Expert Investor: Adam Verwey - COVID's Impact On Sustainability & Superannuation

In this episode we have a chat with Adam Verwey - co-founder and director of Future Super. Adam started in the ethical investing space with 9 years at Australian Ethical Investment and was a candidate for the Greens in the 2013 federal election. He co-founded Future Super in 2014. Adam is passionate about the future of Australia’s climate change policy and has a long history in ethical investment, with expertise in superannuation, ESG (environmental, social and governance) research and constructing ethical sharemarket indices. Since we last had him on the show, as lot has changed in both the ethical investing and superannuation spaces, so we decided to get him back for an update.In this episode, you will learn:If Adam thinks Tesla is an ethical companyWhere Amazon sits on his ethical scaleHow a kid from Broken Hill went on to start Australia's first fossil-free super fundHow COVID-19 has affected the Australian superannuation industryHow COVID-19 has affected the ethical investing universeHave you just started your investing journey? Head over to Get Started Investing – our 12-part series with all the fundamentals you need to feel confident to start your investing journey.Want more Equity Mates? Subscribe to Equity Mates Investing Podcast, social media channels, Thought Starters mailing list and more here.Equity Mates is a part of the Diamantina Media Network – the home of Australia’s favourite podcasts. For more information, visit http://www.diamantina.com.au/If you have any questions, head to Equity Mates Facebook Discussion Group and ask the Equity Mates community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.