The Intentional Endowments Network's (IEN) new report titled “Investing in Clean Energy: Campuses and Endowments” was designed to encourage conversation about the financial and societal benefits of clean energy investments higher education can make – both as a customer and an institutional investor through their endowments. It explores the current opportunities and barriers to such investments.
Click here to access the “Investing in Clean Energy: Campuses and Endowments” report (pdf).
This report was developed by and in consultation with members of IEN's Clean Energy Working Group.
Clean Energy Working Group Members:
- Chris O'Brien (Chair), Director of Higher Education Programs, Altenex; Lecturer and former Director of Sustainability, American University
- John Chaimanis, Managing Director, Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure
- Daniel Dixon, Director, Office of Sustainability, University of Maine
- Kevin Brennan, Principal, Equilibrium Capital
- Alex Bernhardt, Head of Responsible Investment, US Mercer
- Jenny Heeter, Senior Energy Analyst, NREL
- Bracken Hendricks, CEO, Urban Ingenuity
- Nick Hylla, Executive Director, Midwest Renewable Energy Association
- Ken Locklin, Director, Impax Asset Management
- Michele Madia, Director of Education and Partnerships, Second Nature
- Erik Melang, Senior Managing Director, Clean Energy Advisors
- Mark Orlowski, Executive Director, Sustainable Endowments Institute
- Liesel Schwarz, Sustainability Director, Villanova University
- Dave Wallace, Managing Director, Investments, Pomona College
Contributing Authors:
- Georges Dyer, Principal, Intentional Endowments Network
- Nicole Harman, Program Associate, Intentional Endowments Network
- Jacqui Smith, Senior Fellow, Intentional Endowments Network
- Yingjie Wang, Intern, Intentional Endowments Network and Student, Yale University
Interview Subjects for Campus Snapshots:
- Gerry DaRosa: Director of Energy Innovation, Arizona State University
- Ryan Ihrke: Director of Sustainability, Green Mountain College
- Amy Jaffe, Senior Advisor at UC Regents and Executive Director, Energy and Sustainability at UC Davis
- Jim Martin-Schramm, Professor of Religion, Luther College
- Julie Paquette, Director of Energy Management at Yale University, Office of Facilities
- Cindy Pollock Shea: Sustainability Director, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill