SIRI Practicum Student Reflections
In their own words, students share their reflections on their SIRI Practicum experiences!
This semester, I am working in the voluntary carbon market, focusing on how climate and nature-based projects can translate credible environmental outcomes into financing structures that institutional investors can underwrite...
I chose to work with this client because I align strongly with its mission to make sustainability meaningful through high-quality, data-driven insights that enable action...
Philanthropy, or early acts of charity, can be dated back to 1800 BC, where ancient Egyptian sacred writings discussed “benevolent acts towards the sufferer.” As civilizations and societies have grown and progressed, so have philanthropic efforts across the world...
The sector we are exploring for the SIRI practicum centers on the palafitas, or stilt house communities, found throughout the riverine regions of northern Brazil...
In this practical project, the field I am engaged in lies at the intersection of philanthropic capital, sustainable investment, and institutional environments...
Over the past few weeks working on this project, I’ve found myself questioning something deeper than reporting standards or disclosure requirements. Why does finance respond quickly to climate metrics, but hesitate when it comes to nature?
Population aging has ceased to be a projection and has become a structural reality. The number of individuals worldwide aged 65 and older is expected to surpass 850 million in 2025, which is close to one-tenth of the global population...
In the past five years, I have been working at a financial authority in Indonesia, where we have a mandate to regulate, supervise, and initiate a financial deepening program...
This semester, I am working on a practicum project in sustainable finance that looks at how stock exchanges around the world encourage companies to report on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues...
Before coming to SIPA, I was primarily studying traditional commercial finance, focusing on financial modeling and quantitative finance...
I am a master’s student in Sustainability Management, and I am very grateful for the opportunity to participate in the SIRI Practicum and work alongside SIPA students on a real-world project...
The increase in sustainability and ESG-related finance and investment activities has been exponential in recent years. According to Bloomberg, global ESG invested assets surpassed $30 trillion in 2022 and is estimated to reach $40 trillion by 2030, one-third of the total assets under management (AUM)...