Our Work

Our work at the nexus of transformative finance, social equity, and ecological resilience addresses the following cross-cutting topics.

Equity & Inclusion

Senior Fellow Sharlene Brown Joins the Joan Bavaria Committee

Senior fellow Sharlene Brown participated on the Joan Bavaria Award committee, which aims to recognize a unique investor or NGO ...

Food Systems

Senior Fellow David Lezaks Featured in Grounded Video on Reframing Agriculture

Croatan Institute Senior Fellow David LeZaks appeared in Grounded’s Reframing Agriculture video released in Summer 2022. The short video highlights ...

Farm & Forestry

Senior Associate Lauren Manning Speaks on ACRES USA’s Tractor Time Podcast

Manning discusses the economic challenges that producers face in regenerative agriculture as well as how the increasing amount of capital ...

Climate SolutionsEquity & Inclusion

Senior Fellow Sharlene Brown Participated in The Coalition for Green Capital’s Discussion on Launch of National Green Bank

CGC is working with a broad network of partners to develop the strategy and operating plan for a national green ...

Equity & Inclusion

BLAISE Pilot Launches for BIPOC Students

Registration for students to participate in the BIPOC Leaders Advancing an Inclusive and Sustainable Economy (BLAISE ) Pilot is now ...

Business & Human Rights

The Employment Injury Scheme in Bangladesh: Webinar Provides Concrete Example of Social Protection for Garment Workers

Senior Fellow Liz Umlas discusses an investor webinar co-hosted by IndustriALL Global Union and the UK Local Authority Pension Fund ...

Farm & ForestryFood Systems

Senior Associate Lauren Manning Shares Her Takeaways from the 2022 Regenerative Food System Investment Forum

In October 2022, Lauren Manning was invited to speak on a panel at the Regenerative Food System Investment Forum discussing ...

Accountability

Croatan Institute, Climate Finance Fund, and the Credit Rating Initiative Make ESG Recommendations to European Union

Marilyn Waite of Climate Finance Fund, Daniel Cash of The Credit Rating Research Initiative, and Senior Fellow Bill Harrington proposed ...

Food Systems

New Report on Regenerative Infrastructure Value Chains

Croatan Institute released a new report detailing the importance of supporting small-to-mid-scale, mission-aligned infrastructure to process, transport, and market regenerative ...

Farm & Forestry

Building Agroforestry to Improve Water Quality

Croatan Institute is supporting this work through the development of a comprehensive agroforestry financing guidebook that will highlight capital opportunities ...