Marilyn Waite
Marilyn Waite is a sustainable finance expert, engineer, author, teacher and podcaster. A national of Jamaica, the United States and France, she is currently Managing Director of the Climate Finance Fund,[1] a platform helping mobilize climate finance.
During her career, Waite has pioneered a number of sustainability-related topics, including creating the SURF Sustainable Economy Framework.[2] Her work has focused on areas such as sustainable energy, climate modeling, and socially responsible investment.
Education
[edit]Marilyn Waite holds a master’s degree with distinction in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge[3] and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, magna cum laude, from Princeton University.[4]
Career
[edit]Marilyn Waite currently serves on the board of the Climate First Bank,[5] and the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board.[6]
Waite teaches sustainable business strategies as part of the Environmental, Social and Governance Strategies course at Sciences Po.[7] She previously served on the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group board.[8]
She previously worked on climate finance for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,[9] on clean energy at venture capital firm Village Capital,[10] and was previously a senior research fellow at Project Drawdown.[11]
Waite wrote the book Sustainability at Work: Careers that Make a Difference[12] and co-hosts the Global South Climate Tech podcast[13] and the China Cleantech podcast.[14] Her writing has been featured in publications such as the Financial Times,[15] Euractiv,[16] The Boston Globe[17] and Trellis (formerly GreenBiz).[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Climate Finance Fund". Climate Finance Fund. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Waite, Marilyn (December 2024). "SURF Framework for a Sustainable Economy". Journal of Management and Sustainability. 3 (25:25). Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "Sustainability at work : careers that make a difference / Marilyn Waite". SciencesPo Bibliothèque. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "'All for Earth' podcast features climate and clean-energy finance expert Marilyn Waite". Princeton University. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Our Board". Climate First Bank. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "EPA announces selection of 30 members to serve on Environmental Financial Advisory Board". United States Environmental Protection Agency. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "OADD 2330 - Environmental, Social and Governance Strategies". SciencesPo. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "EFRAG announces new appointments". EFRAG. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Marilyn Waite, Program Officer". William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Trellis Group (2017-10-16). Marilyn Waite, Village Capital, on energy challenges and innovation. Retrieved 2025-02-14 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Marilyn Waite". The Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Sustainability at Work: Careers That Make a Difference". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ^ "Global South Climate Tech - Elevating the global majority's climate innovation". Global South Climate Tech Podcast. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "MARILYN WAITE". China Cleantech. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Nauman, Billy (2020-02-07). "How passive investment dulls the green wave". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ^ Waite, Marilyn (18 November 2022). "How to attract private finance for climate projects in developing countries". Euractiv. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Waite, Marilyn (29 March 2023). "Climate financing is finally here, but will there be equity?". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Waite, Marilyn (21 November 2024). "How not to let anti-ESG rhetoric reshape investment strategies". Trellis. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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