Events
SFI Seminar: First-of-a-Kind Climate Projects: Examples From the Field
@Stanford: Y2E2 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe early-stage climate technology ecosystem is flourishing, and an increasing number of entrepreneurs and scientists are bringing forward startup companies with promising solutions for some of our hardest challenges. Many of the climate problems that once seemed nearly impossible to address—decarbonizing cement, storing low-carbon power for days, replacing high-temperature heat in heavy industry—now have alternatives […]
Steyer-Taylor Center/Sustainable Finance Initiative Open House
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesInterested in tackling climate risk and opportunity through business and financial innovation? Want to work on decarbonization at the intersection of technology, policy and finance? Then don't miss the Steyer-Taylor Center […]
STC | SFI Open House for Students
@ Stanford: Patterson BuildingInterested in tackling climate risk and opportunity through business and financial innovation? Want to work on decarbonization at the intersection of technology, policy and finance? Then don’t miss the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative’s annual student open house. STC and SFI work with public, private and development institutions […]
ESG, Corporate Disclosures, and Climate Change – Moving from Greenwashing to Impact
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategies are gaining momentum in the all-hands-on-deck fight against climate change. Please join us for a lunch discussion with Alicia Seiger, Lecturer-in-Law and Managing Director […]
SFI Seminar: Hot Money: high-carbon infrastructure in the developing world
OnlineAre you interested in learning about innovative policy and financial mechanisms designed to rapidly decarbonize the global economy? Join SFI’s monthly seminar to meet our faculty and fellows and learn more about our ongoing research projects. Jeffrey Ball | scholar-in-residence, Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance; lecturer, Stanford Law School Major infrastructure financiers will have […]
Steyer-Taylor Center/Sustainable Finance Initiative Open House
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesInterested in tackling climate risk and opportunity through business and financial innovation? Want to work on decarbonization at the intersection of technology, policy and finance? Then don’t miss the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative’s annual student open house. STC and SFI work with public, private and development institutions to engage Stanford […]
SFI Seminar: Roles of Corporate Capital in Driving Clean Energy Impact
OnlineAre you interested in learning about innovative policy and financial mechanisms designed to rapidly decarbonize the global economy? Join SFI’s monthly seminar to meet our faculty and fellows and learn more about our ongoing research projects. On April 22, Soh Young In, SFI Financial Innovation Lead, and Andrew Peterman, Executive Director of Stanford's Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, will […]
SFI Seminar: Improving Electricity Markets through Improving Electricity Governance
OnlineAre you interested in learning about innovative policy and financial mechanisms designed to rapidly decarbonize the global economy? Join SFI’s monthly seminar to meet thought leaders and learn more about their ongoing research projects. Electricity markets have become a central feature of the modern grid. But these regional markets suffer from systemic inefficiencies due to […]
Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) Seminar: How Much Does It Cost to Hedge Climate Risk?
OnlineAre you interested in learning about innovative policy and financial mechanisms designed to rapidly decarbonize the global economy? Join SFI’s monthly seminar to meet our faculty and fellows and learn more about our ongoing research projects. On February 18, Marc Roston, Steyer-Taylor Center Research Fellow, will discuss ways to apply the tools of modern portfolio theory to evaluating […]
Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) Seminar: Blended Finance for State-led Decarbonization
OnlineAre you interested in learning about innovative policy and financial mechanisms designed to rapidly decarbonize the global economy? Join SFI’s monthly seminar to meet our faculty and fellows and learn more about […]
SFI | STC Virtual Open House for Students
OnlineInterested in tackling climate risk and opportunity through business and financial innovation? Want to work on decarbonization at the intersection of technology, policy and finance? Then don’t miss the Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative and Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance’s annual student open house. Event will start promptly at 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Overview of SFI | […]
Climate action in the Covid era: Data, reporting, and accountability
OnlineThe Covid crisis has laid bare the need for real-time, comprehensive, and publicly accessible data—the climate crisis demands no less. Join Ken Alex, Alicia Seiger and Michael Schmitz as they discuss how to fill the existing climate data gaps and why it’s time to move beyond an approach emphasizing voluntary reporting to one establishing carbon […]
What we can do about climate change
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the students in Climate: Politics, Finance and Infrastructure as they present their innovative interventions to mitigate climate change. Led by the Steyer-Taylor Center and Sustainable Finance Initiative Managing Director, Alicia Seiger, and Kate Gordon, the Director of California’s Office of Planning and Research, six teams of business, law, and science masters students have designed solutions […]
STC | SFI Open House for Students
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesInterested in tackling climate risk and opportunity through business and financial innovation? Want to work on decarbonization at the intersection of technology, policy and finance? Then don’t miss the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative’s annual student open house. Date: Thursday, November 14 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (the formal program will begin […]
Sustainable Finance
Stanford GSB 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMarcel Prins, COO of APG Asset Management, will be giving a talk on sustainable finance, UN Sustainable Developments goals, and APG's approach to incorporating climate risks. Event sponsored by The Steyer Tyler Center for Energy Policy and Finance and the Stanford Energy Club. RSVP here.
Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and GSB Sustainable Energy Initiative Open House for Students
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Stanford Law School, Manning Faculty Lounge This event is free and registration is required. Food and drinks will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, November 28 at noon. The Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and the Sustainable Energy Initiative at Stanford Graduate School […]
The Heat is on: The Rising Demand for Corporate Climate Risk Disclosures
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States5:30 - 6:00pm - Reception 6:00 - 7:00pm - Panel Discussion Room 180, Stanford Law School Parking: Wilbur Field Garage, any visitor parking spot. Register Now Many businesses are reluctant to share information about their environmental performance and impacts as well as the consequences of a changing climate on their operations. Yet investors are clamoring […]
The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration: Implications for Energy and Climate — A Bipartisan Discussion
@ SLS: Room 80 Moot Courtroom Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesYou can read key points from the panelists on this Storify. Stay tuned for the full program video. After the first 100 days of the Trump administration, along with a new Congress, what does US energy policy look like? And what are the implications for U.S. and international efforts to address climate change? The Steyer-Taylor […]
The New Solar System: China, the United States, and How to Make Solar Power Big Enough to Matter
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe New Solar System, a major new report from Stanford’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, calls for a smarter approach to scaling up solar power for the world — an approach that would involve a more sophisticated view of U.S. and Chinese comparative advantage. On Wednesday, April 19, from 10-11:30 a.m., Jeffrey Ball, the […]
The Trump Administration: Implications for Energy and Climate — A Bipartisan Discussion
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWhat will US energy policy under a Trump administration — and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate — look like? And what are the implications for U.S. and international efforts to address climate change? The Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance convened a panel of experts on Tuesday November 29 for a […]
Steyer-Taylor Center Open House for Students
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesREGISTER NOW This event is free and registration is required. Food and drinks will be provided. RSVP by Monday, November 14, 2016 The Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance and the Sustainable Energy Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business (SEI@GSB) will co-host an open house for students across campus on November 15, 2016, […]
BBL with Marcene Broadwater, Global Head of Climate Strategy, ICF
@ Stanford: Knight Management Center (GSB) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Steyer-Taylor Center faculty and researchers in conversation with Marcene Broadwater, Global Head of Climate Strategy and Business Development for the ICF/World Bank Group Climate Business Department. Please RSVP here. Ms. Broadwater is responsible for growing IFC’s investments in sustainable business with an emphasis on renewable power, industrial energy efficiency, green buildings, urban infrastructure, climate-smart […]
BBL with Michael Skelly, President Clean Line Energy Partners
@ Stanford: Knight Management Center (GSB) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe United States has some of the best renewable energy resources in the world. Bolstered by these resources, the advancement of renewable energy technologies and the need for cleaner energy, the U.S. is moving towards a clean energy economy. However, continued growth of renewable energy in the U.S. faces a serious challenge: the lack of […]
Lunch with Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency
@ Stanford: Knight Management Center (GSB) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), for a lunchtime discussion about the IEA's inaugural annual report on energy investments around the world. The report measures the state of investment in the energy system across technologies, sectors and regions and takes a comprehensive look at the critical issues confronting investors, policy […]