Sponsors
Premier Sponsors
UPS
UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a range of solutions including transporting packages and freight, facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. UPS is committed to operating more sustainably – for customers, the environment and the communities we serve around the world. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. Stay up to date on UPS’s sustainability efforts at ups.com/sustainability.
Spirae
Spirae is an innovative technology company that delivers scalable smart grid solutions to global partners and customers. Spirae specializes in the integration of large-scale renewable and distributed energy resources, the development of local and wide area controls, energy service platforms and power system simulations.
Contributing Sponsors
Antenna
Enbala Power Networks
Enbala Power Networks is focused on making the world’s power grids greener and more reliable, efficient and predictable by harnessing the power of distributed energy. Enbala’s real-time energy-balancing platform is transforming energy system operations through its revolutionary, highly flexible approach for creating controllable and dispatchable energy resources. It unobtrusively captures and aggregates available customer loads, energy storage and renewable energy sources to form a network of continuously controlled energy resources. The platform dynamically optimizes and dispatches these resources to respond to the real-time needs of the power system – all without impacting customer operations. For more information, visit www.enbala.com or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/Enbala.
Swisscom Energy Solutions AG
Founded in September 2012, and based in Olten, Switzerland, Swisscom Energy Solutions AG develops flexible and modular solutions under the brand tiko for the Swiss and international energy industry.
First company worldwide to provide fast frequency response with a reaction time of less than 1 second using residential prosumers’ devices, satisfying their need to increase efficiency and self-consumption thanks to an award-winning energy management system, the company integrates flexibility into electrical grids in order to launch innovative and new business models. Frequency response is regularly provided on the Swiss market since 2014.
Continuous innovation drives the development of adaptable solutions to connect photovoltaic systems, domestic batteries, air conditioning systems and heating systems to a huge storage network. www.tiko.ch
EDF Renewables
EDF Renewables North America is a market leading independent power producer and service provider with over 30 years of expertise in renewable energy. The Company delivers grid-scale power: wind (onshore and offshore), solar photovoltaic, and storage projects; distributed solutions: solar, solar+storage, EV charging and energy management; and asset optimization: technical, operational, and commercial skills to maximize performance of generating projects. EDF Renewables’ North American portfolio consists of 16 GW of developed projects and 10 GW under service contracts. EDF Renewables North America is a subsidiary of EDF Renewables, the dedicated renewable energy affiliate of the EDF Group. Learn more at www.edf-re.com.
Brookfield Renewable
Brookfield Renewable creates value by offering innovative natural power solutions that accelerate the world toward a carbon-free future. Harnessing the power of water, wind and the sun, our tailored solutions are 100% renewable and include zero-carbon 24/7 sources. With over 260 renewable facilities in North America, South America and Europe and more than 100 years of history in power generation, development and management, we are the partner you have been looking for to serve your energy needs and reach your sustainability objectives.
Brookfield Renewable | Power. Naturally.
Autodesk
Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Our software is designed to give customers the tools they need to advance their respective industries, foster cross-industry collaboration, and provide a platform for innovating ways to do more, better, with less negative impact on the world. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. Learn more at https://www.autodesk.com.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has built a sophisticated energy practice anchored by experienced, creative attorneys who represent more than 400 industry clients, including innovative, emerging renewable energy companies, mature enterprises developing and financing large-scale infrastructure projects, and public companies involved in significant energy initiatives. WSGR also represents leading venture capital firms, private equity firms, energy project investors, and other lenders actively involved in commercializing energy innovations and project finance. For more information, visit www.wsgr.com.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San Francisco, PG&E delivers some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. PG&E offers a full portfolio of options to help customers save energy and reduce their carbon footprint. PG&E is also working to build climate resilience into its business along with the communities it serves. To learn more, visit www.pgecorp.com/sustainability and www.pgecurrents.com.
Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is committed to building a more sustainable future, through our operations, our technologies and our partnerships. The company has operated 100 percent carbon neutral since 2012, purchased more than 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy across three continents and committed $50 million over five years towards ‘AI for Earth,’ a program that puts cloud and AI tools in the hands of environmental researchers. Learn more at microsoft.com/environment.
United Airlines
United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the World." We are more focused than ever on our commitment to customers through a series of innovations and improvements designed to help build a great experience: Every customer. Every flight. Every day. Together, United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,900 flights a day to 356 airports across five continents. In 2018, United and United Express operated more than 1.7 million flights carrying more than 158 million customers. Since 2016, United has purchased and used over 3 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel – the most of any airline globally and the only U.S. airline using lower-carbon biofuel on a commercial scale. We aim to minimize the environmental impacts associated with our operations and are continuously looking for ways to reduce our carbon footprint in the air, on the ground and at our facilities. Learn more at https://hub.united.com/eco-skies.
