… 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 … Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sustainable Finance and ESG Large scale landscape restoration: the investment case for ecological and regenerative farming … Online Large …
… Dr. Lovejoy will discuss the evolution of conservation in the Amazon since he first stepped foot in the region over 50 years ago, and describe strategies to finance and execute large-scale conservation. Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, “the Godfather of Biodiversity," is unquestionably among the world's most prominent figures in environmental conservation. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation, a University …
… Executive MBA Sustainability Colloquium speaker series. Join us as we welcome Andrew Siwo, Investment Director, and Head of Mission Related Investing at Colonial Consulting. Seating is limited, so please register to reserve your seat. Andrew Siwo is an Investment Director, and Head of Mission Related Investing at Colonial Consulting, an investment advisory firm to leading foundations and endowments and has $35 billion in assets …
… 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 …
… 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? …
… 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 …
… webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. The benefits that human populations gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems … opportunity to both protect these assets and bring their worth into the market. Currently, conservationists and investors alike are moving into this space in hopes of achieving a … to preserve these benefits, are an increasingly popular realm of both the financial and the conservation worlds. Take part in this webinar series to understand the direction that this …
… 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 …
… Debt-for-Nature Swap deal. The Republic of Seychelles, a nation of 115 islands in the Western Indian Ocean, reached a major debt buyback agreement worth approximately $30 million … the debt restructuring agreement and commitments made by the government to enhance marine conservation and climate adaptation efforts. One such effort is the establishment of a permanent endowment that generates sustainable financing for Seychelles’ marine conservation efforts. The project results in the Indian Ocean’s second largest marine …
… us for an exploration into a social and environmental enterprise that catalyzed buffalo conservation livelihoods and the economic development of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Mark Tilsen, president and co-founder of Native American Natural Foods (which produces Tanka Bar), will be on campus to share his insights … us for an exploration into a social and environmental enterprise that catalyzed buffalo conservation livelihoods and the economic development of the Pine Ridge Reservation in …