Sponsors
Premier Sponsors
UPS
UPS is one of the world’s largest companies, with 2021 revenue of $97.3 billion, and provides a broad range of integrated logistics solutions for customers in more than 220 countries and territories. Focused on its purpose statement, “Moving our world forward by delivering what matters,” the company’s more than 500,000 employees embrace a strategy that is simply stated and powerfully executed: Customer First. People Led. Innovation Driven. UPS is committed to reducing its impact on the environment and supporting the communities we serve around the world. UPS also takes an unwavering stance in support of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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 a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. We’ve announced a set of new, longer-term climate goals to achieve net zero energy and beyond. We’re also committed to partnering with our customers, community organizations, and others to co-create plans towards an equitable and viable clean energy future that leaves no one behind. To learn more, visit www.pge.com/climate.
Microsoft
Microsoft is accelerating progress toward a more sustainable future by reducing our environmental footprint, accelerating research, helping our customers build sustainable solutions and advocating for policies that benefit the environment. We are committed to being carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050, will remove from the environment all the carbon the company has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975.
To learn more about our progress to become a carbon negative, water positive, zero waste company by 2030 and to protect ecosystems by building a Planetary Computer, please read the Microsoft 2020 Environmental Sustainability Report.
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, automotive and media 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 nearly $20 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 collective impact report at coxcsrreport.com.
Adobe
Adobe gives everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transforming how companies interact with their customers across every screen. Our longstanding commitment to sustainability and climate action extends across our business operations, product development and advocacy efforts. Learn more at https://www.adobe.com/corporate-responsibility/sustainability.html.
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®. Learn more at 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. Learn more at gm.com.
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage, with more than 200 facilities in operation in 38 states and Canada and approximately 23,900 MW of generating capacity. We have invested more than $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. NextEra Energy Resources offers a diverse product portfolio that allows us to create custom-tailored solutions to meet our customers’ energy and sustainability goals. We develop meaningful, long-term partnerships built around shared values, strong execution, and an unwavering focus on our customers’ needs. We are honored to have a parent company (NextEra Energy, NYSE:NEE) named No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune’s 2021 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
Organizations around the world trust Steelcase to help them create places that help people work better, be inspired and accomplish more. The company designs, manufactures, and partners with other leading organizations to provide architecture, furniture, and technology solutions – accessible through a network of channels, including over 800 Steelcase dealer locations. Steelcase is a global, industry-leading, and publicly traded company with fiscal year 2021 revenue of $2.6 billion. For more information, visit www.steelcase.com.
Apex Clean Energy
Apex Clean Energy develops, constructs, and operates utility-scale wind and solar power facilities across North America. Our mission-driven team of more than 200 renewable energy experts uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers. For more information on how Apex is leading the transition to a clean energy future. Learn more at apexcleanenergy.com.
IBM
IBM is the global leader in business transformation through an open hybrid cloud platform and AI, serving clients in more than 170 countries around the world. Today 47 of the Fortune 50 Companies rely on the IBM Cloud to run their business, and IBM Watson enterprise AI is hard at work in more than 30,000 engagements. IBM is also one of the world’s most vital corporate research organizations, with 28 consecutive years of patent leadership. Above all, guided by principles for trust and transparency and support for a more inclusive society, IBM is committed to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world. For more information about IBM visit: www.ibm.com.
Citi
At Citi, building a sustainable future is our business. We work closely with our clients, peer financial institutions, NGOs and other partners to finance solutions to climate change, develop industry standards, reduce our own environmental footprint, and engage with stakeholders to advance shared learning and solutions. Building on more than 20 years of sustainability leadership, Citi continues to set bolder goals and commitments to help drive the transition to a net zero economy – from its $1 trillion sustainable finance goal by 2030 to its commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The company’s Sustainable Progress Strategy is driven by the commitment to advance solutions that address climate change around the world and focuses on three key pillars: Low-Carbon Transition, Climate Risk, and Sustainable Operations. Learn more at Citi.com/sustainability.
PwC
PwC is a community of solvers coming together in unexpected ways to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our clients are at the core of everything we do and we are committed to their success. To help our clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes, PwC provides professional services across two segments: Trust Solutions and Consulting Solutions. Within these segments we bring a range of capabilities to help organizations solve faster, solve more and realize more value. These capabilities include ESG: we work together with you to make the right choices to position your company for a sustainable tomorrow.
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
Flex
Flex is the manufacturing partner of choice that helps a diverse customer base design and build products that improve the world. Through the collective strength of a global workforce across 30 countries and responsible, sustainable operations, Flex delivers technology innovation, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions to diverse industries and end markets. Learn more at https://flex.com.
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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 (APL) is a Berkeley, CA-based company that designs, manufactures, and deploys equipment to convert organic wastes into carbon negative power and products. Our systems are based on biomass gasification, with outputs across electricity, heat, water, cooling, and biochar. We have an international team of engineers and business operations, with machine deliveries to over 50 countries since our founding in 2008. APL launched its Local Carbon Network initiative in 2018 which is a community-powered network that engages local resources and partners to transform biomass and food waste into energy and soil products that provide economic value and positive climate impact within the community.
