… Innovative Financing for Energy Efficiency A key challenge to energy consumers adopting energy efficiency … tracks, even when there is a compelling return on investment. Recognizing this barrier, California is tackling energy efficiency financing on multiple fronts, including innovative … gap in California and beyond, including those involving credit enhancements, non-utility capital sources, on-bill mechanisms, and others, some of which are described in “ …
… opportunities together in one place, describe what they are and how to apply. Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education : This $25,000 cash prize is awarded by … education. Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize : The Sabin Prize, managed by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, awards cash prizes totaling $25,000 to students and/or … for Prizes will be available by early February and are due March 28, 2018 at 11:59pm. Finalists will be announced April 10, 2018 and will pitch their ideas live at StartUp Yale …
… Investing”, Matthew Weatherly-White is a co-founder and Managing Director of The CAPROCK Group. A multi-family office based in Boise,ID advising over 3 Billion dollars, roughly … two pieces of legislation through the Idaho Statehouse: the first authorizing Pay For Success Contracting and the second awarding legal status to businesses structured as … Benefit Corporations. Quoted in Forbes, Weatherley-White explains, "I find the notion that capital markets should not be morally reflective laughable. Of course they reflect our …
… Do you have an idea for a mission-driven business, non-profit, or project? Are you looking for cofounders or teammates? Or maybe you're eager to work on something meaningful and … create impact and value when launching their ideas. You will have a chance to mingle, form groups, and create a framework for an Impact Business Plan. You will leave with clear next …
… A Role for State "Green Bank" Capital UPDATE: To see the slides associated with the presentation, please click here . To … Energy) financing structures. The presentation will use a model developed by The Brattle Group and on-the-ground experience to depict the challenges and opportunities for financing …
… Commercial PACE offers a new way to use private capital to deploy clean energy across the United States. The practice, which involves setting up financing mechanisms to allow for companies and residents to finance clean energy on their property, has expanded greatly … over the past decade. It was first conceived in conjunction with efforts at the Connecticut Green Bank and is now being used in states like Maryland, Ohio, and Texas. Alexandra Cooley …
… Featured speaker Laurie Wayburn will discuss how her organization, The Pacific Forest Trust, is currently exploring ecosystem services markets and payments as a tool to promote forest conservation in the West. She will review how private forest landowners are currently engaging in these markets, and project current and future …
… trusting relationships with your suppliers and partners. Ben will also discuss techniques for taking an idea and making it a reality quickly and efficiently. After the talk, you'll have the opportunity to form working groups and discuss what steps you would need to take if you needed to make your first sale …
… Dialogue at the Yale School of the Environment on Tuesday, May 11 from 5:00-6:00 PM EDT, for an online discussion with Jahi Wise , President Joe Biden's senior advisor for climate … Jahi was an executive at BlocPower and worked as the Policy Director for the Coalition forGreenCapital, where he pushed for the creation of a national climate bank. He received his J.D. …
… Elizabeth Teague will speak to Root Capital's experience designing loan products for the renovation (replanting) of smallholder coffee farms, with benefits for farmers and the agroforestry farms and broader landscapes in which they work. Root …