Upside & Impact

About Upside & Impact

Welcome to the Upside & Impact: Investing for Change Podcast! Produced by VegTech™ Invest, Upside & Impact is hosted by VegTech™ Invest CEO Elysabeth Alfano. In each episode, Elysabeth will dive deep with a leader in the impact investing space to uncover the potential financial upside and long-term impact investing in sustainable sectors like alternative energy, transportation, building materials, food and so much more. Topics will range from protecting biodiversity, natural resources, climate change, land and water use, human and animal welfare and health, food waste, diversity, equity, inclusion, and the potential financial upside that can come from investing in major trends. Can you do well by doing good? They get into it! The Upside & Impact: Investing for Change podcast is on iTunes, Spotify and the New York Stock Exchange's ETF Central podcast hub. About VegTech™ Invest: VegTech™ Invest is an investment management company that advises a Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV. It also produces an industry benchmark, the Plant-based Innovation & Alternative Proteins Index, EATVi. VegTech™ Invest invests in public companies that are actively innovating to create more sustainable food systems and supply chains. We believe these companies positively impact climate change, planetary health and sustainability, human health, and animal health. We also believe that we are on the cusp of a long-term secular trend that will result in the disrupting of the global food and materials supply chain for a more efficient, climate friendly and sustainable future. For more information and to learn about host Elysabeth Alfano, visit https://VegTechInvest.com

Publisher

Elysabeth Alfano

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 May 2023

Latest episode

8 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Apr 2025

   What Is Trending in ETFs? With Victor Werny of Cboe

   Victor Werny, Head of North American Exchange Traded Products for Cboe, joins the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, to discuss the growing trends in ETFs. VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact. You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest. VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here. To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

2. 

   25 Mar 2025

   Can Shareholders Take on the Meat Industry? With Kevin O'Neal Smith of Adasina Social Capital

   Historically, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and tobacco industries have been hard to budge. Now under fire for extractive practices is the meat industry. Can shareholders be successful in taking on the meat industry? Impact Strategist, Kevin O'Neal-Smith, of Adasina Social Capital explains. VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact. You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest. VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here. To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

3. 

   11 Mar 2025

   Department of Defense Invests Heavily in Food Innovation. Why?

   In this episode of Upside & Impact: Investing for Change, VegTech Invest CEO and host Elysabeth Alfano discusses why the U.S. Department of Defense has been investing heavily in food innovation. VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact podcast features the CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, as she speaks with guests in the green finance and impact investing sectors. Tune in to learn up-to-date stats and news, practical tips and the current state of the sustainable investing world for both potential alpha and impact. You can also tune in to a live recording of Upside & Impact at 1:30p ET on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegtech/. You can follow us there and also on Twitter at Twitter.com/VegTechInvest. VegTech Invest is an investment management company advising the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV.  Subscribe to the newsletter at VegTechInvest.com and subscribe now to this podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. To download your free copy of “The VegTech™ Invest Top 10 Impact Investing Tips”, click here. To download your free copy of VegTech Invest's Whitepaper on Shareholder Engagement, click here.

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5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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64

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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