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SUMMARY:BSAS Luncheon program - New Measures of  Risk and Return: Why Investors are Integrating Environmental\, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors into the Investment Process
DESCRIPTION:The high profile disasters and loss of shareholder value at BP and TEPCO have put it in the news\, but examining and integrating environmental\, social and governance factors into investment decision making is a growing trend.  \nPlease join us for a Boston  Security Analysts Society Luncheon Program on September 27th to learn more about New Measures of  Risk and Return: Why Investors are Integrating Environmental\, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors into the Investment Process \nPanelists: \n\nNoel Friedman\, CFA – Vice President ESG Business Development\, MSCI\nMichael Cantara\, CFA – Institutional Portfolio Manager and Co-Chairperson of MFS Responsible Investment Committee\, MFS Investment Management\n\nVoluntary\, regulatory and market-driven initiatives have vastly increased the quantity and quality of Environmental\, Social and Governance (ESG) information available to investors and investment managers.  Coupled with growing evidence from the experience of early adopters\, the stage has been set for a much wider audience to consider the competitive advantages of ESG factor integration.  Our panelists will provide a practitioner-oriented perspective on the how and why of integrating ESG factors into the mainstream investment process.  \nRegister online here at the Boston Security Analysts Society web site.\nQuestions\, please e-mail.or call Michael Greis at 781 559-4623.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/bsas-integrating-esg/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Boston\, One Avenue de Lafayette\, Boston\, MA\, 02111\, United States
CATEGORIES:ESG
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110415T090000
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SUMMARY:Restructuring Roundtable: Smart Power and the  Future of Electric Utilities and Transforming the Electric Grid with Storage and Electric Vehicles
DESCRIPTION:Raab Assocates’ ongoing Electric Restructuring Roundtable series continues on Friday\, April 15th with two timely topics on potential transformational change for utilities and electric power: \n\nSmart Power and the  Future of Electric Utilities\nTransforming the Electric Grid with Storage and Electric Vehicles\n\nDetails for the session (from the session announcement): \nOur keynote speaker is Dr. Peter Fox-Penner\, author of a new  and provocative book entitled Smart Power: Climate Change\, the Smart Grid\, and the Future of the Electric Utilities.  Currently a principal at the Brattle Group\, Peter worked in top-level positions in energy policy at U.S. DOE and the White House\, and is also quite familiar with New England\, having spent many years at Charles River Associates in Boston.    \nIn keeping with our “Restructuring” focus\, Peter’s new book envisions the need for a very different utility industry and regulatory structure if we are to succeed in transforming the electricity system to meet climate and other public policy objectives.      \nNext\, following our customary networking break\, we will hear from our panel on Transforming the Electric Grid with Storage and Electric Vehicles. On the electricity storage side\, major advancements in technologies – from batteries to ice storage to flywheels – combined with regulatory changes in states (such as California’s setting utility targets for storage) and new FERC rules\, make this a very timely topic. And on the electric vehicle side\, 2011 is already a banner year\, with the roll-out of all-electric vehicles (Nissan Leaf) and various electric/gas combination vehicles (such as Chevy Volt and the plug-in Prius). Down the road\, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)\, will blur the line between storage and electric vehicles — while potentially revolutionizing the electric grid.    \nPanelists:   \n\nRon Minsk\, Sr. VP Policy\, Securing America’s Future/Electrification Coalition\nJohn O’Brien\, Senior VP Gov’t/Regulatory Affairs\, NRG Energy\nWatson Collins\, Mgr. of Business Development\, Northeast Utilities\nJudith Judson\, VP Market Development\, Beacon Power Corporation\nAndy Chu\, VP Marketing and Engineering\, A123\nMike Jacobs\, Director\, Market Policy and Regulatory Affairs\, Xtreme Power\n\nRegistration is not required for this session\, but it’s best to be on time as the sessions are very well-attended.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/restructuring-roundtable-smart-power-and-the-future-of-electric-utilities-and-transforming-the-electric-grid-with-storage-and-electric-vehicles/
LOCATION:Foley-Hoag – 13th floor Conference Room\, 155 Seaport Blvd.\, Boston\, MA\, 02210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101214T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101214T140000
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SUMMARY:BSAS Luncheon Program: SEC Climate Change Disclosure Requirements
