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Claire Smith is one of those exceptional individuals who changes the world! She is experienced in finance and investing and has chosen to apply her abilities to the vegan cause!
Here is a series of items taken from Allen Lee's fine article 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Claire Smith posted on MoneyInc:
Investing
Claire created Beyond Investing "a vegan and cruelty-free investment platform providing access to investment products which adhere to vegan principles and accelerate our transition to a kinder, cleaner, and healthier world."
Ticker symbol VEGN
The US Vegan Climate ETF VEGN (and it's European counterpart VEGAN) is a vehicle which "meets the standard of the vegan/climate-conscious lifestyle … But they don’t stop there; they put stocks which do meet set standards in the place of those eliminated".
Beyond Animal
The Beyond Animal digital platform which functions to "accelerate the growth of the ethical, cruelty-free, sustainable economy (this means animal-free products and services that span across the globe)"
Other activities
Claire has an extensive background in finance and investing having worked with various investment companies, hedge funds, derivatives and credit analysis. Not only that, her Master's degree is in Chemical Engineering and Management!
She has organized fund-raising galas and events for charities and founded the 100 Women in Finance an organization dedicated to
"… building a more diverse and gender equitable finance industry by promoting diversity of thought, raising visibility, and empowering women to find their personal path to success."
As a director of AVVEC, she also works to provide support for victims of domesting violence.
It doesn't end there! She is also a musician and has composed the poignant "No One Should Die" which she also performs beautifully! (Click the "Watch on YouTube link" to view.)
The song started A Global Vegan Charity Record project which aims to
"… create a global song for animals, recorded by famous global artists who are vegan, to have it published, played and performed widely and to create a video to accompany the song, that can also be shared online, to promote the cause of animals and save them from cruelty and harm."
Even more! Claire has won many awards the most recent being Investment leader of the year for 2022.
We think she is Clairely inspirational!