11 - How to profit off the transition to a low carbon economy

Trish Nixon of CoPower Inc. joins us for today’s episode. Trish is Managing Director and Head of Capital at CoPower Inc.; an online platform allowing Canadians to access impact investments that will help accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy. Sadly the impact investment space right now is predominantly populated by private investments which are accessible only to wealthy Canadians. What’s particularly exciting about CoPower is that they an early leader in democratizing access to impact investments in Canada. During the podcast, we discuss a wide range of topics including how CoPower got its start, how its Green Bonds work, what’s holding impact investments back from reaching a mass retail audience, and the dirty secret in Canadians’ investment portfolios.

If you’re interested in learning more about Trish, you can follow her on Twitter. Learn more about CoPower’s Green Bonds here. And if you’re interested in CoPower report we discuss at the end of the podcast, it’s called “The dirty secret in your investment portfolio”.