#16 - Conscious Investing, with Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger (Full Episode)

Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, LL.M. is the co-founder and CEO of Chi Impact Capital. Christin is passionate about proactively making the shift towards a regenerative and deep-impact economy a reality. Christin has a long-standing experience and tracks record in impact investing; She completed her Doctoral Thesis at Harvard Law School (summa cum laude), her Master's Studies at Duke Law School, and studied Law and Business Administration before in Austria; Christin is a regular author, key-note speaker, juror and long-time university lecturer in impact investing. Privately, Christin is the co-founder of award-winning NGO Braveaurora, active in North Ghana since 2009. Christin loves to spend her spare time with her family in nature; meditation forms an integral part of her life.

Interested in: Conscious Investing and Impact Investing

• Let’s dive into your biography and how it links to conscious investing. What were defining turning points linking to the topic?
• Why the term conscious investing, discerning it from impact investing?
• I’m curious to listen to your processes of finding, vetting, due diligence, investing into, and accompanying those endeavors you think are meaningful - all whilst looking through your lens of conscious investing.
• Let’s take a broader look into the landscape of impact investing:
  • What’s your perspective on the state of affairs in general, as the market is adopting more ESG criteria within mainstream financial products?
  • Where do you personally draw a  line between less bad, low-hanging fruits, the market moving in general, and things simply greenwashing?
  • Ideally, you bind your carry to the impact of the investments you make!
• Money makes the world go round. Why do you think that for the great transition towards a planetary civilization ahead, conscious investing is such a crucial ingredient?
• Finally, when you dare to take a daringly positive outlook beyond the collective multi-crises we are currently facing, what would the leverage be that made us create a future in peace, ecological health, and abundance with all sentient beings on this beautiful planet?
  • Raising your own consciousness on a personal but also on an investment level.
  • That we take care of biodiversity issues in our investment decisions.