In Money Conscious Episode 18: We Explore ESG Investing with YourStake’s Co-Founder Gabe Rissman, you’ll hear from Gabe, who is both co-founder and president of YourStake, about the passion that drove him to start the company. You’ll also find out more about YourStake – a fantastic tool that uses trusted public sources to gather data and evaluate companies based on important values such as supporting the environment, gender and racial equity, healthy living, and others.

Included on the panel from the Millstone Evans Group are Sacha Millstone, President and the podcast host who has been at the forefront of ESG investing for decades, along with Brad Michalchuk, the firm’s Director of Financial Planning & ESG Research, and Dave Singleton, who manages the team’s communications and is a longtime client. 

In this episode, we delve into details around:

• How ESG investing is about aligning your values with your investments, which can enable you to have a positive impact on society while also optimizing your returns.


• How ESG provides investors with more data and information to make informed decisions around a company's risk and future growth and sustainability potential.


• The many myths around ESG investing and why it’s important to bust them. For example, nobody is forced to invest with an ESG lens at all. There are many more investments that don't use ESG than do. 


• The new YourStake tool which helps quickly find investments for your portfolio that align to your values. It offers you “how about this, not that” options with expected returns that are equal or better to what you currently have.


• Why the Millstone Evans Group chose YourStake as our ESG Investing tool. 


• What the YourStake experience is like for a client. Dave shares his experience. 

Show Notes:

• In every episode of Money Conscious, host Sacha Millstone talks with exciting, knowledgeable guests about what it means to invest our money consciously. The title Money Conscious reflects two priorities we’re passionate about at The Millstone Evans Group: putting your values where your money is, and raising consciousness about money matters in an easy, personal and relatable way. 

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