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Plant a tree and grow your business with Jim Holland, CEO of Carma

The eighth episode of our new YouTube series, Career Goals, is now available to watch, and it features guest and Co-founder of Carma, Jim Holland.

This entertaining and very enlightening episode sees our host, Kelsey Haslam, speak to Jim Holland about topics such as resilience, maintaining a positive mindset, and how the finance world can significantly help the environment.

Key topics discussed

Introductions

Jim explains his career journey so far, as well as who his company, Carma, are and what they do to help the environment.

Never have I ever

They jump straight into a game of Never have I ever. This reveals many truths and some shocking stories about financial scams, managing professional relationships, and being passionate when working towards your career.

Industry myths

Kelsey reads out a series of statements that can be considered contradictory relating to topics such as the finance industry and the environment. Jim shares his views, including an explanation of how finance professionals can make environmentally conscious business decisions and still grow their business or support their clients.

The discussion also highlights the importance of ESG and how organisations should, and will, begin to integrate ESG factors within their core strategies.

Final thoughts

Kelsey asks the final question: what does ‘career goals’ mean to you?

Grow your knowledge of ESG Investing

In any career, it’s always a great idea to continuously upskill and work towards your professional development. And for businesses, it’s becoming increasingly important to be environmentally aware and implement ESG factors into the organisation’s core strategies.

At Kaplan, we offer the Sustainable Investing Certificate which provides the knowledge needed to upskill and work towards protecting the environment.

But if you’re still not sure whether this is the best course for you, subscribe to our free seven day trial to the Sustainable Investing Certificate.

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