… Classroom 4400 Moderator: Dan Rourke, Calvert Investments Gianfranco Gianfrate, EDHEC Business School – Does Climate Change Affect … at Goldman Sachs. During his nine-year tenure there, he was co-founder of both their North American and European power and natural gas businesses, creating both Constellation and … Dialogue. Before that, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for the Western Hemisphere and as Director of the Office of Policy at the U.S. Agency for …
… are a promising mechanism to help finance sustainable forest management practices and conservation projects, yet transaction costs and market structure have limited improved … carbon offset projects to large scales. In this webinar, Brian Kittler , Director of the Western Regional Office at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, will review lessons and insights from a recent project in the Pacific …
… Hypothesis-Driven Investment: Private Equity Case Studies from the Photovoltaic Solar Value Chain How do … equity investors think about renewable energy and clean technology? Does everyone rely upon investment bankers and other intermediaries for deal flow, looking for that needle in a haystack? Or are there sure-fire techniques for originating proprietary investment ideas and opportunities? Daniel Gross In this Master Class, Daniel Gross will use …
… funding sources complement existing funding sources that have long been used to advance the conservation of natural lands, the stewardship of agricultural or working lands, and … floodplain functions. This panel will speak to a range of federal opportunities to support conservation, and how the IRA and BIL have enhanced the focus of some federal programs on … Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Federal Investments in Nature-Based Solutions … Career Conversation Federal Investments in …
… Over the course of the webinar, Leigh Madeira (Blue Forest Conservation) and Nathalie Woolworth (U.S. Forest Service) will provide invaluable insight from the field on current and prospective investment strategies aimed at growing the health and resilience of forests – an especially … financing mechanism that serves as a public-private partnership to enhance forest restoration. She will also discuss the exciting recent launch of the FRB’s pilot project, …
… and domestic, that serve as scalable models and approaches to spur major institutional investments. The first in this mini-series will feature a talk on Bright Spots for Resource Mobilization: Regional Trusts by Willy Kostka of the Micronesia Conservation Trust and Yabanex Batista of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund. In this … financial vehicles to attract and provide long-term, sustainable funding for biodiversity conservation. They will also detail how countries within their respective regions have …
… Finance 9:00 – 10:00 Opening plenary: Fireside Chat on Sustainable Investment Hanneke Smits , CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management Dan Esty, Hillhouse … The Journey to Pragmatic Portfolio Decarbonization John Joaquin Bohorquez and David Meyers, Conservation Finance Alliance – An Integrated Blended Finance Fund for Coral Reefs Anthony … measure comprehensive financial and environmental return on investment Alexander Vasa, Interamerican Development Bank – A novel database for green bonds to support investment analysis …
… circular economy principles into business. Prior to Kering, Helen worked with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for 12 years on conservation strategy, program management and market-based approaches to conservation. She has Ph.D. in Zoology from the Australian National University is on the …
… largest private bank. Committed to integrating carbon pricing into long-term strategies and investment decisions, the bank applies a shadow price to analyses for fossil fuel and renewable energy production investments. This internal price on carbon helps drive the bank’s strong and growing … and Turkey overall. Notably, Garanti Bank is at the forefront of financing renewable energy investments in Turkey, and its largest shareholder, BBVA (a multinational Spanish banking …
… for analyzing the total welfare impacts of land use decisions (e.g. development vs. conservation). Using an illustrative case study from Malaysia, they will lead a conversation … on the disease regulation benefits of intact forest ecosystems as well as how to prioritize conservationinvestments based on the generation of maximal social returns. The free online event will …