Toyota
Toyota, creator of the Prius and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to advancing mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands. Over the past 60 years, we’ve produced more than 30 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than 44,000 people (more than 34,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold almost 2.6 million cars and trucks (2.45 million in the U.S.) in 2016 – and about 85 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 15 years are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with community, civic, academic, and governmental organizations to address our society’s most pressing mobility challenges. We share company resources and extensive know-how to support non-profits to help expand their ability to assist more people move more places. For more information about Toyota, click here.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is dedicated to building a better future through our leading communications and automotive companies. Our major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications and Cox Automotive, and we are strategically investing in new industries and emerging technologies, with sizeable interests in clean technology and health care. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cox is a global company with $21 billion in annual revenues and brands that include Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and Cox Homelife. Founded in 1898 by Ohio Governor James M. Cox, the company is a family-owned business committed to its people, communities and planet. To learn more about Cox, visit coxenterprises.com, or view our Corporate Social Responsibility Report at coxcsrreport.com.
Adobe
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone — from emerging artists to global brands — to bring digital creations to life and deliver them to the right person at the right moment for the best results. http://www.adobe.com
Intel
Intel expands the boundaries of technology to make the most amazing experiences possible. Information about Intel can be found at newsroom.intel.com and intel.com.
Supporting Sponsors
Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls’ Building Technologies & Solutions is making the world safer, smarter and more sustainable – one building at a time. Our technology portfolio integrates every aspect of a building – whether security systems, energy management, fire suppression or HVACR – to ensure that we exceed customer expectations at all times. We operate in more than 150 countries through our unmatched network of branches and distribution channels, helping building owners, operators, engineers and contractors enhance the full lifecycle of any facility. Our arsenal of brands includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, YORK®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, PENN®, Sabroe®, Simplex® and Grinnell®. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow @JCI_Buildings on Twitter.
General Motors
Over the last 100-plus years, General Motors has been at the forefront of the automotive revolution. Today, we’re a leader in a new transformation, one that will create a safer and smarter world, and our vision for a future with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion drives every decision we make. Why? It’s the right move for our customers, our employees and future generations. To learn more, visit gm.com.
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources is proud to be a clean, renewable energy leader, with approximately 18,260 MW of generating capacity. We have invested $25B in our renewable business – and will continue to invest in a clean-energy tomorrow. Not only do we manage a financially sound company, but we do so in a way that preserves the environment now and for future generations. Our expertise is in project development and construction and wholesale and retail electricity, as well as in developing meaningful, long-term partnerships to customize energy products and services in response to what our customers need. We are the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, with more than 145 facilities in operation in 26 states and Canada, and honored to have a parent company (NextEra Energy, NYSE:NEE) named No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune’s 2016 list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.” For more information, visit www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
Siemens
At Siemens, we believe in helping you create the perfect place. Safe, reliable, and energy-efficient buildings and infrastructure give you the perfect place to learn, to develop, to grow, to succeed. With our comprehensive portfolio of building automation and control systems, room automation, fire safety products, and security solutions, you get the partner you need. To learn more about the Siemens Building Technologies Division, visit usa.siemens.com/perfect-places.
Steelcase
For over 105 years, Steelcase Inc. has helped create great experiences for the world's leading organizations, across industries. We demonstrate this through our family of brands - including Steelcase®, Coalesse®, Designtex®, PolyVision®, Turnstone®, Smith System®, Orangebox® and AMQ®. Together, they offer a comprehensive portfolio of architecture, furniture and technology products and services designed to unlock human promise and support social, economic and environmental sustainability. We are globally accessible through a network of channels, including over 800 Steelcase dealer locations. Steelcase is a global, industry-leading and publicly traded company with fiscal 2019 revenue of $3.4 billion. Learn more at www.steelcase.com.
Apex Clean Energy
Apex Clean Energy builds, owns, and operates utility-scale wind and solar power facilities. Apex was the U.S. market leader in 2015 and has brought nearly 1,700 MW online over the past two years.
With a team of over 200 professionals and the nation’s largest wind energy project pipeline, Apex is a leader in the transition to a clean energy future. For more information, visit www.apexcleanenergy.com.
IBM
Citi
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
Citi's mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. To help fulfill this mission, Citi seeks to advance environmental and social progress and conduct business in a way that creates value for our company and for future generations. citi.com/sustainability
PwC
As sustainability moves up the boardroom agenda, it is increasingly integrated into corporate-level strategic planning and reporting. Management now needs to use the sustainability agenda for strategic advantage, and the TCFD framework is a valuable tool to help identify and prioritize key threats and opportunities related to climate risk.
At PwC, we help our clients assess sustainability/ESG issues, set goals that support the alignment and integration of the sustainability vision into overall corporate strategy, implement processes, controls, systems and dashboards to measure progress and allow for consistent, accurate and reliable reporting.
GE Solar
GE is the global digital industrial leader founded by Thomas Edison that created the energy industry over 125 years ago. Today, GE Solar is part of the evolution to cleaner, secure, more customer-focused energy. As a highly experienced developer with a deep bench of solar industry talent, GE Solar provides customized turnkey PV energy and energy storage solutions to businesses, enterprises and institutions throughout North America. From analysis, through design and finance, to commercial operation, GE Solar delivers its customers long-term economic value that has real environmental impact. Learn more at www.ge.com/solar.Exhibitors
Kinestral Technologies
Kinestral Technologies, Inc. develops technologies that transform glass into responsive, intelligent, and beautiful architectural elements. The company’s research and development efforts have resulted in a growing global patent portfolio in manufacturing, device processing, and smart window control systems. Kestrel's flagship product, Halio, is available in select markets. Visit kinestral.com for more information.
Stoel Rives LLP
Stoel Rives LLP is a leader in energy, environmental, natural resources, corporate, intellectual property, litigation, land use and construction law. With more than 350 firmwide attorneys operating out of 10 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia, Stoel Rives boasts one of the largest energy law practices based in the United States. Nationally recognized by independent research publications Chambers USA and U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” as a top energy practice, the firm has been at the forefront of the incredible growth of energy services over the last 20 years. Stoel Rives offers diverse services in the renewable energy sector, including corporate and industrial power purchase agreements, equity offerings, debt and project finance, development agreements, mergers and acquisitions, tax credit financing, regulatory and strategic business plan development. The firm has also launched a Climate Change Initiative to help clients prepare for the risks of and find opportunities related to the business and economic impacts of climate change. www.stoel.com/
Dynapower
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UL
UL empowers organizations to adopt circular economy strategies by helping them execute tangible, meaningful and actionable steps today, while positioning them for leadership in the future. Building on UL’s 120-year legacy of trust, UL’s circularity services include training, benchmarking, goal setting, KPI development, and certification through its Circularity Facts™ program and more. To learn how UL can help you achieve your sustainability goals, visit http://circular.ul.com/circular-economy/.
Bolton Bees
Flex
Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions provider that designs and builds Intelligent Products for a Connected World™. With approximately 200,000 professionals across 30 countries, Flex provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets. For more information, visit flex.com or follow us on Twitter @flexintl. Flex – Live Smarter™
Lucid
APX
APX’s mission is to empower the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
At APX, we track and manage more environmental assets than any other infrastructure provider in the world. With more than 2 billion certificates under management and 1300 global firms as account holders, our clients are free to focus their attention on the strategically important aspects of their business, while we handle operational details on their behalf. Our portfolio of registries to support sustainability actions include the TIGR Registry, the North American Renewables Registry (NAR) and the APX VCS Registry: www.apx.com
BayWa r.e.
BayWa r.e. provides advice, delivery and support for renewable energy solutions, including solar, wind, bioenergy and geothermal. With more than 25 years of experience and 4.5 GW of renewable energy transactions completed globally, our team combines local expertise with global experience and a stable financial foundation. We are committed to enabling the success of the clients we serve, the communities in which we operate and providing leadership in the fight against climate change.
Hydro Quebec
Hydro-Québec, a leader in clean energy.
Hydro-Québec has been generating, transmitting and distributing electricity for over half a century. Canada’s largest power utility and a world leader in hydroelectricity (power from water), Hydro-Québec also operates a vast high-voltage transmission system.
With a total installed capacity of 36,908 MW in 2016, Hydro-Québec provides a clean, renewable and reliable supply of electricity on Québec markets, and also sells power on wholesale markets in northeastern North America.
Hydro-Québec makes every effort to live up to its customers’ expectations. Thanks to hydropower, Hydro-Québec’s electricity rates are among the lowest in North America. Data Centers | Hydro-Québec
Energy Upgrade California
Energy Upgrade California is a statewide initiative committed to uniting Californians to strive toward reaching our state’s energy goals. Energy Upgrade California and its slogan, Do Your Thing™, is an anthem for all Californians, motivating residents and small businesses to take actions big or small to better manage energy consumption. The result is a cleaner, healthier, more prosperous California that we all can enjoy. The concept builds on California’s sense of individuality, the importance that residents place on sustaining a healthy environment, and a belief that everyone should play their part.
Energy Upgrade California is supported by an alliance of the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Energy Commission, utilities, regional energy networks, local governments, community choice aggregators, businesses and nonprofits.
sPower
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, with offices in San Francisco, Long Beach and New York City, sPower is the largest private owner of operating solar assets in the United States. sPower owns and operates utility and commercial distributed electrical generation systems across the U.S. producing in excess of 1.1 GW of power. Additionally, sPower has an in-construction and development pipeline in excess of 10 GW. For more information on sPower, please visit www.spower.com.
Envision Solar
We build the highest quality, fastest deployed, most versatile truly zero emission EV charging infrastructure solution on the market. We are changing the way the world sees and uses energy for transportation. We are helping the world, Drive and Thrive on Sunshine.
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ALL Power Labs
ALL Power Labs develops and manufactures small-scale, cogeneration equipment that transforms wood waste material into electricity, heat and biochar. These systems are deployed in their Local Carbon Networks, an initiative that provides an accessible climate solution within the community where climate impact is made via decrease of waste streams, production of clean energy and drawdown biological sequestration of carbon. They will be demonstating features of their Power Pallet 30 CHP unit - power source for the microgrid, food drying - in conjunction with current LCN activities in the Bay Area as a practical example of a circular economy. For more info, visit http://www.allpowerlabs.com/ and https://localcarbon.net/.
JLM Energy
Urban Mobility Summit Knowledge Partner
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm, deeply committed to helping institutions in the private, public, and social sectors achieve lasting success. Through our Sustainability Practice, we help clients tackle resource risks and enhance their performance through higher resource productivity and a lower environmental footprint. For more than 90 years, our primary objective has been to serve as our clients' most trusted external advisor. With consultants in 129 cities in 65 countries, across industries and functions, we bring unparalleled expertise to clients anywhere in the world. We work closely with teams at all levels of an organization to shape winning strategies, mobilize for change, build capabilities, and drive successful execution. Learn more at www.mckinsey.com.
Sustainability Partners
Natural Capital Partners
Natural Capital Partners works with clients, including Microsoft, Intuit and Bain & Co, to combine business success with positive impact on the environment and society. Through understanding the specific goals of its clients, and collaborating with a global network of projects and partners, the company delivers solutions and finance which support the transition to renewable energy, protect and restore biodiversity, and enables low carbon solutions to reach scale and deliver impact. Natural Capital Partners has more than 300 clients in 34 countries and delivers products and services for carbon, energy, water, biodiversity and communities in direct operations, consumer markets and supply chains – the world’s natural capital.
Media Partners
Sustainable Silicon Valley
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
The American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) acts as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments, and behaviors.
Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service at Arizona State University
Since 2012, the ASU Sustainability Solutions Service has built a mission-driven social enterprise that has a mix of earned income, philanthropy and institutional support. Unlike traditional academic research, the ASU Sustainability Solutions Service falls within the emergent fields of impact investing, social enterprise, public-private partnerships, impact assessment and B corps.
Advanced Energy Economy
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) is a business organization representing the entire advanced energy industry. Our mission is to transform public policy at the federal, state, and regulatory levels to enable rapid growth of advanced energy companies. We also work with a growing coalition of state and regional partner organizations representing 20 states.
World Wildlife Fund
WWF is one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, working in 100 countries for over half a century. With the support of almost 5 million members worldwide, WWF is dedicated to delivering science-based solutions to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth, halt the degradation of the environment and combat climate change.
U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is committed to transforming the way our buildings are designed, constructed and operated through LEED — the top third-party verification system for sustainable structures around the world. Every day USGBC is helping advance spaces that are better for the environment and healthier for us to live, work and play in. Through our community network, continuous collaboration with industry experts, market research publications and LEED professional credentials, USGBC remains a key driving force in the green building sector.
USGBC - Northern California Chapter
The U.S. Green Building Council - Northern California Chapter is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, voluntary organization that educates, motivates, provides resources and advocates for industry transformation to build and maintain sustainable communities.
Center for the Built Environment
Center for the Built Environment's mission is to improve the environmental quality and energy efficiency of buildings by providing timely, unbiased information on building technologies and design and operation techniques.
Rocky Mountain Institute
RMI’s vision is a world thriving, verdant, and secure, for all, for ever. Our mission is to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources. RMI's style is non-adversarial and trans-ideological, emphasizing integrative design, advanced technologies, and mindful markets. Our strategic focus, executed through specific initiatives designed to take our work rapidly to scale, is to map and drive the transition from coal and oil to efficiency and renewables.
California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA)
The California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) is a membership-based advocacy group committed to advancing the role of energy storage in the electric power sector through policy, education, outreach, and research.
New Buildings Institute
NBI assesses technologies, promotes design approaches, and helps guide policies and programs that will significantly improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings.
Utility Dive
Utility Dive covers industry news and provides original analysis on the latest happenings in utility and energy. Their mission is to provide busy executives with a bird's-eye-view of the utilities industry in 60 seconds. With a mobile-optimized daily email newsletter, website, and app, Utility Dive keeps you informed on the go. You’ll get coverage of topics such as smart grid, energy efficiency, regulation and policy, grid security, distributed generation, renewable energy, and more.
World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that spans more than 60 countries, with international offices in Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States. Our more than 700 experts and staff turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was established in 2010 with the aim of accelerating the transition to the circular economy. Since its creation the charity has emerged as a global thought leader, establishing the circular economy on the agenda of decision makers across business, government and academia. With the support of its Core Philanthropic Partners SUN and MAVA, and Knowledge Partners Arup, IDEO, McKinsey & Company and SYSTEMIQ, the Foundation’s work focuses on five interlinking areas: Education, Business and Government, Insight and Analysis, Systemic Initiatives and Communications.
