Untangling Climate Finance S3 E1 - U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities - Amplifying Impacts Through Investment
In this episode, Jay sits down with Peter Stangel, Alicia Cramer, and Trevor Cutsinger from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities to explore their groundbreaking Impact Investing Program. They discuss how this initiative is reshaping forestry and conservation finance by blending financial returns with meaningful environmental and community impacts.
Peter shares the origins and framework of the program, Alicia highlights success stories like Tanbark’s eco-friendly packaging solutions, and Trevor looks ahead to future opportunities, including scaling through co-investment and addressing challenges like low-value wood utilization.
Tune in to learn how the U.S. Endowment is driving innovative solutions for forests, communities, and the climate!
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Untangling Climate Finance explores the dynamic field of climate change finance through conversations with industry experts about topics including climate solutions, global carbon markets, carbon projects, novel technologies such as AI and distributed ledger, and much more.
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Credits:
The podcast is produced by Gordian Knot Strategies.
It is written, narrated, and edited by Jay Tipton.
Special thanks to Sean Penrith, Jacoba Gundle, Maggie Tipton, and Julie Witherspoon.
Music is by Diamond_Tunes.