DESCRIPTION:SEC Climate Change Disclosure Requirements: What you need to know – Legal\, Analyst\, Corporate and Asset Manager Perspectives \nSEC requirements for disclosure of material climate change impacts became effective earlier this year upon the publication of clarifying guidance by the agency.  With the upcoming flood of annual filings following the end of this calendar year\, virtually all public companies will be reporting based on their assessments of how climate change will affect their business\, most for the first time. \nJoin our panelists to learn what the disclosure requirements are (and aren’t)\, what good disclosure practices are and what you can learn from companies who practice them\, what you can expect to see and what opportunities these new guidelines may offer for analysts and asset managers to shape more informative disclosure going forward. \nPanelists: \n\nChris Davis\, Director of Investor Programs\, CERES\, and environmental attorney.  Former partner\, Goodwin-Procter.\nAdam Kanzer\, Managing Director and General Counsel of Domini Social Investments. Member of SEC Investor Advisory Committee\nDavid Lodemore\, Senior Vice President of Risk Management at National Grid\nRebecca Henson\, Sustainability Analyst\, Calvert\n\nRegistration and Additional Details
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/bsas-luncheon-program-sec-climate-change-disclosure-requirements/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Boston\, One Avenue de Lafayette\, Boston\, MA\, 02111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101130T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101130T100000
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SUMMARY:REC Markets and your bottom line - NECEC Finance Series
DESCRIPTION:REC Markets and your bottom line\, the third panel in the New England Clean Energy Council’s Finance Series\, will take place on Tuesday morning\, November 30th\, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. \nWith the current lack of national policy supporting clean energy growth\, Renewable Energy Credits (REC) play an ever-increasing role in funding clean energy projects and companies.  Join the New England Clean Energy Council’s panel of experts for a discussion on the importance of the REC markets in providing revenue streams for project finance.    \nRegister online here – $40 for non-members\, free for members.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/rec-markets-and-your-bottom-line-necec-finance-series/
LOCATION:CooleyLLP\, 500 Boylston St.\, Boston\, MA\, 02216\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101109T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T090114
CREATED:20101014T154410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20101014T154444Z
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SUMMARY:The Social Challenge of Wind Energy Projects
DESCRIPTION:The Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences is sponsoring a one-day conference on “The Social Challenge of Wind Energy Projects” on November 9th in Plymouth\, MA. \nRecognizing that local issues – cultural and political – are often bigger challenges to wind energy projects than technical or financial issues\, this conference will “examine efficient and science-based ways to talk about wind energy.   \nThe conference brings together community leaders\, developers\, conservationists and social outreach experts who have firsthand experience with wind power permitting and development. Panelists will discuss projects that faced significant social challenges and projects that were permitted and built without acrimonious opposition. \n\nConference Agenda\nRegister
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/the-social-challenge-of-wind-energy-projects/
LOCATION:Plymouth Radisson\, 180 Water St.\, Plymouth\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101029T090000
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SUMMARY:New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable: EPA Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Raab Associates presents the 119th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable featuring Gina McCarthy and Curt Spalding from the EPA on October 29th\, 2010.  This roundtable will explore how the convergence of new environmental regulations from the U.S.EPA and New England states will impact the region’s electricity resource mix\, and how we plan and operate the electricity grid.  \nTo have the nation’s lead air regulator\, Gina McCarthy\, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation\, U.S. EPA\, to describe the various new or under-development regulations\, and offer her thoughts on how these regulations\, together with existing federal and state (e.g.\, RGGI) regulations\, could impact New England.  Gina will be introduced by Curt Spalding\, our new EPA Regional Administrator for New England.  \nGina’s keynote address will be followed by a question and answer period\, and then by a panel of expert discussants: \n\nMassachusetts DEP Commissioner Laurie Burt\, who is also the current Chair of both the Ozone Transport Commission and the New England Governors’ Environment Committee\, will kick-off the panel.