REEFS: Racial Equity Economics Finance Sustainability
To grow opportunities in Black and Brown communities, significant long-term investments are necessary.
Our work at the nexus of transformative finance, social equity, and ecological resilience addresses the following cross-cutting topics.
To grow opportunities in Black and Brown communities, significant long-term investments are necessary.
To grow opportunities in black and brown communities, significant long-term investments are necessary.
We are developing an initiative, the BIPOC Leaders Advancing an Inclusive and Sustainable Economy
(BLAISE) program, which will expand opportunities for students in HBCUs and HSIs with an interest in social impact and finance to gain knowledge, skills, and networks.
Strategy overview, evidence map, and core impact metrics for the sustainable agriculture Navigating Impact theme.
The Trends report includes analyses of community investing, shareholder advocacy, and integration of environmental, social, and governance criteria across all asset classes among US-domiciled funds.
Grassland 2.0 is a collaborative group working to develop pathways for increased resilience through grassland-based agriculture.
Croatan Conversations bring leaders into deep dialogue about collaborative opportunities to invest in solutions to some of the world’s toughest social and environmental challenges.
Working with investors and institutions to redirect the flow of capital to a regenerative food system.
This project will produce a healthy food access mapping project in the five-county region of North Carolina.
The project was designed to engage partners across sources of capital to address barriers to investing in regenerative agriculture.
Advising participating foundations on fossil-free investment in a clean energy transition
The Croatan Forum is a thought-provoking, multi-day convening where leaders working on the frontlines of finance, social equity, and ecological resilience will gather to discuss cutting-edge solutions to some of the 21st century’s most urgent challenges.