EPISODE #43 Topic: Economics  Guest: Maddy and Sophie from the podcast You're in Good Company This week we kick off our first topic for the month of August. The topic we will be discussing this month is Economics. Of course, not just economics but economics and how it relates to sustainability. Our first topic will be Sustainable investing and we had a lovely interview with the very knowledge women from  the podcast You’re in Good Company- Maddy and Sophie! You’re in Good Company is an investing podcast striving to disrupt the norms in the finance industry.  We discussed all things investing from where do you do it, how do you know if the company is sustainable to what should I invest in? We had a lovely chat with them! Check out there podcast here and there Instagram is @yigcpodcast! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Introduction to YIGC - Maddie and Sophie 4:00 - Wealth accumulation and gender pay gap 7:46 - What are some sustainable investing strategies? 14:00 - Financial Lens and Sustainability 15:20 - Sustainability Metrics 23:40 - Examples of companies to invest in Nvidia and Salesforce and Secos Group 27:30 - Is Tesla contributing to positive ESG goals? 32:00 - ETFs 36:00 - Where do you invest? 38:00.- Young people and investing 42:00 - Hedging investments 45:00 - Why should we invest sustainably? 50:00 - Government Reform