… ratings available for measuring the environmental performance of green or climate-sensitive investments across all asset classes including equity, fixed income and alternatives. … (and associated revenue). If we are ever to get to scale in moving capital toward greener investments, we will need to establish these metrics, standards and ratings. One of the key … A group of researchers at Yale have partnered with the Emerging Energy and Environment Investment Group (EEEIG) to explore both the challenges with measuring the environmental …
… 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 …
… Black farm ownership declined from 15 million acres in 1920 to 1 million acres in 2017. In New York State’s $42 billion agriculture and food industry, the disparities between … while for white farmers it was $42,875. The Black Farmer Fund is an emerging community investment fund focused on creating a thriving, resilient, and equitable food system by … Black farm ownership declined from 15 million acres in 1920 to 1 million acres in 2017. In New York State’s $42 billion agriculture and food industry, the disparities between …
… launched at the Paris COP21, and was established to help meet the urgent need of increasing investment in and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies … leading Green Bank practices in order to increase clean energy and green infrastructure investment. This knowledge sharing includes information on innovative Green Bank financial … and upcoming market deals. Presentations will be made by: Gavin Templeton, UK Green Investment Bank, presenting on innovations in markets, technologies and financial products. …
… Spenser Shadle (MF/MBA '13) manages conservation-oriented timberland and organic farmland investments at New Island Capital--an impact investment firm based in San Francisco Patrick Hook (MF/MBA '13) decision support manager at Conservation Forestry, a timberland investment management organization based in Exeter, NH While at Yale, Spenser Shadle and …
… using ecological, regenerative farming systems that offer superior risk-adjusted returns on investments. The webinar will focus on the investment mechanisms that can help scale up ecological farming systems in degraded … environmental impacts. Paul will further expand on one of SLM’s current projects – a $100m investment strategy focused on sustainable sheep production in degraded land in Chilean …
… urging them to divest of all fossil fuel companies from their portfolio. The Foundation’s investment committee had formed a subcommittee to consider what to do, but Gentry admitted … carbon investing. Commonfund had been helping their clients think through these new investment considerations and evaluate potential methods to reflect such considerations … GPSU Foundation faced a set of dilemmas. The basic question was how should they frame their investment policies regarding carbon and what should be the objective of such a policy? …
… webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. The benefits that human populations gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems … in Ecosystem Services The valuation of benefits that we derive from ecosystems, along with investment mechanisms to preserve these benefits, are an increasingly popular realm of both … webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. The benefits that human populations gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems …
… School of Public Health, and the School of Forestry have been hard at work developing an investment thesis, sourcing companies, selecting one, doing due diligence and preparing a pitch about the investment opportunity. On February 20 th , these students will pitch the companies to a … to move forward to the national competition at Wharton – and the chance to win a $50,000 investment for the company they pitch... An honor that we are very happy to say Yale won …
… catalyze funding for conservation. She will also share findings from the Conservation Trust Investment Survey, an annual report by WCS and the Conservation Finance Alliance that analyzes the investment management policies, practices and results of CTFs around the world. Thriving … catalyze funding for conservation. She will also share findings from the Conservation Trust Investment Survey, an annual report by WCS and the Conservation Finance Alliance that …