In this episode, Jochen talks about: 

• How environment policy had a big impact on the individuals near the Chernobyl Disaster [1:39]
• His eye-opening visit to Northern Russia in 2011 that led to a realization that oil has a way of killing people in a brutal fashion [4:50]
• Failure in the early years of impact investing [8:45]
• The pain points of impact investing, particularly his disappointment in human nature [12:20]
• Paying the cost of climate change and his desire to scale thinking around climate solutions [21:10]
• Candid conversations with his children around the future of their inheritance [24:30] 
• Becoming more effective by living modestly [28:31]

Resource Links

• Wermuth Asset Management Asset management with a focus on high risk-adjusted financial returns alongside positive environmental impact
• Greenpeace Using non-violent creative action to pave the way towards a greener, more peaceful world, and to confront the systems that threaten our environment 
• Fridays for Future  A youth-led and -organised movement to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis