General Sustainability Announcements

With an endowment of nearly $6 billion, the University of California maintains significant influence in the global marketplace. This influence could be used to promote ideals of environmental sustainability and community development, yet currently the University's investment policies do not include such goals. Mark Orlowski, Executive Director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute, will present a public lecture on the basics of socially responsible investing (SRI) and explain how universities and individuals can leverage their investments for a healthy, clean economy. Dessert and refreshments will be served.

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Greener Dollars:
Sustainable Investing and University Endowments

a public lecture by
Mark Orlowski
Executive Director, Sustainable Endowments Institute

7 pm, Wed, February 22nd, 2006
Living Room of the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP)
2607 Hearst Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720

Dessert and refreshments will be served
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Sponsored by:
The Office of the Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology
The Goldman School of Public Policy
Students for a Greener Berkeley
Net Impact, UC Berkeley Chapter

For additional information, please contact Sam Arons

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Mark Orlowski is Executive Director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI), a special project fund of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Mark has a track record of successful collaboration and presentations at a variety of schools including Harvard, Yale, Penn, Amherst, Macalester, Tufts, University of Vermont and Vermont Law School. Media coverage of Mark's work includes a profile in BusinessWeek as well as articles in the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Chronicle of Higher Education, Los Angeles Times, and a story on National Public Radio.

Mark's long-standing interest in sustainable investing arises from serving on the Board of Managers, which oversees investments for New England Quaker Meetings. A graduate of Williams College, he chaired the Campus Environmental Advisory Committee and served on the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility at Williams.