Archive: Finance & Investing
Sustainability Strategy Assessment
Project: As consumers grow concerned about the environmental and social impact of their purchase decisions, the pressure on consumer product retailers and manufacturers to address those concerns continues to increase.…
Impact Investment Fund Development
Project: A newly launched company, Karner Blue Capital (KBC) planned to offer a series of thematic and discrete investment strategies designed to address specific environmental, social and governance issues. Through…
Business Development Strategy
Project: UNICAUCA was interested in establishing a center of innovation for sustainable development which would serve as a base for the university, the community, the municipal and regional government, and…
Investment Strategy Project
Project: The Plebys management team was planning to raise a new investment fund (Plebys II) that would invest in technology-based ventures targeting BOP markets. These technologies were expected to address…
Business Growth Strategy Project
Project: The SGE Immersion team evaluated a commercially-oriented BoP investment strategy appropriate to the company’s goal of having $600 million under management by 2014.
Market Analysis of Housing Finance for the Poor
Project: This project focused on identifying examples of private sector “micro”-housing finance enterprises globally, with emphasis on South America (and in particular Brazil). Students analyzed existing business models and financial…
Grassroots Business Fund
Project: GBF was at a point where it needed to take stock of what it had accomplished and identify how to project these accomplishments effectively for fundraising and partnership development.…
Market Analysis
Project: Large institutions were increasingly purchasing carbon offsets or “green credits” as a way to reduce the environmental impacts of their energy use. With multiple options and new programs appearing…
Investment Strategy
Project: The Clean Energy Group was instrumental in the formation and management of the “Clean Energy Investment Working Group”— a peer-facilitated network for pension funds, institutional investors and other fiduciaries…
Sustainable Design/Green Building Transfer Pricing Analysis
Project: This project focused on an analysis of strategies to capture operational cost savings resulting from sustainable design or green building. The project team was asked to identify strategies and…