Seminars

  • Founded
    2016
  • Seminar Number
    783

The transition to a sustainable economic system looms as one of the key challenges of the present generation. This seminar brings together academically-minded practitioners and practically-oriented academics to explore how the financial sector can play an essential and constructive role in funding this transition. The seminar touches on a variety of topics including social impact investing, the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into analysis, the financing of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and financial system integrity. It also explores the limits to sustainable development policies.


Co-Chairs
Mark Townsend Cox
markcox@newenergyfundlp.com

Jeffrey Potent
jeffrey.potent@att.net

Rapporteur
TBD

Meeting Schedule

09/01/2022 Faculty House, Columbia University
7:00 PM
Translating ESG into Impact
Sandra Myburgh, CEO, FERN Impact Partners LLC




10/05/2022 Faculty House, Columbia University
7:00 PM
A Summation of Where the Green Movement Stands
Micheal Liebreich, Liebreich Associates




11/21/2022 Faculty House, Columbia University
5:00 PM
Fraud and the Sustainable Energy Transition: Juicy Subsidies Stimulate Greed
Kevin Boyle, US Secret Service




01/23/2023 Faculty House, Columbia University
7:00 PM
Regenerative Agriculture and How to Finance it
Bob Quinn, Quinn Organic Regenerative Research Institute




02/01/2023 Faculty House, Columbia University
7:00 PM
HIP Handbook of Impact Investing
R. Paul Herman, Srdana Pokrajac and Anna Rautenberg, HIP Investor Inc.




03/06/2023 Faculty House, Columbia University
7:00 PM
Building a Bridge to Bankability - DOE Loan Program
Leslie Rich, Senior Consultant  (Contractor), Loan Programs Office (LPO), U.S. Department of Energy




04/17/2023 Faculty House, Columbia University
7:00 PM
A Unique Approach to Sustainable Finance
Howard Fischer, CEO Gratitude Railroad, Basso Capital




05/01/2023 Faculty House, Columbia University
7:00 PM

Carolyne Flammer, Columbia University