provide employees with an authentic climate-friendly investment option in their 401(k)s and 401(b)s, without having to compromise on maintaining their fiduciary duty, with a quality product at reasonable fees. Prior to founding Sphere, Alex was founding CEO of Ayar Labs, an MIT technology spinout company that has raised over $100M and makes data centers and supercomputers faster and more energy efficient by using light to move data between chips. She has also been the energy entrepreneurship practice leader at MIT and an energy efficiency program manager and energy markets specialist at smart grid company EnerNOC (now Enel X). She received an MBA from MIT and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Tufts University.
How Your Retirement Fund May Be Supporting Russia's War In Ukraine
Is Climate Change A Touchy Subject Around Your Thanksgiving Table?
59: Diversify with David Jacques | Artistic Finance
78: Ethical Investing with Chris Lose | Artistic Finance
15: Elena Notkina - Choreographer | Artistic Finance
15.1: Daria Vergizova | Artistic Finance
M1 Finance
Alex Wright-Gladstein
Founder and CEO | Sphere
Sphere
Alex Wright-Gladstein
Alex Wright-Gladstein is the founder and CEO of Sphere, a public benefit corporation that is amplifying a social movement to get retirement savings money out of fossil fuel companies. Sphere helps US employers provide employees with an authentic climate-friendly investment option in their 401(k)s and 401(b)s, without having to compromise on maintaining their fiduciary duty, with a quality product at reasonable fees. Prior to founding Sphere, Alex was founding CEO of Ayar Labs, an MIT technology spinout company that has raised over $100M and makes data centers and supercomputers faster and more energy efficient by using light to move data between chips. She has also been the energy entrepreneurship practice leader at MIT and an energy efficiency program manager and energy markets specialist at smart grid company EnerNOC (now Enel X). She received an MBA from MIT and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Tufts University.
