Uli Grabenwarter / Foreword
1. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger / An introduction to conscious
investing: why my investments can save the planet as well as my
soul
2. John Fullerton / Investing in a regenerative civilization
3. Charly Kleissner, Ph.D. / Conscious investing as practiced by
100% impact investors
4. Joseph Tenzin Oliver / The next generation of conscious
investors: values redefined
5. Ditte Lysgaard Vind / Experience of a next-gen investor: finding
my ground the circular way
6. Kate Poole / The spiritual dimension of conscious investing
7. Peter Scheuch and Julia Oestreich / Foundations as conscious
investors: a case study
8. Adam Seitchik / Money in place: catalyzing local impact
investing
9. Luke Gillott / The practices of conscious companies
10. Peter Wuffli and Andreas Kirchschlaeger / Conscious and ethical
investing: investor life cycle and investment process
11. Thomas Goldfuss / Money is a means to transform society
12. Philipp Kauffmann / Save the earth, it's the only planet with
chocolate: can a chocolate business escape the commodity trap and
participate in restoring grace, justice and beauty to the world?
Dr Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, LL.M. is the founder of PVA
Advisory, an independent philanthropic and impact investing
advisory firm in Zurich/CH. Christin completed her LL.M. at Duke
Law School and her doctoral thesis at Harvard Law School. Christin
has 15 years of experience as a financial lawyer and project
manager for HNWI and a deep knowledge and personal passion in the
area of philanthropy and impact investing. She also has extensive
grassroots experience in Africa.
Christin is the author of several books and peer-reviewed articles
in philanthropy and impact investing. She received several awards
for her doctoral thesis. Privately, Christin is the co-founder and
president of a distinguished Austrian-, Swiss- and Ghana-based NGO
supporting vulnerable children in Africa (www.braveaurora.com). She
also sits on the Board of Plan International Switzerland
(www.plan-schweiz.ch). Personally, she is passionate about
conscious investing and high impact philanthropy on a bottom-up
level. She is also a certified yoga teacher.
Christin is the mother of two children and passionate about yoga
and fly fishing.
"Conscious investing makes the investor as happy as the investee, it is the joint creation of value for society." --Martin Essl, Founder of the Essl Foundation. "Now is the time to rethink growth and radically change the way of investing in order to save the planet. With her book "Conscious Investing", Christin ter Braak-Forstinger provides a comprehensive guide for the societal shift towards sustainability." --Dr. Franz Fischler, President of the European Forum Alpbach. "... After reading this book investors will have gained a holistic insight into how they can use their capital to benefit the issues that matter to them, as well as make a proft along the way. Not only might Conscious Investing make you a better investor, it might also make you a better person." --Richard Gill, Master Investor Magazine. "These days stakeholders deal with a drastic change in investment approach facing an unavoidable responsibility for sustainable development. In her book "Conscious Investing", Christin ter Braak-Forstinger outlines a series of impact-investing stories that provide vivid examples of how you can pursue positive economic outcomes and scalable societal impact in the same time". --Ruben Vardanyan, entrepreneur, Investor & philanthropist
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