Livable Future Investing
Investing in a Livable Future isn't easy. Seeking to embody your faith and values in your investing is hard work. Our aim is to share stories of some of the leading practitioners, investors, and thinkers striving towards a just and regenerative future. Francesco Collaborative is a U.S.-based network of entrepreneurs, capital stewards, scholars and social movement leaders seeking to draw upon the wisdom of our Catholic lineage to transform the economy to support our shared human and planetary flourishing.
Episodes
14 episodes
Does seeking perpetuity with our endowment lead us to vice? The sneakiness of greed and how it (often unknowingly) shows up - with Luke Bretherton
I learned a new word last week from Luke: pleonexia. So I thought I would share the discussion that ensued.In philanthropy and investing, I often hear family/board members carry the weight of:"I need to invest our...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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20:52
Mark Watson - Black Farmers, Potlikker Capital & the Integrator role that helps focus on the Outcomes and Impact we most want to achieve
Mark Watson spent 30 years in corporate and public finance. Several years ago, he started consulting for the Fair Food Network and Boston Impact Initiative and started seeing significant gaps in how most impact investing wasn't moving the needl...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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28:38
Taj James - How to listen and reconnect to wisdom - especially with our financial resource stewardship
Taj James offers a re-conceptualization of how we think about the financial resources we steward. And the ecosystems around us. And the choices we have. There is so much to be shifted. There is so much to acknowledge.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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21:27
What new pathways and collaborations do you dream of? Elizabeth and Felipe
What do you want to go do? Have you taken a moment to take stock of who is here in the workshop alongside you? Together, the participants in this workshop steward more than $125 billion in assets. We also bring a div...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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9:31
Can impact investing transform our way of being in the world? with Dr. Stephanie Gripne, Impact Finance Center
"What excites you?" is the question Dr. Steph advises folks to start with when recognizing an "impact investing" journey can often feel overwhelming: the governance, philanthropy, public and direct investing implications. In this interview, Dr....
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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41:27
10. What does impact look like in Fixed Income? with Tom Marthaler, retired Neuberger Berman
Tom Marthaler currently serves on the impact investing committee with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Tom spent 40 years in investment management. Most recently he spent 13 years at Neuberger Berman and was a named manager on sev...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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27:41
8. What is Shared Ownership? Why is it important? with Zoe Schlag, Schmidt Futures
Zoe is one of the most talented leaders re-imagining the shared ownership landscape -- a vital part of non-extractive finance & the solidarity economy. She's currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Schmidt Futures. She spent the past 10 y...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:50
9. Co-ops and CDFIs step towards DEI goals with John Holdsclaw, Rochdale Capital
How can co-ops review our history in a way that acknowledges our mistakes, and boldly affirms resolve to step more intentionally towards Diversity Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEI&J) goals as a way of living more deeply into cooperative p...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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22:33
0. Catholic Social Teaching and Bold Impact Investing - with Elizabeth and Felipe
As a way of kicking off Module 1: (Re)Awakening -- of our Livable Future Investing Workshop, Elizabeth begins by anchoring us in Catholic Social teac...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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22:22
5. Jeremiah buys a Garden at Anathoth - Jeremiah 32 - with Sarah Jobe
God tells Jeremiah to buy a garden at Anathoth – to do something that sounds crazy. Jeremiah responds with this long story about God’s goodness. The first thing we learn about investing in Jeremiah 32 is that we’re not called to inv...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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8:39
4. Zacchaeus' Bravery - Sarah Jobe anchors Module 1 with a reflection on Luke 19
This episode is the first of three scriptural reflections that will anchor the biblical part of this workshop. Sarah Jobe (from Duke University & Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women) helps us unpack Zaccheaus as a potential model. Zaccheau...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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8:20
6. Rebuilding the Temple (our Economy) - Ezra 3 with Sarah Jobe
Sarah Jobe teaches, studies, and ministers at the intersection of prisons, Practical Theology, and Biblical Studies. She is particularly interested in the theologies that emerge from within incarcerated life and the theologies that support ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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7:25
1. Luke Bretherton - What questions should a Christian ask with their investments?
What is a Christian to do with their investments? Luke weaves theology and political economy into an analysis of our moment — making intelligible the mega-trends of how we’ve gotten here. A Christian view on capitalism — “can’t acce...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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37:01
2. Morgan Simon - What does Real Impact investing look and feel like?
Morgan Simon, Funding Partner of Candide Group offers a beautiful look at what her 20 years as an impact investor has been like and what she's learned. She summarizes the key principles from her book "Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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25:53
