… Watch the recording: Join Black Farmer Fund's Program Director Melanie Allen in a conversation with CBEY Resident Fellow Tagan Engel to learn more about this new initiative. Melanie will discuss the ways the Fund is building and redefining wealth and manifesting their values in their ways of working … with Black farmers, entrepreneurs, and the natural environment. The Black Farmer Fund aims to serve as a bridge for black communities to participate in creating a food …
… Panel Discussion: ESG and Private Equity Classroom 4400 Moderator: Deborah Spalding, Commonfund Asset Management Anthony Gordon, AVAIO Capital Ricardo Diaz, Cubico Sustainable … Ambrosio, Four Twenty Seven – The Case for Asset-Level Physical Climate Risk Disclosure Paul Griffin, University of California, Davis – Extreme Heat and Equity Market Physical … of the Early Careers Recruiting Committee. Brian joined Barclays from Lehman Brothers in 2008 as Head of Asset Management within the Financial Institutions Group. He was named Head …
… Watch the full recording on YouTube here! In this webinar, we will hear about two water fund models that differ in both the types of watersheds that they seek to protect and the … settings. Ashley Allen Jones (i2 Capital) will present her work with the Revolving Water Fund, an innovative conservation finance model that aligns the interests of farmers, … companies as a mechanism for water quality compliance. In so doing, the Revolving Water Fund creates a sustained pool of capital to fund priority agriculture-based pollution …
… Agriculture Lab from this fall. Presentations will include teams from the Black Farmer Fund, Grupo Trimex, and Yolélé Co. with both students and organizational partners speaking about their work. Black Farmer Fund : Due diligence work through a reparative investing fund Grupo Trimex : Developing a farmer-centered regenerative agriculture framework for the …
… billion in direct investment through 2022 for Africa's land restoration movement, AFR100. Funders are responding, announcing that they are committing to scale up their investment. To … businesses will receive direct investment of $50,000 to $500,000 through the new TerraFund for AFR100 . The application process attracted over 3,200 applicants in just under two … and key opportunities in the restoration sector, along with an overview of the TerraFund facility in terms of finance deployment and monitoring impact. Register to join us for …
… Join Black Farmer Fund Co-Founder and President Olivia Watkins as she shares about this emerging community investment fund striving to create a more equitable food system for black farmers and food business owners. Olivia will join CBEY Resident Fellow Tagan Engel to discuss the Fund’s first year of community-designed investments, supports for regenerative practices, …
… Watch the full recording here! To enable funds to flow into landscape scale restoration projects, the impact must be proven and the … by ecosystem restoration, and reports on those outcomes in monetary terms to partners and funders. This model has unlocked the business case for restoration, allowing corporations to amplify funding for large scale restoration projects - enhancing the impact and scale of …
… Watch the full recording on YouTube here! Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) are private, legally independent institutions that provide sustainable grant funding for conservation, usually in countries with developing economies where national budgets are not adequate to meet the funding needs of protected areas and biodiversity conservation. Katy Mathias (SOM ‘98) from …
… as we take a sneak peek into his role at New Crop Capital, an early stage venture fund that invests in the future of food. New Crop’s portfolio includes major brands such as … funds in Tokyo. Prior to joining New Crop, he developed trading systems at a quantitative hedgefund in Connecticut. He is excited by the potential of innovative companies to … funds in Tokyo. Prior to joining New Crop, he developed trading systems at a quantitative hedgefund in Connecticut. He is excited by the potential of innovative companies to …
… Over the past century, the public sector was the predominant funder of land conservation projects, creating national parks, national forests and wildlife … have discovered myriad ways to bring private capital to the effort – for example, funding for-profit mitigation banks and providing impact capital to fund the acquisition and stewardship of working forests and farmlands. The webinar will …