JLM Energy
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/
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UL
UL is dedicated to promoting safe, secure and sustainable living and working environments for people by the application of science, hazard-based safety engineering. We empower trust in sustainable products, environments and companies by: (1) Software platforms that help businesses track and measure environmental, supply chain, health, and safety management and sustainability data such as ESGs to meet regulatory and disclosure needs; (2) Software & Services for Regulatory Compliance to help companies around the globe reduce risk, achieve chemical compliance, source sustainable materials, and foster product stewardship; (3) Help businesses demonstrate the health and sustainability of their products through materials testing and certification, sustainable product certifications such as GREENGUARD and ECOLOGO Certification, environmental claim validations and transparency programs; (4) We also support the transition of businesses from linear economy mindsets and practices to a more sustainable, circular approach that can uncover significant hidden value. Learn more at ul.com.
Bolton Bees
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
Climate Impact Partners
Climate Impact Partners, a merger of Natural Capital Partners and ClimateCare, is a leader in developing and delivering high-quality, high-impact carbon market solutions for climate action. For more than 20 years, the company, which is committed to delivering 1 billion tonnes of CO2 reductions by 2030, has worked with climate-leading businesses to support more than 600 carbon removal and reduction projects in 56 countries. With a focus on transforming the global economy, improving health and livelihoods, and restoring a thriving planet, Climate Impact Partners develops and delivers the highest quality carbon-financed projects. It creates and manages carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios that enable its clients to offset emissions they can’t yet reduce, put a price on carbon to incentivize change, and meet ambitious climate goals. Learn more at www.climateimpact.com.
Media Partners
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 is committed to a sustainable, prosperous future through LEED, the leading program for green buildings and communities worldwide. Our vision is that buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation. Our mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. Learn more at usgbc.org.
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
The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that works with governments, businesses, multilateral institutions and civil society groups to develop practical solutions that improve people’s lives and ensure nature can thrive. Companies turn to WRI’s agenda-setting research, tools, standards and partnerships to define ambition, assess and reduce impacts, and integrate environmental and social sustainability with business strategy.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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 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. Learn more at closedlooppartners.com
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.
Sustainable Silicon Valley
REBA Summit Partners
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
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
The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that works with governments, businesses, multilateral institutions and civil society groups to develop practical solutions that improve people’s lives and ensure nature can thrive. Companies turn to WRI’s agenda-setting research, tools, standards and partnerships to define ambition, assess and reduce impacts, and integrate environmental and social sustainability with business strategy.
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 bsr.org to learn more about BSR's more than 20 years of leadership in sustainability.
REBA Terrawatt Sponsors
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage, with more than 200 facilities in operation in 38 states and Canada and approximately 23,900 MW of generating capacity. We have invested more than $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. NextEra Energy Resources offers a diverse product portfolio that allows us to create custom-tailored solutions to meet our customers’ energy and sustainability goals. We develop meaningful, long-term partnerships built around shared values, strong execution, and an unwavering focus on our customers’ needs. We are honored to have a parent company (NextEra Energy, NYSE:NEE) named No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune’s 2021 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.
Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.
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
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 Energy
LevelTen Energy provides renewable transaction infrastructure for buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers in the clean energy economy. Visit LevelTenEnergy.com to learn more.
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.
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
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. Learn more at closedlooppartners.com
Accelerate Sponsor
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is dedicated to building a better future through our leading communications, automotive and media 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 nearly $20 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 collective impact report at coxcsrreport.com.
Accelerate Partners
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. Learn more at http://cleantechsandiego.org.
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. Learn more at http://www.cleantechopen.org.
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. New Energy Nexus builds ecosystems and runs programs that are locally tailored to support the specific needs of entrepreneurs in that region: providing accelerator services, capital, mentoring, skills and networks to help clean energy entrepreneurs thrive. We know that getting the right resources to entrepreneurs at the right time will unlock the clean energy solutions the world needs to tackle climate change. Learn more at https://www.newenergynexus.com.
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. Learn more at https://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 climate action pioneers working to design a more sustainable world. As the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, Greentown Labs brings together startups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and many others with a focus on scaling climate solutions. Driven by the mission of providing startups the resources, knowledge, connections, and equipment they need to thrive, Greentown Labs offers lab space, shared office space, a machine shop, an electronics lab, software and business resources, and a large network of corporate customers, investors, and more. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass. and a recently opened incubator in Houston, TX, Greentown Labs is home to more than 180 startups and has supported more than 400 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011. These startups have collectively created more than 8,400 jobs and have raised more than $2.2 billion in funding.
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. Learn more at https://www.powerhouse.fund.
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.
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. Learn more at closedlooppartners.com