… 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 …
… 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 … 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 …
… March 4th 12pm EST. Testing the Effectiveness of Payment for Ecosystem Services to Enhance Conservation in Productive Landscapes; The Albertine Rift, Western Uganda: Lilly Ajarova , Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust , TBA. … and livelihoods? What are practical methods that can be incorporated into private investment in the tropics (agricultural commodities, mining, timber extraction, etc.) that …
… Colloquium speaker series. Join us as we welcome Deborah Spalding, Managing Director & Investment Officer at Commonfund. She is also an Advisory Board Member, CBEY and Lecturer … so please register to reserve your seat. Deborah Spalding is a Managing Director & Investment Officer at Commonfund, an investment manager for endowments, foundations, and public pension investors. Prior to that, …
… The Climate Investor’s Evolving Toolkit: Are Green Bonds Today “2C” Investments or Merely “Greenwashed” Fixed Income? In the last 3 years, the labeled green … especially given the diversity of issuer and investor types and the range of associated investment strategies. Whether the green bond market can meet the urgency of directing investments to keep us on a 2C pathway is still far from clear, given the current evolving …
… Project Manager with The Willamette Partnership and Todd Gartner, Senior Associate, Conservation Incentives & Markets World Resources Institute. Increasing pressure on natural … the World Resources Institute are leaders in getting innovative market-based approaches to conservation on the ground. “Investing in Conservation: Markets Based Approaches” will cover … between both organizations, including examples of regulatory and pre-compliance markets, investment in drinking water supply, and applications to spur corporate investment in …
… Governments and conservation organizations invest billions of dollars each year in habitat conservation in efforts to slow ongoing losses of terrestrial biodiversity. Dr. Armsworth will examine the three most commonly used conservationinvestment strategies, and will present case studies from the US and the UK that examine …
… of Sustainability Affairs at Credit Suisse, will begin the 2016 line-up with his talk on Conservation Finance: From Niche to Mainstream – as the Building of an Institutional Asset Class. In January 2016, Credit Suisse released a new report, “Conservation Finance – From Niche to Mainstream,” which examines the recent development of the conservation finance market. In this webinar, Fabian Huwyler, the lead author, will present …
… economic, social, and environmental returns. Mike Higuera , the Director of Resource Investments, will discuss the company’s strategy for investing in farms and ranches and … for water while protecting productive agricultural lands. Water is extremely scarce in the western United States and is the lifeblood of the area for both people and nature. Increased … is the fact that western water law was designed to promote consumption; it does not incent conservation or other creative ways to meet current-day needs. The law is slowly changing …
… 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 …