BSR
BSR works with its global network of more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices in Asia, Europe, and North and South America, BSR develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration. Visit www.bsr.org to learn more about BSR's more than 20 years of leadership in sustainability.
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, a non-profit organization, educates and empowers manufacturers of consumer products to become a positive force for society and the environment, helping to bring about a new industrial revolution.
Center for Resource Solutions
Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) is a national nonprofit with global impact. It develops expert responses to climate change issues with the speed and effectiveness necessary to provide real-time solutions. Its leadership through collaboration and environmental innovation builds policies and consumer-protection mechanisms in renewable energy, greenhouse gas reductions, and energy efficiency that foster healthy and sustained growth in national and international markets.
International Living Future Institute
The International Living Future Institute is committed to catalyzing the transformation toward communities that are socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative. Composed of leading green building experts and thought-leaders, the Institute is premised on the belief that providing a compelling vision for the future is a fundamental requirement for reconciling humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
International WELL Building Institute
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is a public benefit corporation that is leading the movement to promote health and wellness in buildings and communities everywhere. IWBI delivers the cutting-edge WELL Building Standard, and a professional suite of tools to empower our global community of leaders to match their convictions with their careers.
Closed Loop Fund
The Closed Loop Fund is a social impact fund investing $100 million to increase the recycling of products and packaging. The Fund aims to harness the power of its network to influence the market to increase capital investment and demand for recycled content. Their network of brands, retailers, recycling companies, and cities afford a unique view of the full system and opportunity to influence the markets that will support their investment strategy.
Center for Carbon Removal
Carbon180, formerly the Center for Carbon Removal, is a new breed of climate-focused NGO on a mission to fundamentally rethink carbon.
Bay Area Council
The Bay Area Council is a business-sponsored, public policy advocacy organization for the nine-county Bay Area. The Council proactively advocates for a strong economy, a vital business environment, and a better quality of life for everyone who lives here.
BOMA Oakland/East Bay
The mission of BOMA/Oakland-East Bay is to actively and responsibly represent and promote the interests of the Commercial Real Estate industry through effective leadership and advocacy, through the collection, analysis and dissemination of information and through professional development.
BOMA Silicon Valley
The mission of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Silicon Valley is to represent and promote the interests of the Silicon Valley commercial real estate industry through leadership, advocacy, education, professional development, and the cultivation of relationships.
BOMA Silicon Valley has served the local commercial real estate industry for 30 years. Our members represent over 75 million square feet of commercial property in the Bay Area.
REBA Summit Partners
World Wildlife Fund
WWF is one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, working in 100 countries for over half a century. With the support of almost 5 million members worldwide, WWF is dedicated to delivering science-based solutions to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth, halt the degradation of the environment and combat climate change.
World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that spans more than 60 countries, with international offices in Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States. Our more than 700 experts and staff turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.
Rocky Mountain Institute
RMI’s vision is a world thriving, verdant, and secure, for all, for ever. Our mission is to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources. RMI's style is non-adversarial and trans-ideological, emphasizing integrative design, advanced technologies, and mindful markets. Our strategic focus, executed through specific initiatives designed to take our work rapidly to scale, is to map and drive the transition from coal and oil to efficiency and renewables.
BSR
BSR works with its global network of more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices in Asia, Europe, and North and South America, BSR develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration. Visit www.bsr.org to learn more about BSR's more than 20 years of leadership in sustainability.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has built a sophisticated energy practice anchored by experienced, creative attorneys who represent more than 400 industry clients, including innovative, emerging renewable energy companies, mature enterprises developing and financing large-scale infrastructure projects, and public companies involved in significant energy initiatives. WSGR also represents leading venture capital firms, private equity firms, energy project investors, and other lenders actively involved in commercializing energy innovations and project finance. For more information, visit www.wsgr.com.
APX
APX’s mission is to empower the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
At APX, we track and manage more environmental assets than any other infrastructure provider in the world. With more than 2 billion certificates under management and 1300 global firms as account holders, our clients are free to focus their attention on the strategically important aspects of their business, while we handle operational details on their behalf. Our portfolio of registries to support sustainability actions include the TIGR Registry, the North American Renewables Registry (NAR) and the APX VCS Registry: www.apx.com
REBA Terrawatt Sponsors
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources is proud to be a clean, renewable energy leader, with approximately 18,260 MW of generating capacity. We have invested $25B in our renewable business – and will continue to invest in a clean-energy tomorrow. Not only do we manage a financially sound company, but we do so in a way that preserves the environment now and for future generations. Our expertise is in project development and construction and wholesale and retail electricity, as well as in developing meaningful, long-term partnerships to customize energy products and services in response to what our customers need. We are the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, with more than 145 facilities in operation in 26 states and Canada, and honored to have a parent company (NextEra Energy, NYSE:NEE) named No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune’s 2016 list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.” For more information, visit www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
Sempra Renewables
Sempra Renewables is a leading U.S developer of renewable energy. Together with its partners, the company owns and operate nearly 2,600 megawatts of renewable generating capacity fueled by the sun and wind, that generates power for over 600,000 homes and businesses in 11 states. Sempra Renewables is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San Diego, California with 2017 revenues of more than $11 billion. The Sempra Energy companies' 16,000 employees serve approximately 32 million consumers worldwide.
