Dear John,
Check out the following events and webinars we've got lined up for you! We hope we'll see you at one or more of these sessions where you can hear from Ceres experts on a variety of sustainability topics. | |
| SAVE THE DATE! MAY 12 - EVENING WITH CERES | | | Evening with Ceres 2025
May 12, 2025, 6-9:30pm ET
JFK Presidential Library, Boston, MA
Boston is a beacon of progress, and Ceres proudly calls it home. This spring, we invite you to join us at the iconic JFK Presidential Library for our annual fundraiser—an evening dedicated to celebrating our collective progress towards a clean and robust economy. The theme of this year's event is "Inspiring Innovation and Impact." Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details.
If you're interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities at Evening with Ceres, please contact Brianna Kolder. | |
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Building Board Expertise on Sustainability (Michigan Ross, Erb Institute, and Ceres)
February 3-March 21, 2025
Online Course
In today’s rapidly evolving boardrooms, every director needs essential climate and sustainability skills to navigate real-world challenges. Board directors, C-suite executives and sustainability professionals are invited to enroll in Building Board Expertise on
Sustainability. This 7-week online course, starting February 3, delivers a unique educational experience featuring business and sustainability experts from Michigan Ross, the Erb Institute and Ceres. It combines the deep academic research and pedagogy of the Ross School of Business with Ceres’ decades-long sustainability expertise and impact delivered on the world-class Corp U learning platform. | | | | | Ceres also
offers custom presentations designed for company-specific requirements to full boards, board committees, and management teams. Reach out to Randi Mail for more information. | | | |
| | LEAD on a Clean Economy
March 4-6, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Join leading companies and investors for LEAD on a Clean Economy to call on federal policymakers to maximize investments in America that accelerate the just transition to an advanced, clean economy. LEAD
(Lawmaker Education and Advocacy Days) comes amid a clean energy boom that is driving billions of dollars in new investments and creating thousands of new jobs in local communities across the U.S. This is your chance to make the business case with congressional offices and the President's administration to keep building the strong policy environment we need to capitalize on the momentum toward an abundant clean energy future.
To learn about reception and dinner sponsorship opportunities associated with LEAD, please contact Brianna Kolder. |
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Our most recent public events and webinars are below. All of our past Ceres public events and webinars are listed here to view at your leisure. Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions. |
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| UPCOMING CERES EVENTS & WEBINARS |
| | | | Projects & Money Summit
January 27-29, 2025
The Roosevelt New Orleans, A
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New Orleans, LA
Projects & Money is where the country’s leading project developers learn what they will need to know to source investment and debt capital in 2025. Hear the nation’s leading debt and equity investors provide unique perspectives on the latest trends, approaches, issues and opportunities in the energy infrastructure market. Projects & Money will deliver a comprehensive analysis of the election’s likely consequences for the energy industry in 2025 and beyond. Senior executives in the project finance community will detail the challenges you’ll face and strategies you should use for accessing capital from both traditional and novel sources, covering the situation for solar, wind, storage, and gas-fired generation projects, as well as for emerging technologies like hydrogen, carbon capture, alternative fuels and other areas of
growing activity.
Steven Rothstein, Managing Director for the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, joins January 28 panel "Capital Markets & Other Capital Sources for Project Finance & Investment" at 2:05pm ET. Register for this event.
| | | | CFANY’s 11th Annual Sustainable Investing Symposium
January 29, 2025, 1-6:30pm ET
Online
As global events continue to highlight the escalation of environmental and social impacts arising from the climate crisis, the role of sustainable finance is increasingly important. The need for sovereigns and corporates to advance from commitment towards implementation of their sustainability-related targets by mid-century requires navigating the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, optimizing business strategies, and understanding how emerging themes such as artificial intelligence are shaping the market. Learn how
asset managers, asset owners and corporate leaders are navigating the evolving landscape of ESG data and disclosures, integrating climate risk analysis into business models and portfolios, and leveraging AI for strategic decision making, reporting and compliance. Register today.
Steven Rothstein, Managing Director for the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, joins 3:20pm ET panel "The Evolution of ESG Disclosure: Ratings, Scores and Disaggregated Data."
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GreenBiz 25 (Trellis)
February 10-12, 2025
JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ
In an unpredictable political, social and economic environment, join a community of peers and trailblazers, including the most influential voices in sustainability. Master the skills essential to face your company’s unique challenges and learn what’s next in decarbonization, disclosure, nature, supply chains, strategic communications, change management and more at
GreenBiz 25. Register for GreenBiz25 using code GB25C for 20% off.
Steven Rothstein, Managing Director, and Randi Mail, Director of Campaigns, both with the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, lead February 10 tutorial "The State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Planning" at 9:30am-12pm MT.
Laura Draucker Ph.D., Senior Director, Corporate Climate Action, joins February 11 breakout session "Tackling Transition Plans: Sustainability, Finance and Legal Working Together" at 2:45-3:45pm MT. Anne Kelly, Vice President, Ceres Policy Network, joins February 11 breakout session "Policy as a
Competitive Advantage: Corporate Climate Leadership" at 4:15-5:15pm MT. Shama Perveen, Ph.D., Director, Water Research, Ceres joins February 11 breakout session "Corporate Sustainability Meets Social Impact: Addressing Gender Inequality Through Water" at 4:15-5:15pm MT.
Carolyn Ching, Director, Food and Forests, Research, Ceres, joins February 12 breakout session "Turning Nature-Related Disclosure into Strategic Business Advantage" at 9-10am MT. And Steven Rothstein, Managing Director for the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, joins February 12 breakout session "Lessons on Mitigation and Adaptation from the Insurance Industry" at 10:30-11:30am MT.
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| | Sustainable Water Investment Summit (Brownstein and WestWater Research)
February 27-28, 2025
Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
The Sustainable Water Investment Summit (SWIS) brings together leading investors, state and municipal officials, entrepreneurs, highly water dependent industries, farmers and ranchers, environmentalists, utility
managers, planners, developers and professionals—anyone with a passion for critical water resource strategies, solutions and investment. Register today.
Kirsten James, Senior Program Director, Water, Ceres, joins February 28 breakout session "Corporate Water Stewardship and Risk" at 11:45am XT.
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Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo 2025
April 28-May 1, 2025
Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA
Ceres returns as an endorsing organization for the ACT Expo in 2025. The show serves as the official annual meeting place for 12,000+ transportation leaders looking to gain insight and hands-on access to the fuels, technologies, and vehicles driving the future of transportation. ACT Expo features dozens of product debuts and major announcements from leading OEMs and suppliers, unparalleled networking opportunities with the most influential and progressive leaders in the industry, peer-to-peer learning for progressive fleet operators, and access to the most
extensive assembly of advanced commercial vehicles anywhere. Register to join in-person in Anaheim.
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