Impact Investing
Estate Planning for LGBTQIA+ Families: The Essential Documents to Have in Place
How to Protect Your Family and Your Assets
For all families, estate planning is a critical process to ensure you control your finances and property. Essentially, estate planning ensures you control your finances and property while you’re alive and well,…
Powering the Future: Renewable Energy Investing for Energy Security and Resilience
Energy Transition Investing to Support Increased Electricity Demand with Sustainable Power
By Kofi Kodua, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
Growing energy demand, accelerating electrification, increasing focus on energy security, and technological innovation are reshaping how we think about renewable energy…
Impact Profile: Foodshed Capital Expands Access to Financing for Resilient, Regenerative Food Systems
At Clean Yield, we view impact investing as one of the most powerful ways for our clients to invest their money for positive change. These investments make patient, flexible, and affordable capital available to mission-driven enterprises, providing the lifeblood for…
Growing Multigenerational Value: Investing in Forests for a Sustainable Future
An Earth Month Reflection on Investments in Climate Change Solutions
By Kofi Kodua, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
When we think about climate change solutions, we often picture wind turbines, solar panels, or electric vehicles. But one of the most…
Renewable Energy Impact Investing: Navigating Clean Energy in the Age of Policy Uncertainty
By Kofi Kodua, Managing Director
As we move through 2025, one thing is clear: The world of clean energy and impact investing is facing a significant shift. The recent passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) has introduced…
Impact Profile: Oweesta Corporation
Oweesta Corporation is a Native community development financial institution (CDFI) that plays an essential role in catalyzing the flow of capital to Native communities across the United States. As part of Clean Yield’s diversity, equity, and inclusion work, in 2022…
Clean Yield Celebrates Cooperative Month
October is Cooperative Month! In honor of Cooperative Month, we want to share a bit about what co-ops are and why Clean Yield loves them.
What is a co-op?
A co-op is a group or organization that is owned and…
SunCommon Merger is a Bright Spot
In September, we received the news that SunCommon, a private solar company (and Certified B Corp) that we first invested in back in 2013, would be acquired by iSun, a publicly traded, Vermont-based company. While SunCommon focuses on residential and…
Increasing the flow of capital to BIPOC-led funds, businesses, and communities
Clean Yield is committed to using its tools, voice, and power to address racial equity and justice. We do this through our shareholder advocacy, our security selection, and as an employer. We also see opportunities as an allocator of capital.…
Prioritizing pathways to net zero
Clean Yield is pleased to announce that as of August 2021, nearly 50% of our approved investments have set ambitious climate targets, aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. This is a very promising figure when compared to just…
Reduce, Consume, Compost
Food waste is a significant and avoidable contributor to climate change. According to the USDA, up to 40% of the U.S. food supply is wasted. That waste mostly ends up in landfills, where it produces methane – a powerful greenhouse…
Impact Profile: Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT (IQVF)
Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT (IQVF) is a farmland finance company that works with mission-driven investors to provide land security to organic and regenerative farmers through long-term leases (74% of total assets), mortgages (22%), and lines of credit (4%). The company…