The GoodStock Tapes Podcast

Politics can often feel tribal, exhausting and designed to keep people at a distance. But what if the answer is not to shout louder, but to listen better? In this episode of The Good Stock Tapes, we speak with Anthea Simmons — campaigner, citizen journalist, co-founder of the South Devon Primary, founder of Common Ground, and editor-in-chief of West Country Voices — about what she has learned from...

What does it look like when investment stops chasing abstraction and starts saving pubs, shops, football clubs and community spaces? In this conversation, Alain Demontoux and Jeroen Huysinga explore how capital can be used more deliberately, not just to generate returns, but to strengthen local economies and keep vital assets in community hands. In this episode of The GoodStock Tapes, we explore a...

What if making a difference didn't begin with a grand strategy, but with one simple decision to act? In this episode, Pam Moore shares how concern for her granddaughter's generation led her to launch Plant Protect and help businesses take practical first steps into sustainability. Sustainability can often feel like something reserved for large corporates, specialist consultants or businesses with...

What does impact investing look like when it shows up in an ordinary kitchen? In this episode, Jordyan Woodley explains how EcoSafi is helping families in Kenya move away from charcoal towards cleaner, cheaper cooking, while also opening up a more tangible and accountable model of climate finance. Millions of households across Kenya still rely on charcoal and wood for everyday cooking, with conseq...

Cash is often the largest "unmanaged" part of a client's balance sheet and that quiet neglect can create real risk, missed returns and poor outcomes. In this conversation, Dr Emma Black and Louis Gleeson explain why cash should be treated as a strategic pillar of financial planning, not a parking space. What would change in your practice if cash reviews became as routine as investment reviews? For...

Professional indemnity insurance is meant to protect good firms so why does it often feel like the best advisers are paying for the worst behaviour? In this episode, BearRock's John Netting and Jonathan Newell argue that PI can be redesigned to reward strong governance, reduce volatility, and strengthen the long-term sustainability of financial planning. Professional indemnity (PI) insurance sits...

Most "ESG" conversations fail because they begin with labels, not lives. Etcho co-founders Charlie French and Liall Medina explain how advisers can uncover what clients genuinely care about and then evidence, implement, and report on values alignment without turning advice into a tick-box exercise. Should "suitability" explicitly include values, not just risk and return? Sustainable investing has...

"Sustainable" is one of the most overused words in modern finance and, at times, one of the least interrogated. In this episode of The GoodStock Tapes , Clemence is joined by Chris Welsford , founder of Antithesis Research and a long-standing independent financial adviser. Chris has spent decades challenging the industry's blind spots from the mis-selling culture of commission to the uncomfortable...

What if the clean energy transition didn't just cut carbon but also cut bills, tackle fuel poverty and put decision-making power in local hands? Tim Stumpff explains why community energy might be one of the most tangible forms of impact investing in the UK and why the risk/return story is stronger than many assume. Community energy sits at a fascinating intersection: sustainable finance, local res...

What if sustainable investing isn't a values add-on but the most commercially sensible way to run a business and build resilient portfolios? Nicola Day of Greenbank explains why the real problem isn't sustainability… it's the persistent misunderstanding of what it actually means, and how investors can push for change with evidence, engagement and voting power. Sustainable finance is often dismisse...

Advisers often say clients "aren't interested" in sustainable investing but what if that's really a confidence gap ? Max Tennant argues that adding an ESG overlay can be simpler than you think, and that the biggest shift isn't performance… it's the quality of the client conversation. Sustainable investing has been around long enough that it shouldn't still feel controversial yet many financial pla...

Sustainable finance is getting louder, more political, and at times more confusing. Financial planner Cleona Lira argues the missing piece isn't a new fund label, but a healthier relationship with money: one that includes values, emotions, and even silence. If clients are overwhelmed and disengaged, what would it take for advice to feel empowering again? Sustainable investing should be getting eas...

600 million people in Africa still live without electricity and the bottleneck isn't technology, it's finance. Ray Coyle, CEO of Energize Africa, explains how UK retail capital is being connected to solar, mini-grids and clean transport and why honest impact investing must talk about currency shocks, climate disruption, and what "appropriate risk" really means. Energy poverty is one of the most un...

What if the most responsible use of wealth isn't to preserve it indefinitely, but to deploy it, urgently, while it can still change outcomes? Julia Davies unpacks the "power of enough", why she rejected slow endowment-style giving, and how impact investing (from community energy to philanthropic loans for land restoration) can be practical, not performative. In this episode of The GoodStock Tapes...