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Ep 127: Andrei Cherny, CEO & Co-Founder of Aspiration
Published 5 years, 6 months ago
Description
In today’s episode, we cover:
- What is Aspiration?
- Cherny's background & experiences that led him to the idea of Aspiration
- Cherny's time working for Al Gore
- How banks operate?
- Aspiration's model of success
- Challenges Aspiration is faced with
- Cherny's perspective on fossil fuels & how it applies to banking
- Discussion on "do no harm"
- Collectivism versus individualism
- Divestment versus advocating within the existing systems
- How to create change within banking
- The power of consumers
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- Banks & The Fossil Fuel Industry: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/18/global-banks-climate-crisis-finance-fossil-fuels
- Banks & investments: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/03/18/jpmorgan-chase-tops-dirty-list-of-35-fossil-fuel-funding-banks/#6ef48c215dfe
- Carbon Offsets & their controversy: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/carbon-offsets-are-not-our-get-out-jail-free-card
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