Climate Justice Taskforce

Created as a partnership between IEN's Net Zero Endowments & JEDI (justice, equity, diversity & inclusion) initiatives, IEN's Climate Justice Taskforce has two prime objectives. First, this Taskforce is designed to increase awareness about socioeconomic issues stemming from and exacerbated by climate change. This Taskforce is also focused on sharing thought leadership, best practices, and opportunities for impact in the process of making a just transition to a regenerative economy. Through December 2025, IEN's Climate Justice Taskforce will support the development of a new IEN project titled "Leading with Justice 2.0" - a series of resources which will address various socioeconomic issues intensified by climate change while highlighting financial opportunities for investors that come with meaningful action.

This project will build on IEN's paper, "Leading with Justice: Net Zero Investing & Conversations on Climate Justice," which defines climate justice & demonstrates how it's central to achieving net-zero goals (published in 2022 by a subcommittee of IEN's Net Zero Endowments Leadership Committee). With an overview of climate justice established in the first Leading with Justice paper, Leading with Justice 2.0 will take a deeper dive into climate justice by exploring the following themes:

Developing Paper Topics

Overview: Climate Justice is the Solution - An Impactful Framework for Impactful Returns
Community Engagement: Centering the Voices of those Most Impacted for Collaborative Climate Action
Emerging Markets: Global Lenses for Systemic Change - The Importance of the Global South
Inclusive Prosperity: Through the Green Economy & MSI Endowment Growth
Health: Leveraging Capital to Address Public Health & Promote Environmental Justice

Climate Justice RFP

We invite you to explore the Leading with Justice Paper & to participate in our transformative "Leading with Justice 2.0" follow up project by submitting case studies relevant to the above topics to our RFP.

Read the Leading with Justice Paper

IEN Climate Justice Taskforce Members:

Adriana Becerra Cid - Sustainable Investing Lead for Private Markets, Lombard Odier Investment Managers
Annie Chor Joyce - Head of ESG, Amundi US & Board Member, Phi Beta Kappa Foundation
Blythe Coleman-Mumford - Climate Programs Manager: HBCU/MSI Engagement, Second Nature
Charlotte Taylor - Graduate Student, University of British Colombia
Delicia Nahman - Sustainability Director, Lafayette College
Dorien Nuñez - Co-founder/Director of Research, OmniResearch & IEN Senior Fellow
Enith Williams - Founder & Executive Director, Reparations Finance Lab
Felicia Davis - Founder, HBCU Green Fund
Ivy Jack - Senior Advisor, Diverse Investing Collective
Julianne Zimmerman - Managing Director, Adasina Social Capital
Kaede Kawauchi - Senior Manager of the Investor Network, Ceres
Hailey Knowles - Senior Account Manager, Capital Markets, CDP North America
Kathleen Simpson - CEO, The Russell Family Foundation (TRFF)
Kem Opperman-Torres - Sustainability Director, Dillard University
Kendra Sharp - Strategy Analyst, UNCF
Martha Buckley - Senior Manager, Sunwealth
Micaela Young - Director of Development, Piikani Health Lodge Institute
Paul Rissman - Co-founder, Rights CoLab
Pedro Henriques da Silva - Director of Shifting Trillions, Sierra Club Foundation
Richard Gragg - Professor, Florida A&M University (FAMU)
Tracy Gray - Founder & Managing Partner, The 22Fund
Taskforce Lead: Aicha Ly - Program Manager, Climate Justice & Events, IEN
Taskforce Lead: Paris Prince - Senior Director, Partnerships & Strategic Initiatives, IEN