Episode 51

Sam Adams on Inspiring Positive Change

Sep 6, 2022

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Sam Adams, CEO of Vert Asset Management and co-author of Your Essential Guide to Sustainable Investing, on his experience helping advisors in traditional finance transition from commission to fee-based business, how capitalism can be taught to drive positive change, how Impact positively changes the opportunity available in investing, and much more.

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#51 - Sam Adams on Inspiring Positive Change

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Guest

Sam Adams

CEO of Vert Asset Management, Author

Sam is both an environmentalist and a capitalist. He is an investment professional with 20 years of experience at Dimensional Fund Advisors, who founded Vert to enable investors to accelerate the transition to sustainable capitalism through investment solutions and educational resources for sustainability investors. Sam has a BA from University of Colorado, Boulder and an MBA from UC Davis Graduate School of Management.

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