VegTech™ is the technology and innovation that enables sustainable and regenerative practices to create a more efficient, sustainable and less extractive food and materials supply system. It is a driving force behind the global, secular trend towards a better food system that can feed more people utilizing fewer natural resources.

We believe that the global supply system is on the cusp of a shift that will revolutionize how we produce foods and materials. This secular trend is driven by the need to produce food and materials more efficiently and with a reduced environmental impact.

The VegTech™ EATV fund is actively managed and a pure-play in sustainable food and material innovation companies.

The strategy of the fund is to invest in companies that are actively innovating along the global food and materials supply chain to produce primary products that make the global food supply system more resilient and less damaging. These companies positively impact planetary, human, and animal health.

VegTech™ Invest Advisory invests in companies they believe are the best-in-class leaders, innovators and disrupters of a global shifting food and materials supply system for both potential growth and impact.

Dr. Sasha Goodman is a sustainable food system investor in private and public markets. He previously worked at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Northeastern with a joint affiliation at Harvard, and earned his Doctorate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, focusing on time series analysis of organizational growth. He has been portfolio manager of EATV since the inception of the fund on December 28th, 2021. You can read more about our team here.

Ethos has certified EATV (NYSE: EATV), as carbon neutral without buying credits. This is the first ETF that Ethos has certified as carbon neutral without buying offsets based on the impact of innovating to replace intensified animal factory products by providing sustainable and innovative solutions for a more resource efficient and less damaging food and materials supply system.

The certification considers carbon emissions avoided across the full lifecycle of plant-based proteins, products and the companies that support such regenerative practices. The certification is not intended to indicate “absolute” zero emissions, but rather the relative impact when compared to meat and other alternatives.

In order to identify emissions reduction potential, Ethos reviewed a variety of lifecycle analyses (assessments of the carbon footprint of a product over its entire "lifecycle") from the University of Michigan, Boston Consulting Group, and others. These analyses quantify the typical emissions reduction associated with converting from beef to plant-based meat, implementing green vertical farming, investing in plant-based products and innovations, and making other transitions to a sustainable and regenerative, plant-rich industry.

Ethos compared the estimated carbon footprint of the holdings in EATV (the Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions that EATV is responsible for through its investment in each holding) with the expected impact of emissions that are avoided for each holding. Based on this analysis, Ethos determined that the aggregate carbon avoidance potential of all EATV holdings was greater than the estimated carbon footprint -- i.e., an investment in EATV results in a net reduction of carbon, when considering the expected emissions avoided.

The power of EATV’s Carbon Neutrality without buying offsets is reflected in its global temperature warming potential (GTWP). The EATV GTWP is 1.18C, well below the Paris Agreement target of 1.5C. By comparison, the GTWP of the S&P 500 Index is 2.84C, almost 3C. That is where we are headed which is why we created EATV: to give investors an opportunity to lower their GTWP/carbon footprint and be a part of reversing the negative impact on the planet while also investing for financial growth.

“With EATV, VegTech™ Invest offers a unique strategy that seeks to capitalize on the new, sustainable food revolution paradigm. EATV's investment approach seeks groundbreaking solutions that address the global food and material supply system that work toward stabilizing food insecurity and reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Ethos is proud to partner with VegTech™ Invest as we take actionable steps toward a net-zero economy,” says Ethos’ Dan Carreno.

Powered by YourStake, data reveals that an individual’s investment in EATV has 4.02 times more impact on their animal welfare footprint than a plant-based diet alone.

For example, a $10,000 investment in EATV for five years would equate to avoiding responsibility for the deaths of 7,340 animals, as these would otherwise be killed by public meat companies. That figure is 4.02 times the number of animals impacted by one person’s diet change over the same period, according to data from the Vegan Calculator. Additionally, YourStake data reveals that EATV does not invest in agricultural producers and traders linked to deforestation. These statistics are as of September 30, 2024.