“I think there’s more that’s happened in probably the past two years in the sustainable and ESG Investing space than probably has in the prior 20 years.”
Kathleen McQuiggan on Green Connections Radio podcast
“Your money is power,” veteran financial advisor Kathleen McQuggan reminds us, and today more than ever. What if we could invest in ways that support advancing women and protecting the planet, while also earning the financial returns we want and need? Yes, we can.
Listen to Kathleen McQuiggan, Wealth Advisor at Artemis Advisors and former head of Pax World’s Global Women’s Index Fund explain how, with ESG investing – for environment, social and governance-focused – and how women are changing the world of money and investing.
You’ll learn:
- How ESG investing outperformed other investments, especially during the pandemic-economic crisis.
- What to look for and beware of, and why.
- Why you can’t evaluate every industry’s environmental performance the same way.
- Why diversity of experience and thought, as well as demographics, drives performance and Innovation.
- ..Kathleen’s 4 key pieces of career advice.
“You need to have a wealth plan…..What do you have coming in, what do you have going out? How much money you need to make and…What’s in the future for you?….What do want your money to do for you?…And, make sure you have a Retirement plan in place.”
Kathleen McQuiggan on Green Connections Radio podcast
Read Joan’s Forbes articles with financial tips from her interview with Kathleen McQuiggan here.
You’ll also like:
- Heather Long, Washington Post economics reporter, on how women have been hit in this pandemic-economic crisis.
- Shelly Porges, Billion Dollar Fund for Women, on investing in women and to help women
- Gabrielle Rubenstein, Managing Partner and Founder, Manna Tree Partners, investors in food companies making our food supply more transparent and healthier.
- Julie Fox Gorte, Pax World Investment head of ESG investing
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Joan Michelson, MBA is a highly accomplished business leader and award-winning strategic social impact and ESG – environment, social, governance – leader, who drove breakthrough results at Chrysler (in EVs), American Express and Deloitte, small businesses, and government agencies. She is an instructor on ESG issues to professionals, leaders and board members across industries. Her specialties include leveraging ESG solutions and partnerships strategically for maximum benefit, helping organizations recruit innovative, diverse women, and helping these women thrive in their careers. She is based in the Washington D.C. area.
Joan is also an accomplished journalist who has worked with top media organizations and hosts and produces the acclaimed Electric Ladies podcast (formerly known as Green Connections Radio), about innovation and leadership in energy-, climate- and sustainability-related issues across industries, featuring women experts.
She writes regularly for Forbes on these issues and has also been in the Harvard Business Review, HuffPost, TheAtlantic.com, Greenbiz, The New Economy magazine (distributed at the World Economic Forum), New Thinking magazine, regional business journals; and various other media. She coproduced segments with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” ABC News, and “The Crusaders,” and television specials on NBC.
Joan has spent her career working in energy-sustainability-climate-ESG issues and in marketing communications, including as head of communications and co-leader of the sales and marketing team of Chrysler’s Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), driving “best year ever” growth and significantly accelerated the adoption of electric vehicles. Prior to GEM, she led marketing communications efforts to high-net-worth and high-visibility clients in management consulting-financial services companies Deloitte and American Express. She's a native of NYC and has a BA from UCLA, an MBA from Baruch College at City University of NY, and post-graduate studies at Harvard Business School, The New School and The Aspen Institute, among others. She has a Sustainability and ESG certification from Competent Boards.