\nISO New England Chief Operating Officer Vamsi Chadalavada\, will discuss how these regulations should be accounted for in the planning and operation of New England’s electric grid and its various markets.\nPamela Faggert\, Vice President and Chief Environmental Officer at Dominion\, will discuss how the new regulations might impact Dominion’s and other resources in New England.\nPaul Hibbard\, now Vice President at Analysis Group\, will present a study that his firm\, in collaboration with M.J. Bradley & Associates\, recently completed for the Clean Energy Group on the impact that the new EPA air regulations could have on the electric fleet nationally.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/new-england-electricity-restructuring-roundtable-epa-perspective/
LOCATION:Foley Hoag LLP\, 155 Seaport Boulevard\, 13th Floor \, Boston\, MA\, 02110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101021T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101021T151500
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SUMMARY:NECA Demand Response Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Northeast Energy and Commerce Association hosts its annual Energy Efficiency and Demand Response conference on October 21\, 2010 at the Newton Marriott hotel. \nThis all-day event features three panel discussions and a keynote presentation by Bob Valair\, the Director of Energy Management for Staples.   \nThe conference is $250 for NECA members\, $300 for non-members and $99 for government agencies.  All fees increase $25 after October 14th. \nYou can review the program brochure and full agenda here.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/neca-demand-response-conference/
LOCATION:Newton Marriott Hotel\, 2345 Commonwealth Ave.\, Newton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101020T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101020T200000
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CREATED:20101005T175841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20101005T175841Z
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SUMMARY:BASIC networking event hosted by Trucost
DESCRIPTION:Please join BASIC\, the Boston Area Sustainable Investment Consortium\,  for an evening of BASIC networking and refreshments hosted by Trucost to celebrate their 10th anniversary\, 2nd year of the Newsweek Green Rankings and landmark UN PRI report. \nTrucost was established in 2000\, to help organizations\, investors and governments understand and quantify their environmental impacts.  Over the past 10 years Trucost has collected\, researched and validated environmental data from organizations across the world. The result is the world’s most comprehensive data on corporate environmental impacts\, covering Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)\, water\, waste\, metals and chemicals.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/basic-networking-event-hosted-by-trucost/
LOCATION:Market Boston\, 21 Broad Street\, Second Floor\, Boston\, MA\, 02109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100917T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100917T123000
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CREATED:20100914T135029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20100925T144430Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Renewable Energy in New England - Raab Associates Restructuring Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Raab Associates’ ongoing Restructuring Roundtable kicks off its 2010 sesions with a panel discussion on renewable energy’s future in New England.   \nRenewable energy installations of all types (wind\, biomass\, solar\, landfill gas) have been proliferating in New England\, while Renewable Portfolio Standards continue to ratchet-up.  At the same time\, recent developments have introduced significant uncertainty into the renewable energy markets in New England.  These include the failure to enact federal legislation to price carbon\, the uncertain status of future federal renewable tax credits\, the TransCanada law suit\, the EIPC transmission and renewable planning process\, and the biomass study for MA DOER by Manomet. \nThe event’s two panels will examine the net effect of these and other factors impacting renewable energy development in New England.  \nThe first will be a high level\, cross-cutting panel whose speakers will share their expectations about the future of renewables in New England.  This panel is comprised of: \n\nCommissioner Phil Giudice\, MA Department of Energy Resources\nBob Grace\, President\, Sustainable Energy Advantage\nEllen Angley\, VP Energy Supply/Supply Chain Management\, NSTAR\nMichael Hachey\, VP/Director\, Eastern Commercial\, TransCanada\nAlan Nogee\, Dir. of Climate & Energy Strategy & Policy\, Union of Concerned Scientists\n\nThe second panel look at biomass carbon accounting and sustainable biomass issues.   \n\nTom Walker – the lead author of the Manomet biomass study for MA DOER\nMarco Albani\, Expert Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co. will discuss the recent study led by a consortium of major European industry and environmental organizations\nProfessor William Moomaw of Tufts University will offer his reflections on both studies and will discuss the complexities of biomass and carbon accounting.\n\nNo pre-registration is required.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/the-future-of-renewable-energy-in-new-england-raab-associates-restructuring-roundtable/
