Ethical investing in a profit-hungry world

In a money-hungry world that's focused on profits, ethical impact investing seeks to re-introduce compassion and benevolence to our system of buying, selling and money-making.

Sam Richards is the Managing Director of Brightlight, an investment firm that seeks to do more than simply make money. Brightlight – along with a growing number of family offices and individual investors – seeks to use financial markets to improve social and environmental outcomes for real people in real communities. In this interview with Life & Faith, Sam offers us a glimpse into the world of ethical investing – its motivations, its challenges, its inner workings and its growing impact.

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