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Equity & InclusionFeatured Publications and ProjectsResilient Communities

2026 Letter from the Executive Director

What 2025 taught us, and what to watch out for in 2026 at Croatan Institute as we deepen Midwest ties ...

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AccountabilityBusiness & Human RightsClimate Solutions

One Year of the Lab for Impact Finance

One year after the Lab for Impact Finance launched, our listening tour revealed critical opportunities and exciting developments for ...

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Climate SolutionsFarm & ForestryFeatured Publications and Projects

Digital Marketplace Tools to Incentivize Conservation

This study provided a supply chain solution by tying food products to their conservation practice benefits, and testing the market ...

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Climate SolutionsFarm & ForestryFeatured Publications and Projects

Financing Trees & Perennial Crops for Your Farm: An Agroforestry Primer

This Primer explores financing options for agroforestry and perennial agriculture.

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Business & Human RightsClimate SolutionsFarm & Forestry

The Role of Ecosystem Service Credit Markets in Conservation Finance

Join the 19th Croatan Conversation to unpack what truly effective conservation practices entail, and the role ecosystem service credit markets ...

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AccountabilityBusiness & Human RightsUncategorized

In Purpose, We Trust

Hear success stories from organizations like Natural Investments and Patagonia to learn how they effectively transitioned to alternative ownership ...

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AccountabilityBusiness & Human RightsEquity & Inclusion

Reflections from Toronto: Workers’ Rights & Responsible Investment Conferences (CWC and UN PRI)

Liz Umlas, Senior Fellow, spoke on two panels at recent conferences covering labor union workers' rights and responsible ESG investing ...

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Climate SolutionsEquity & InclusionFarm & Forestry

New Tool Launch – Introducing the Food & Agriculture Investment Database

We are thrilled to launch the Food & Agriculture Investment Database, including hundreds of firms and investable products across asset ...

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Farm & ForestryFeatured Publications and ProjectsFood Systems

Models and Opportunities for Financing Grain Chains in the Midwest

This report explores creative financial mechanisms to support diversifying grain value chains in the Midwest and its actors including farmers, ...

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Business & Human RightsEquity & InclusionFeatured Publications and Projects

New Tool Launch – Introducing the Racial Equity Investment Database

We are thrilled to launch the Racial Equity Investment Database, including hundreds of firms and investable products across asset classes. ...

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Farm & ForestryFeatured Publications and ProjectsFood Systems

Finance for Resilience: An Overview of Risk Mitigation in Agricultural Systems for Farms, Lenders, and Governments

This report explores major on-farm, off-farm, and systemic risks that the agricultural industry faces and how finance can increase the ...

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AccountabilityClimate SolutionsEquity & Inclusion

Credit Worth and Soil Wealth

This paper documents leading environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and shortcomings at Farm Credit and recommends changes to ...

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