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them. Learn more here.
sPower
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, with offices in San Francisco, Long Beach and New York City, sPower is the largest private owner of operating solar assets in the United States. sPower owns and operates utility and commercial distributed electrical generation systems across the U.S. producing in excess of 1.1 GW of power. Additionally, sPower has an in-construction and development pipeline in excess of 10 GW. For more information on sPower, please visit www.spower.com.
REBA Gigawatt Sponsor
EDP Renewables
EDP Renewables North America LLC (“EDPR NA”) and its subsidiaries develop, construct, own, and operate wind farms and solar parks throughout North America. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with 49 wind farms, five solar parks, and 13 regional and development offices across North America, EDPR NA has developed more than 6,900 megawatts (MW) and operates more than 6,300 MW of renewable energy projects. With approximately 675 employees, EDPR NA’s highly qualified team has a proven capacity to execute projects across the continent. For more information, visit www.edpr.com or www.edprnorthamerica.com.
First Solar
First Solar is the world’s leading provider of large-scale solar energy solutions. With nearly 5GW of large-scale projects developed and executed, and 17GW of PV modules installed worldwide, no single company offers more large-scale solar experience than First Solar. We are experts in the development, financing, engineering, construction and operation of some of the largest and most successful PV power plants in the world. Our experience enables us to deliver, operate and maintain reliable and cost-effective solar energy that can strengthen your brand and hedge your energy costs. As the partner of choice for leading global corporate energy buyers, First Solar brings the proven capability to take energy forward.www.firstsolar.com
REBA Megawatt Sponsors
Avangrid Renewables
Avangrid Renewables, LLC is a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) and part of the IBERDROLA Group. IBERDROLA, S.A., an energy pioneer with the largest renewable asset base of any company in the world, owns 81.5% of the outstanding shares of AVANGRID common stock. Avangrid Renewables, LLC is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and has more than $10 billion of operating assets totaling more than 6,000 MW of owned and controlled wind and solar generation in 22 U.S. states. Avangrid Renewables recently changed its legal name from Iberdrola Renewables, LLC. For more information, visit www.avangridren.com.
Brookfield Renewable
Brookfield Renewable creates value by offering innovative natural power solutions that accelerate the world toward a carbon-free future. Harnessing the power of water, wind and the sun, our tailored solutions are 100% renewable and include zero-carbon 24/7 sources. With over 260 renewable facilities in North America, South America and Europe and more than 100 years of history in power generation, development and management, we are the partner you have been looking for to serve your energy needs and reach your sustainability objectives.
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EDF Renewables
EDF Renewables North America is a market leading independent power producer and service provider with over 30 years of expertise in renewable energy. The Company delivers grid-scale power: wind (onshore and offshore), solar photovoltaic, and storage projects; distributed solutions: solar, solar+storage, EV charging and energy management; and asset optimization: technical, operational, and commercial skills to maximize performance of generating projects. EDF Renewables’ North American portfolio consists of 16 GW of developed projects and 10 GW under service contracts. EDF Renewables North America is a subsidiary of EDF Renewables, the dedicated renewable energy affiliate of the EDF Group. Learn more at www.edf-re.com.
Infinity Renewables
Infinity Renewables is a leading wind and solar energy project developer focused on developing high quality projects and moving them to market. Infinity’s experience covers the entire project life cycle, and throughout we stand by our commitment to provide our landowners and their communities with the mutually beneficial opportunity to participate in renewable energy projects. We are proud to know our work contributes to the ultimate goal of clean, renewable, and domestic energy sources. Click Here to Learn More.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has built a sophisticated energy practice anchored by experienced, creative attorneys who represent more than 400 industry clients, including innovative, emerging renewable energy companies, mature enterprises developing and financing large-scale infrastructure projects, and public companies involved in significant energy initiatives. WSGR also represents leading venture capital firms, private equity firms, energy project investors, and other lenders actively involved in commercializing energy innovations and project finance. For more information, visit www.wsgr.com.
