Currently, community risks consider only a few parameters such as extreme weather, employment rates and business outlooks. The current practice is a singular standard ESG score for a country or region, ignoring significant sub-national spatial differences or differential importance of ESG factors in estimating the risk profile. The result are general assessments that lack the precision of more granular/investment-grade analyses. But, the world...

Online Professional Education CourseSelf-Paced with Three Webinars with the InstructorOctober 15, 2019 – November 11, 2019Complete by December 15, 2019 Earn a Professional Education Certificate from George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. A GWU collaboration with the Security and Sustainability Forum Course Starts: October 15, 2019. Self-Paced Videos Plus Live Webinars: Students watch twenty-three...

THE CONFERENCE Sept 25-27, 2019 The conference is your chance to learnabout the latest developments from business, industry and government sectors. It also provides you with multiple opportunities for networkingwith your peers, or meeting with potential vendors and business partners. THE EXPO Sept 25 – 26, 2019 A wide range of industry-leading companies present and demonstrate energy efficient products, energy management services, and so...

Julian Bentley is a professor in George Washington University's Environmental & Energy Management Institute teaching the popular online professional education short course "On the Road to Mass Market Electric Vehicles". Julian has been an energy consultant to federal agencies, utilities and industry for over 20 years. Since 2007, Julian has supported the Federal Fleet Program, assisting Federal agencies in developing and implementing compr...

The 2019 Summit is a senior level educational forum. It will focus on the technical capabilities and innovations that are allowing for advanced microgrid projects and increased penetration of renewables and DERS into the grid. Equally, the Summit will also serve as a conduit for developing the strategic business models and use cases while discussing the current regulatory and market landscape. The agenda brings together top leaders from Utilit...

Thu, Sep 5, 2019 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM EDT Join SSF in a sixty minute webinar with Hazel Henderson, world renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, worldwide syndicated columnist, and leader in sustainable development. We will discuss science-based investing, which is the focus of the 2019/20 addition of her Green Transition Scorecard Report. Hazel is the founder of Ethical Markets Media, Certified B Corporation and the creator and co-execu...

Please join SSF, and the Environmental and Energy Institute at George Washington University in a discussion with energy futurist, author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and educator, Jimmy Jia. Jimmy is the author of “The Book of Energy Leadership Frameworks” and “Driven by Demand: How Energy Gets its Power“. In this webinar Jimmy discusses with me the role of a new corporate position he calls the Corporate Energy Strate...

Please join SSF, and our co-hosts the Environmental and Energy Institute at George Washington University and the American Renewable Energy Institute in a 60-minute discussion of the renewable energy landscape and the rate of renewable deployment. We will also examine the rationale for an increased role for hydrogen in the clean energy mix of the future. Why Talk about Hydrogen? Because it will be difficult to meet climate goals with electrific...

Webinar Previews the George Washington University’s Geopolitics of Energy Course Designed for mid-level professionals, the webinar previews a new one-day onsite class exploring the little understood but compelling world of what may be the most powerful force that operates around the globe, now and for the foreseeable future: Energy and Geopolitics. International energy markets are dynamic and entwined with foreign affairs, historically c...

The oil and gas industries’ routinely flares and engineers vents release unexpectedly large amounts of methane gas despite emergent regulations. Yet the business opportunities from capturing those emissions and turning them into value could be worth tens of billions of dollars a year. Such business-led, market-driven methane abatement would also create large and rapid environmental benefits. In this 90-minute webinar, Amory Lovins will l...