2022 Sustainable Investing Challenge
The 2022 Challenge was carried out entirely virtually. Over 250 students from 35 countries submitted ideas, and their inspiring perseverance and innovation is evident in the work of the 16 final teams, which you can find below.
2022
Grand Prize
$10,000
Coast Haven Brokerage
Coast Haven Brokerage would be a platform-based brokerage connecting beneficiaries of ecosystems of mangroves in climate-driven storm-risk areas with insurers, investors and project developers/restoration experts with the goal of facilitating the deployment of parametric insurance to help protect and restore mangrove forests.
Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
2022
Runner Up
$5,000
GOAL Fund
To creatively finance the acquisition and restoration of land surrounding decommissioned oil and gas wells, the GOAL Fund proposes to leverage private equity and carbon credits to plug and remediate these areas.
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Winning Teams
Grand Prize: Coast Haven Brokerage
Judge Business School, Cambridge University
Coast Haven Personal Statements
GOAL Fund Personal Statements
All Finalists
Black Soldier Flies Convertible Minibonds Personal Statements
Building Bricks Securitized-Carbon and Kiln Loan Fund
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
Building Bricks Securitized-Carbon and Kiln Loan Fund Personal Statements
Carbo-Lease Personal Statements
Circular Blade Fund Personal Statements
Cluster Cafe Personal Statements
Crop Catalyst Fund
University of Oxford, African Studies Centre;
University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government;
University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
Crop Catalyst Fund Personal Statements
Green Hydrogen Fund Personal Statements
Indigenous Sustainability Fund
Schulich School of Business, York University
Indigenous Sustainability Fund Personal Statements
Methane Minus Fund
Columbia Business School, Columbia University;
Yale School of Management, Yale University
Methane Minus Fund Personal Statements
Private Mortgage Fund
Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Private Mortgage Fund Personal Statements
Series CO2 Fund Personal Statements
Supernovae, the Mezzanine Sustainability-Linked Loan Fund for the Zambian Green Metals Market
National University of Singapore Business School
Supernovae Personal Statements
SWIF Personal Statements
Volumetric Injection Payments for Carbon Sequestration
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business;
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University