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Your money, and how you invest it, could help solve the global climate crisis.

In Investing to Save the Planet, Alice Ross reveals why green investing is an untapped opportunity for you to make a positive impact on the health of the planet and your portfolio.

The world is changing. The climate crisis has given rise to a wave of companies that are developing cutting-edge, technological solutions to climate change; from improving energy efficiency to engineering alternative meat. These companies, part of an increasingly-popular investment segment collectively known as Environmental, Social and Governance strategies (ESG), are helping tackle our environmental challenges and reshaping the investment landscape.

Urgent and indispensable, this investor's guide will provide you with the vital information you need to build your successful ESG investment strategy to secure a positive future for you and the planet.

© Alice Ross 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

  • Investing responsibly is one of the most powerful avenues towards addressing climate change. But it’s not only for large institutional investors. Every person’s savings account and pension can meaningfully contribute. Ross tells us how in this clear, easy to understand yet transformative book

    Christiana Figueres, Founding Partner, Global Optimism and Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

  • People often ask me what THEY can do to act on the climate crisis. I now have yet another answer. Investing to Save the Planet explains the power you have, through your financial investment choices, to accelerate the path toward a sustainable clean energy future. Read this book and be empowered to create a better future for the planet

    Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Penn State University, author of The New Climate War

  • This book presents a salient truth: every investor – no matter how large or small – has the power to help address our climate crisis and build a more sustainable world. Together, we can and must act now

    Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States

  • I can’t imagine a more important book at the moment. A detailed, action-oriented guide on how to make our money matter and save us and the planet we live on

    Richard Curtis, Writer, Director, Co-Founder of Red Nose Day and UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate

  • Changing the way that we invest is one of the most powerful levers we have for solving climate change. This hugely interesting and immensely practical book not only explains why changing how we invest is so critically important but also provides a set of powerful tools for actually doing it

    Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University and author of Reimagining Capitalism

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