LOCATION:Foley Hoag LLP\, 155 Seaport Boulevard\, 13th Floor\, Boston\, 02210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100429T121500
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SUMMARY:The Outlook for Green Investing - Lessons from Overseas Markets
DESCRIPTION:The SRI program committee of the Boston Security Analysts Society is pleased to present “The Outlook for Green Investing: What Can We Learn From Overseas Markets” on April 29th.   \nThe program will feature Jack Robinson\, President and Chief Investment Officer of Winslow Management Company\, and Sara Elford\, Sustainability Research Analyst at Canaccord Adams.  \nJack Robinson will highlight developments in environmental investing over the last few decades and will share his insights into the outlook for this sector\, including which areas look most promising\, (such as the smart grid\, carbon trading\, clean tech\, and energy efficiency). He will also cover whether legislative changes and other macro drivers are critical for the sector’s growth. Sara Elford\, ranked Canada’s #2 stock picker for diversified industrials by Star Mine\, will discuss a number of attractive stock ideas and provide insights into environmental investing trends in Europe and possible implications for the US. \nThis lunch program will be held at the Harvard Club of Boston at One Federal Street.  The cost is $40 for BSAS members and $70 for non-members.  Details and registration are available here at the BSAS web site.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/the-outlook-for-green-investing-lessons-from-overseas-markets/
LOCATION:Harvard Club of Boston\, One Federal Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Finance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100325T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100325T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20100315T145247Z
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SUMMARY:Babson Energy and Environmental Conference
DESCRIPTION:Begun as the Babson “Environmental Energy Expo” in 2007\, the fourth Babson Energy and Environmental Conference will be held at Babson on March 25th.   \nThis year’s session will feature: \n\nA keynote address by Gary Hirshberg\, CEO of Stonyfield Yogurt\nMorning Panel discussions\nLunch keynote by Richard Goode\, Senior Director of Sustainability for Alcatel-Lucent\nAfternoon talks by speakers who have developed and deployed business models for sustainability in different domains\nClosing session with Martin Madaus\, CEO of Millipore and WBUR’s Tom Ashbrook\n\nDetails and registration are available at Babson’s Conference web site.
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/babson-energy-and-environmental-conference/
LOCATION:Babson College\, 231 Forest St.\, Babson Park\, MA\, 02457\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100318T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100318T100000
DTSTAMP:20260408T090114
CREATED:20100301T152220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20100315T143617Z
UID:143-1268906400-1268906400@www.riverbendadvisors.com
SUMMARY:New England Clean Energy Council - The Resurrection of Project Finance
DESCRIPTION:Project Finance is a critical requirement for renewable energy projects and thus for the growth of companies in clean tech and sustainability.  Led by investment banks and heavily funded through tax equity\, Project Finance took a big hit during the financial meltdown.   \nThis New England Clean Energy Council event will feature an expert panel discussing today’s market for project finance including sources of capital\, financial incentives and debt and equity structures. \nPanelists: \n\nPaul Gaynor\, CEO\, First Wind\nDaniel Goldman\, EVP & CFO\, GreatPoint Energy; Member\, Clean Energy\nVenture Group\nRussell Landon\, Managing Director\, Canaccord Adams\nMarlene Motyka\, Principal\, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP\nMark Reidy\, Member\, Mintz Levin\nDavid Richardson\, Managing Director & CEO\, Global Energy Investors\n\nThe panel will be moderated by: \n\nPeter Rothstein\, Senior Vice President\, New England Clean Energy Council\nStephen “Zam” Zamierowski\, Director\, Deloitte Services\n\nDetails for the session are here at the NECEC web site.  (The session is sold out as of March 15th).
URL:https://www.riverbendadvisors.com/blog/event/new-england-clean-energy-council-the-resurrection-of-project-finance/
LOCATION:Mintz Levin\, One Financial Center\, Boston\, MA\, 02110\, United States
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