Tradewind Energy
Lincoln Clean Energy
Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE) is a leading developer of U.S. wind, solar and batteryprojects with offices in Chicago, Illinois, Charlottesville, Virginia and Austin, Texas. Since 2011, the LCE team has developed several thousand MWs of renewable power projects across the United States. LCE now has more than 1 GW of operational assets across the United States along with over 1.3 GW in construction and late stage development. LCE is a subsidiary of Ørsted. Link: https://lincoln-clean-energy.com
Pattern Energy
Pattern Development is a leading developer of renewable energy and transmission assets. With a global footprint spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Japan, our highly-experienced team has brought more than 5,000 MW of renewable power projects to market. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy by developing high-performance projects built to last for the long-term. Pattern Development’s affiliate, Pattern Energy Group Inc. (Pattern Energy), is an independent power company listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market and Toronto Stock Exchange (“PEGI”) that owns and operates wind power facilities. Combined, we have expertise in all project stages: resource analysis, site development, power marketing, finance, construction, facility operations, and asset management. For more information, please visit www.patterndev.com and www.patternenergy.com.
APX
APX’s mission is to empower the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
At APX, we track and manage more environmental assets than any other infrastructure provider in the world. With more than 2 billion certificates under management and 1300 global firms as account holders, our clients are free to focus their attention on the strategically important aspects of their business, while we handle operational details on their behalf. Our portfolio of registries to support sustainability actions include the TIGR Registry, the North American Renewables Registry (NAR) and the APX VCS Registry: www.apx.com
Recurrent Energy
Recurrent Energy is a leading utility-scale solar project developer, delivering competitive, clean electricity to large energy buyers. Based in the U.S., Recurrent Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and functions as Canadian Solar’s U.S. project development arm. Recurrent Energy has more than 4 GW of solar projects in development in the U.S. Additional details are available at: www.recurrentenergy.com.
LevelTen
LevelTen is the safest, most cost-effective way for Corporate and Institutional (C&I) customers to purchase renewable energy. Our technology-enabled marketplace connects a broader class of C&I customers to utility-scale projects. By aggregating both buyers and sellers, LevelTen offers C&I customers access to the same projects and terms afforded to the world’s largest energy buyers. LevelTen’s portfolios featuring the market’s best projects, allow C&I customers to painlessly meet sustainability objectives and stabilize energy costs. www.leveltenenergy.com
Urban Mobility Knowledge Partner
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm, deeply committed to helping institutions in the private, public, and social sectors achieve lasting success. Through our Sustainability Practice, we help clients tackle resource risks and enhance their performance through higher resource productivity and a lower environmental footprint. For more than 90 years, our primary objective has been to serve as our clients' most trusted external advisor. With consultants in 129 cities in 65 countries, across industries and functions, we bring unparalleled expertise to clients anywhere in the world. We work closely with teams at all levels of an organization to shape winning strategies, mobilize for change, build capabilities, and drive successful execution. Learn more at www.mckinsey.com.
Circular Economy Summit Partners
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was established in 2010 with the aim of accelerating the transition to the circular economy. Since its creation the charity has emerged as a global thought leader, establishing the circular economy on the agenda of decision makers across business, government and academia. With the support of its Core Philanthropic Partners SUN and MAVA, and Knowledge Partners Arup, IDEO, McKinsey & Company and SYSTEMIQ, the Foundation’s work focuses on five interlinking areas: Education, Business and Government, Insight and Analysis, Systemic Initiatives and Communications.
Closed Loop Fund
The Closed Loop Fund is a social impact fund investing $100 million to increase the recycling of products and packaging. The Fund aims to harness the power of its network to influence the market to increase capital investment and demand for recycled content. Their network of brands, retailers, recycling companies, and cities afford a unique view of the full system and opportunity to influence the markets that will support their investment strategy.
Accelerate Sponsor
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is dedicated to building a better future through our leading communications and automotive companies. Our major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications and Cox Automotive, and we are strategically investing in new industries and emerging technologies, with sizeable interests in clean technology and health care. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cox is a global company with $21 billion in annual revenues and brands that include Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and Cox Homelife. Founded in 1898 by Ohio Governor James M. Cox, the company is a family-owned business committed to its people, communities and planet. To learn more about Cox, visit coxenterprises.com, or view our Corporate Social Responsibility Report at coxcsrreport.com.
Accelerate Partners
Closed Loop Fund
The Closed Loop Fund is a social impact fund investing $100 million to increase the recycling of products and packaging. The Fund aims to harness the power of its network to influence the market to increase capital investment and demand for recycled content. Their network of brands, retailers, recycling companies, and cities afford a unique view of the full system and opportunity to influence the markets that will support their investment strategy.
Imagine H2O
Imagine H2O®, the water innovation accelerator, provides entrepreneurs with the resources, insight and visibility to launch and scale water solutions. By partnering with industry and policy experts and a global network of customers and investors, Imagine H2O has become a proven path-to-market for emerging water technology businesses. Participants benefit from access to mentorship, industry exposure, customer and investor connections and strategy, marketing and sales support. Since 2009, Imagine H2O’s accelerator has helped over 70 innovative companies win customers and receive more than $1 in every $10 of early stage investment in the water sector.
