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Scaling Enterprise Finance: The Future of Biofuels

16 Apr 2010

America is finally coming to grips with the need to minimize its dependence on imported oil. Faced with a host of geopolitical risks and the looming threat of climate change, policymakers are taking a hard look at ways to diversify the...

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Turning Plants Into Products: Delivering on the Potential of Industrial Biotechnology

1 Apr 2011

As interest in sustainability grows in the United States and around the world, there is a push by policymakers and the industrial biotechnology industry to find replacements for petroleum. This is the case not only in transportation...

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Unleashing the Power of the Bio-Economy

1 Feb 2013

In 2012, the United States was poised to begin converting 20 percent of petrochemical consumption to bio-based products, creating jobs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and capturing a large share of the global renewable chemicals market...

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Stories from the Field

Justine Leigh-Bell - Stories from the Field

8 Feb 2022

Justine Leigh-Bell Executive Director, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute, former Deputy CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Milken Institute: You’ve collaborated with the Milken Institute on several occasions, including two Financial...

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Justine Leigh-Bell

Executive Director, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute, former Deputy CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

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Capital Deployment: The Four Things We Need to Do This Decade to Get Climate Right

7 Dec 2021

The first few weeks of November 2021 have been (hopefully) consequential for the future of climate change. COP26 brought a flurry of pledges and commitments. More than $130 trillion in financial assets have been pledged to align with the...

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Dan Carol

Senior Director, Milken Institute Finance

Dan Carol is a senior director on the Milken Institute Finance team. He leads Institute programming to accelerate effective deployment and financing of community-scale and climate resilient infrastructure, scale up regional innovation, and scale-up public-private partnerships.

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Models for Financing an Environmentally Sustainable Business Transition

15 Oct 2021

There is undeniable evidence that changes to the climate impact the day-to-day lives of individuals, communities, and corporations alike. The latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released in August...

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Maressa Brennan

Formerly Milken Institute

Stories from the Field

Elijah Hutchinson - Stories from the Field

20 Jul 2021

Q & A with Elijah Hutchinson Vice President of Waterfronts, New York City Economic Development Corporation Jason Davis: You hold an important and unique role at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). What attracted you...

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Elijah Hutchinson

Vice President of Waterfronts, New York City Economic Development Corporation

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Increasing Access to Capital in the Rio Grande Valley

1 Jun 2021

In 2011, the Rio Grande Valley of Texas was one of the poorest regions in the United States. There was a lack of infrastructure and limited access to traditional lenders. At the same time, institutional investors were struggling to find new...

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News Release

Milken Institute Releases Report Analyzing Costs of Higher Education

3 Sep 2020

Report recommends new financing options to make college more accessible. Los Angeles – September 3, 2020 – The Milken Institute today released a new report finding that a significant number of student loan borrowers have been left in worse...

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New Models for Funding Post-Secondary Education in Illinois

3 Sep 2020

In June 2020, the Milken Institute, in collaboration with the State of Illinois' Treasurer's Office, organized two virtual Financial Innovations Labs® to discuss new ways for students to fund their post-secondary education. The Lab brought...

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Maressa Brennan

Formerly Milken Institute

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