Investing in Something You Can Feel Proud Of
Recently, Carrie Endries of Reynders McVeigh Capital Management, a Boston-based firm with a long-standing commitment to sustainable and impact investing, shared a simple yet powerful example of impact investing in practice: driving past a multifamily housing community and seeing Sunwealth solar panels on the roof.
Carrie recently joined the ImpactAlpha podcast to talk with David Banks about place-based investing — an approach focused on directing capital into projects that create visible, measurable benefits in specific communities. Sunwealth came up as a clear example of what tangible impact looks like.
“You’re going by this multifamily housing complex, and it’s got solar panels on the roof from Sunwealth, and you invested in Sunwealth… You can really see how your money is attached to something you can feel proud of.”
That connection matters. At a time when clean energy faces shifting political and market headwinds, Reynders McVeigh’s clients continue to see solar as a long-term investment in resilient communities.
More Than Solar
David added another dimension: keeping installation dollars in communities where projects are built. Local contractors and small developers benefit when capital circulates close to home, and that is by design.
Carrie went further, pointing to our work on workforce development and the deliberate attention to which solar installers have access to capital, and the effort to broaden that field. In her words, it’s not “just solar.” It is about reducing gaps in access to capital, expanding the workforce, and creating intersecting impact that compounds over time.
Investing at a Critical Moment
Solar energy is the future, and the partners and investors we work with know it. They are committed to the long term, and so are we. Carrie’s framing captures something we hear often: the impact is not abstract. It is visible on rooftops, felt in communities, and backed by a model designed to make clean energy work for the people who build it, host it, and live near it.
New Bedford Housing Authority, New Bedford, MA
We are grateful for our partnership with Reynders McVeigh and for Carrie’s thoughtful advocacy on behalf of the communities and investors we serve.
Listen to the full episode here. Learn more about investing with Sunwealth at https://www.sunwealth.com/for-investors.