• Alicia Seiger - Managing Director of Stanford University’s Sustainable Finance Initiative

  • Oct 16 2023
  • Length: 51 mins
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Alicia Seiger - Managing Director of Stanford University’s Sustainable Finance Initiative

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  • Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com Alicia Seiger is a Managing Director of Stanford University’s Sustainable Finance Initiative at Precourt Institute for Energy and a Managing Director of Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy, Policy, and Finance. She conducts her teaching and research activities at Stanford Law School, Stanford MBA program, and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Alicia Seiger is a Board Member of Ceres and Prime Coalition. She is also a Sustainability Advisory Council Member at Pacific Gas and Electric Company and an Advisory Board Member of the E-Liability Institute. She previously served as a Co-Chair of the State of California Climate-related Risk Disclosure Advisory Group and a New York State Decarbonisation Advisory Panel member. She started her Climate Career as the first employee at TerraPass - a startup that provided corporations with carbon-offsetting products. Prior to her Climate Career transition, she authored 22 case studies at the Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and held Executive Business Development roles at Flycast Communications and Wine.com. Alicia Seiger has a dual bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Cultural Anthropology from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Check out the Climate Finance Podcast Website for more information. Topics discussed: Alicia’s intellectual climate journey from creating her own bachelor’s degree at Duke to studying Business and writing Case Studies at Stanford GSB. Alicia’s Cleantech 1.0 Entrepreneurship with TerraPass - Carbon Offsetting Startup (Stanford GSB Case Study). Launching a Consulting Firm focused on Climate Philanthropy. Returning Back to Stanford as a Managing Director of Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy, Policy, and Finance and a Lecturer at the Stanford Law School. Studying how Federal and State-level Clean Energy Incentives can be leveraged with Impact Investing. The evolution from the “Aligned Intermediary” concept to Prime Coalition and Azolla Ventures. Designing the “Investing in a New Climate” Workshops. Establishing the Sustainable Finance Initiative with Thomas Heller. Initial Founding Document and Eventual Changes. Co-Editing the Book: “Settling Climate Accounts: Navigating the Road to Net Zero.” Alicia’s Contributions to Government Policymaking: Serving on the first-ever Decarbonization Advisory Panel for the $209 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund. Co-Chair of the State of California Climate-related Risk Disclosure Advisory Group. Sustainability Advisory Council Member at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Thoughts on SEC ESG and Climate Risk Disclosures: Written Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives. ImpactAlpha: How the SEC’s rules will – and won’t – solve climate change. Emissions Liability Management What’s Next After Carbon Accounting? Emissions Liability Management Closing questions: Advice to future Climate Investors, Entrepreneurs, and Policymakers. Note: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as investment advice. The interview took place on 18th July 2023.
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