Business and Development Advisory
The Economist examines an ESG policy think tank we started with the Cornell University ILR that was able to establish Buffalo's first Public Benefits Agreement to institute ESG practices for a signature $40MM development. The historic CBA we drafted included set-asides for women, communities of color and locally-owned businesses.
This Reuters feature series documents local economic recovery efforts from the 2008 Recession. Our ESG work on behalf of hundreds of local firms was one of several national case studies profiled. It revived one of the most challenged economies in the nation.
Just as SXSW is Davos for the Web set, we played a role in creating a Davos for Main Street business owners and we put rust belt cities into the national DEI and sustainability discourse decades before other ventures.
