Did you know that your employer-qualified retirement plan can negatively impact the company’s growth potential and profit margins? We’re talking about the carbon footprint of a firm’s qualified retirement plan investments, insurance premium payments or bank loans.

This is a critical topic because financed emissions are linked to the activities of financial institutions like the investment managers, banks and insurers, which are employed by 60 million SMEs in the U.S.

Scott Ryan, CEO of Investature is an impact investment advisor and financed emissions expert. On a recent episode of The Sustainable Finance Podcast Ryan told me how company owners and employees can use employer-sponsored investment and retirement plans to catalyze sustainable impact and growth goals. 

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