Grant Harrison
As Vice President, Sustainable Finance & ESG, Grant leads on program development for GreenFin – the premier sustainable finance and investing event aligning the sustainability, investment and finance communities. Grant works to direct the vigor of capital markets toward the realization of a clean and just economy, and to make GreenFin the launchpad of the ideas, insights and connections that will shift capital allocation to support sustainability. Grant previously served as Senior Account Executive with Trellis, working with clients across financial services, transportation, tech and consulting. Prior to joining Trellis, Grant worked under the auspices of the USDA implementing reforestation projects in fire-affected regions of Northern California. Grant holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Environmental Governance from Oxford University. He is animated by a healthy diet of existential anxiety and an enduring faith in humans’ ability to solve problems together. Grant loves, more than most things, to surf.
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How investors are using AI to make better sustainable finance decisions
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How Patagonia and Seventh Generation include banks in their climate action plans
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How companies can align 401(k) plans with climate ambitions
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How BlackRock, JPMorgan and State Street can show they’re committed to climate action
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Does the SEC climate rule really matter? Investors will still demand disclosure
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The fossil fuel era is waning. Here’s what investors need to know
What corporate climate action says about the fossil fuel industry’s 'terminal decline.' Read More
