Our Work

OUR WORK

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

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  • Accountability
  • Business & Human Rights
  • Climate Solutions
  • Equity & Inclusion
  • Farm & Forestry
  • Featured Publications and Projects
  • Food Systems
  • Frameworks & Data Analytics
  • Resilient Communities
Farm & ForestryFood Systems

New Report on Investment in Climate-Smart Agriculture

Croatan Institute joined The Mixing Bowl, USFRA, and WBCSD in releasing a new report that identifies opportunities to find new ...

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Climate SolutionsFood SystemsResilient Communities

Power and Purpose during the Great Pause

As 2020 comes mercifully to its end, I cannot help but recall that this was to have been, as its ...

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Accountability

New Trends Report Released: Sustainable Investing Assets Reach $17.1 Trillion

On Monday, November 16th, Croatan Institute joined the US SIF Foundation in releasing its 2020 Report on US Sustainable and ...

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AccountabilityFrameworks & Data Analytics

Sustainable and Responsible Investment Trends

The Trends report includes analyses of community investing, shareholder advocacy, and integration of environmental, social, and governance criteria across all ...

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Farm & ForestryFood SystemsResilient Communities

Grassland 2.0

Grassland 2.0 is a collaborative group working to develop pathways for increased resilience through grassland-based agriculture.

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Business & Human RightsClimate SolutionsEquity & Inclusion

Animal Law Conference Brings the Pieces Together

Liz Umlas pens a piece on her reflections from the Animal Law Conference hosted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund ...

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Accountability

Senior Fellow Bill Harrington Posts Op-Ed on Credit Ratings Companies in Responsible Investor

Bill Harrington tells the credit rating company Moody’s Investors Service to “to shut down the ever-expanding sideshow of ESG ‘symbols’ ...

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Equity & InclusionFrameworks & Data Analytics

REEFS to develop total portfolio activation for racial equity and investor engagement for impact toolkits

Croatan Institute is excited to be partnering with The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) to expand the tools available to investors ...

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AccountabilityEquity & InclusionResilient Communities

Advancing Opportunities through Racial Equity Investing

We are in the throes of a major racial justice crisis, the likes of which we have not seen in ...

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Farm & ForestryFood SystemsResilient Communities

Croatan Launches Survey to Track Regenerative Ag Needs in Response to COVID19

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the food system to its core. The bright spots during these trying months has been ...

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Accountability

Federal Reserve Trashes Dodd-Frank Restrictions on Credit Ratings

In the rush to help struggling companies and prop up debt markets during the COVID crisis, the Federal Reserve has ...

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Farm & ForestryFood Systems

Redirecting Finance

Working with investors and institutions to redirect the flow of capital to a regenerative food system.

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