CalSEED
CalSEED is an innovation program that supports our state’s most promising energy entrepreneurs. We invest in early-stage concepts that will usher in a new era of sustainability for California’s energy future. If you’re developing novel solutions for transforming the energy grid, we want to hear from you.
Cleantech San Diego
Cleantech San Diego is a nonprofit member organization that positions the greater San Diego region, including Imperial County, as a global leader in the cleantech economy. The organization achieves this by fostering collaborations across the private-public-academic landscape, leading advocacy efforts to promote cleantech priorities, and encouraging investment in the San Diego region.
Cleantech San Diego’s membership includes more than 100 local businesses, universities, governments, and nonprofits committed to advancing sustainable solutions for the benefit of the economy and the environment.
Cleantech Open
The Cleantech Open is a non-profit organization that runs the world’s largest accelerator for cleantech startups. Our mission is to find, fund and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental and economic challenges. Since our founding in 2005 in Silicon Valley and Boston, we have expanded to 33 countries, have worked with over 700 companies, nearly half of which have been successful in raising external capital now totaling over $800 million.
Silicon Climate
Silicon Climate creates the ecosystem required to invent the sustainable technologies and innovations of our future. We believe that by leveraging our entrepreneurial skillset, tailoring our advising services and connecting entrepreneurs to resources such as capital, knowledge and talent, we can create momentum around building an ecosystem that leads to an outsized impact on the problem of climate change.
We bring these resources and connections to bear primarily through our Silicon Climate Accelerator which targets early-stage startups for rapid growth.
New Energy Nexus
New Energy Nexus works to accelerate the great energy transition by supporting entrepreneurs who are powering the thousands of businesses, technologies, and innovations needed to break open the economic and social opportunities of a clean energy future.
Elemental Excelerator
Elemental Excelerator helps startups change the world, one community at a time. Each year, it finds 15-20 companies that best fit its mission and funds each company up to $1 million to improve systems that impact people's lives: energy, mobility, water, agriculture, and beyond. To date, it has awarded over $30 million to 82 companies. For more information, please visit elementalexcelerator.com.
Cyclotron Road
Cyclotron Road is a home for top entrepreneurial researchers to advance technologies until they can succeed beyond the research lab. Our purpose: support critical technology development and help identify the most suitable business models, partners, and financing mechanisms for long-term impact.
Greentown Labs
Greentown Labs is a community of bold, passionate entrepreneurs creating solutions for today’s biggest climate and environmental challenges. Located in Somerville, MA, and founded in 2011, Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq. ft. campus comprised of prototyping and wet lab space, shared office space, a machine shop, electronics lab, and a curated suite of programs and resources. Greentown Labs is home to more than 100 startups and has supported more than 250 startups since its inception. These startups have collectively created more than 6,500 direct jobs and have raised more than $750 million in funding. The incubator’s mission is to provide entrepreneurs with the community, resources, and space they need to thrive. For more information, please visit www.greentownlabs.com or on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
F6S
F6S is the world’s largest founder community. We help founders grow by delivering $2.4 billion in funds and services each year to our 1.8 million members.
Oregon BEST
Oregon BEST funds and supports innovative cleantech startups across Oregon. As an economic development catalyst, we connect startups with state and federal resources while preparing them for follow-on investment through a series of focused programs. Oregon is a nationally-recognized leader in accelerating solutions to environmental challenges through a vibrant innovation ecosystem. The cutting-edge clean technologies developed in our state create jobs, save resources, and compete in global markets — making Oregon more sustainable and resilient. - See more at: http://oregonbest.org/about/#sthash.vOrojzoF.dpuf
Powerhouse
Powerhouse works with startups, corporations, and investors to create an energy system that is decarbonized, decentralized, democratized, and digitized in the US and around the world. Powerhouse Ventures is a network-driven venture fund that backs entrepreneurs building the future of energy.
Keiretsu Forum
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2500 accredited investor members throughout 46 chapters on 3 continents.
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Los Angeles has launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. LACI is the business equivalent of baseball’s farm system: it identifies local talent, nurtures it, and helps it get to market, resulting in more jobs and a bigger green economy in Los Angeles.
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Prospect Silicon Valley
ProspectSV is a non-profit commercialization catalyst assisting emerging technology companies with a pathway to market, bringing high-impact solutions forward in the Bay Area. ProspectSV’s team of highly qualified technical and market experts assist startups with a suite of commercialization services and collaborates with Bay Area cities to implement next-generation technologies for our commutes, workplaces, homes, environment and overall quality of life. Drawing together government, business and institutional leadership into collaborative partnership, the ProspectSV team develops local initiatives with an aim toward global impact.