ECC Vice President for Investment Kevin Warner was featured as a panelist on Impact Investing - Scaling to Wider Markets at a recent gathering of major investors and advisors in NYC. The gathering, hosted by Clean Economy Development Center and Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, was the second such event since April at which Kevin was a featured speaker. ECC's triple-bottom-line mission was …
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ECC hosted a half-day roundtable discussion in Los Angeles and Oakland on The Role of California Health Institutions in Promoting Community Health and Wealth. The event was sponsored by The California Endowment and represented a collaborative effort with Health Care Without Harm, Blue Green Alliance, Health Care Advancement Project, MIT-CoLab and GPS Capital, with the common vision of gr…
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On May 24, ECC, EC Oakland, and EC San Francisco joined PolicyLink and other labor community partners to push for high road standards on California’s new $2.5 billion energy efficiency program for K-12 schools (and possibly other public buildings). Collaborative members shared suggestions for improving the Governor’s Revised Budget and the Proposition 39 guidance document for K…
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April marked the D.C. convening of Emerald Cities national staff in conjunction with the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference. At the conference, ECC President Denise Fairchild discussed creative ways that labor, education, and community groups can deliver skills to build more resilient and democratic institutions. Andrew Cortes and Tara Marchant, Local Directors in Providence and Oak…
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Felipe Floresca, ECC senior policy advisor, assumed a new detail to work with the White House Sandy Rebuilding Task Force from May 1st through July 31st. He is spending a considerable amount of time on this assignment to help ensure effective local community and political engagement in the planning and rebuilding process of the New York and New Jersey areas.
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On March 18 and 19, ECC conducted "deep dive" planning sessions with faculty and administrators from our Bay Area Community College District partners, San Francisco and Peralta. The outcome was a strategic plan for each district, involving campus sustainability, green education and training programs, small business development, and sustainable community development.
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Emerald Cities VP of Investments Kevin Warner was selected by the U.S. Green Building Council as a proposal reviewer for the Social Responsibility, Community Action and Engagement track of the upcoming 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. The Conference will be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from November 20-22, 2013.
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On March 8, Emerald Cities submitted a list of recommendations to the White House for promoting energy efficiency, jobs and equity during the second term. The memorandum was reviewed by representatives from the Domestic Policy Council, National Economic Council and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and will be the basis of our “Hill Day” with our local lea…
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On Monday, February 4, ECC President Denise Fairchild joins Board partners PolicyLink & SEUI for a discussion on “Equity and the Future of the American Economy” at 8:30 a.m. at the Newseum in Washington, DC. This half-day convening will explore on-the-ground solutions, policy strategies, and movement building needed for an equitable economy.
Other speakers include Angela G…
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This past December Emerald Cities’ funders, industry, labor, and local council leaders gathered to discuss and develop clean energy strategies and policies that lead to strong local economies and equity outcomes. The full-day meeting captured the lessons learned from ECC's four-year effort, as well as the experiences of ECC board members and guests actively engaged in implementi…
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