2021 Sponsors
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RBC Global Asset Management delivers investment management excellence through a combination of focused expertise, deep experience, and broad reach. As of December 31, 2020, we have over 350 investment professionals located in seven offices in key markets around the world and manage more than $429 billion in assets under management. Since 1998, our impact investing teams have been presenting investors with opportunities to help build stronger communities through fixed income investing with the objective of providing safety, liquidity and competitive returns. Our ability to tailor a portfolio of these high-quality securities to the specific needs and values of an investor provides the potential to achieve desirable financial outcomes and facilitates the allocation of capital to targeted communities*.
*Targeting options are only available in certain investment vehicles and to investors that meet certain criteria. For more information please visit www.rbcgam.com.
RBC Global Asset Management is the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) which includes RBC Global Asset Management Inc., RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc., RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited, RBC Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited, and BlueBay Asset Management LLP, which are separate, but affiliated subsidiaries of RBC.
Calvert Research and Management (Calvert), a subsidiary of Eaton Vance, is a global leader in Responsible Investing. Calvert, sponsors one of the largest and most diversified families of responsibly invested mutual funds, encompassing active and passively managed equity, income, alternative and multi-asset strategies. With roots in Responsible Investing back to 1982, the firm seeks to generate favorable investment returns for clients by allocating capital consistent with environmental, social and governance best practices and through structured engagement with portfolio companies. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Calvert manages assets on behalf of funds, individual and institutional separate account clients, and their advisors.
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.
AllianceBernstein is a research and investment management firm with $686 billion in assets as of 12/31/20. We’ve built an extensive and integrated global footprint over five decades, providing a broad range of solutions for our clients across equities, fixed income, alternatives and multi-asset investments. AllianceBernstein has long recognized that ESG issues can impact the performance of investment portfolios. When we became a PRI signatory in November 2011, we formalized the integration of ESG into our investment processes and created a management infrastructure for responsible investment leadership that drives our strategy and commitment to these issues firm wide. As of December 31, 2020, 77% of assets managed at AllianceBernstein incorporate ESG. AllianceBernstein’s primary approach to ESG is through the bottoms-up integration of ESG factors into our mainstream research and investment processes. We’ve also developed a suite of Strategies that incorporate explicit ESG objectives/approaches into their day-to-day management—our portfolios with a purpose. This includes our impact, sustainable and goal-based strategies. We pursue responsibility at all levels, from how we work and act, to the solutions we deliver for our clients.
At Bank of America, we’re guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. We’re delivering on this through responsible growth with a focus on our environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership. ESG is embedded across our eight lines of business and reflects how we help fuel the global economy, build trust and credibility, and represent a company that people want to work for, invest in and do business with. It’s demonstrated in the inclusive and supportive workplace we create for our employees, the responsible products and services we offer our clients, and the impact we make around the world in helping local economies thrive. An important part of this work is forming strong partnerships with nonprofits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer and environmental organizations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve greater impact. Learn more at about.bankofamerica.com, and connect with us on Twitter (@BofA_News).
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We are PIMCO, a leading global asset management firm. We manage investments and develop solutions across the full spectrum of asset classes, strategies and vehicles: fixed income, equities, commodities, asset allocation, ETFs, hedge funds and private equity. PIMCO is one of the largest investment managers, actively managing more than $2.22 trillion in assets for clients around the world. PIMCO has over 3,000 employees in 20 offices globally. PIMCO is recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.
PJT Camberview, a business group of PJT Partners LP, brings together the world's leading experts from the investor community to help public companies understand, engage and succeed with their investors in complex and contested shareholder matters. Our team advises public company boards and management teams around the globe on shareholder engagement, ESG and sustainability, strategic investor relations, shareholder activism and contested situations and other complex corporate governance matters. To learn more about PJT Camberview please click here.
Imperfect Foods is the leading online grocer at the forefront of building a kinder, less wasteful food system. The company works directly with farmers and producers to rescue and redistribute goods across multiple grocery categories, and deliver directly to doorsteps through a customizable subscription service that is more affordable and eco-friendly than the average trip to the grocery store.
Partners at Brown
The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) understands the urgency of environmental challenges. An education and research hub, IBES harnesses academic excellence from many disciplines, from climatology and ecology to sociology and international relations.
At this dynamic cross-campus center, students and faculty conduct groundbreaking research and build creative solutions to complex 21st-century problems. Our work combines an understanding of the natural world and of human societies because environmental stewardship, human rights, and economic well-being are inextricably linked. Through our unique interdisciplinary approach, IBES fosters actionable research outcomes and the change agents of tomorrow.
The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University seeks to promote a just and peaceful world through research, teaching, and public engagement. Watson is a community of scholars, practitioners, and students whose work aims to help us understand and address critical challenges. It is dedicated to meaningful social science research and teaching, and animated by the conviction that informed policy can change systems and societies for the better.
The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship empowers the next generation of entrepreneurship leaders through curricular, co-curricular, and venture support to create and launch solutions with impact. To learn more, visit entrepreneurship.brown.edu.
We provide dedicated support for climate change and sustainability-focused ventures. These early-stage venture grants are for undergraduate and graduate students interested in developing solutions to environmental problems and comes with dedicated Nelson Center advising along with funding.