SIRI Practicum Student Reflections
In their own words, students share their reflections on their SIRI Practicum experiences!
From Funding Gaps to Questions of Investability...
Sustainable investing has changed over the past decade from a specialized approach to a key component of international finance...
Under the Paris Agreement framework, carbon credits serve as a mechanism for quantifying and trading verified emissions reductions or removals...
Over the last three months, I have been working with my team on a project related to a sustainable timber-to-housing supply chain in Brazil...
At CES, one of the largest events in the tech industry, I noticed that many older attendees seemed confused when trying to use AI longevity products...
When I think about the sector I am working in this semester, I don’t see a single industry, but a set of systems that all converge around one question: how do we move capital in ways that actually change real-world outcomes?
As a newcomer to both sustainability and finance, I did not enter this practicum with strong convictions about sustainable finance...
I still remember the first time I heard the term “blended finance” in a classroom. It sounded so clean...
When I was studying climate justice, human rights, and urban policy in the Global South over the past few years, my classmates and I were all united for the same purpose: fighting global inequality in development and discovering pathways to secure infrastructure and improve human well-being...
Before this semester, my impression of corporate climate work was simple. Companies publish a sustainability report each year, using common rules to calculate and disclose emissions...
I entered this project expecting to discuss nursing homes. I was wrong. The longevity economy is not a service problem. It is a capital allocation failure...
Understanding how sustainability is governed in global capital markets is far more complex than I initially imagined...