Ceres is a coalition of investment funds, environmental organizations, and public interest groups. Ceres creates the tools to weave environmental and social concerns into the fabric of global capital markets, introduces the concept of climate risk to world business leaders, and mobilizes a network of investors to tackle the climate crisis.
In modern corporate culture, sustainability is often an afterthought. Global climate is irreparably harmed by carbon pollution, with disastrous consequences.
Ceres engages institutional investors to focus on climate risk and supports companies adopting sustainability strategies.
Mindy Lubber promotes the integration of sustainability solutions into capital markets and was recently named one of Vogue's 13 Formidable Women on the Front Line of Climate Change.
Ceres worked with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the world’s first mandatory standard requiring climate risk disclosure by all public companies.
Capital market practices incorporate long-term environmental and social risks instead of merely relying on short-term returns as a measure of economic health.
Innovation, thought leadership, building influential networks by engaging with large institutional investors and working with Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders, Ceres amplifies its message and influence.
Chief Executive Officer and President, Ceres
Mindy S. Lubber is the CEO, President, and a founding board member of Ceres. She directs Ceres’ Investor Network on Climate Risk and Sustainability, a group of 170+ institutional investors managing over $26 trillion in assets focused on the business risks and opportunities of climate change. Mindy also oversees engagements with 100-plus companies, many of them Fortune 500 firms, working towards improving their commitments to sustainable business practices and the urgency for strong climate and clean energy policies.
In 2016, Mindy received the Climate Visionary Award from the Earth Day Network, and the William K. Reilly Award for Environmental Leadership from the Center for Environmental Policy at American University. Vogue Magazine online featured Mindy as one of their “Climate Warriors”. In 2010, Mindy was honored by the United Nations and the Foundation for Social Change as one of the “World’s Top Leaders of Change” for her work in mobilizing leading companies to integrate environmental challenges into core business strategies.
Prior to Ceres, Mindy held various leadership positions in government, financial services, and the not-for-profit sector. Mindy joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1995 as a Deputy Regional Administrator and was named Regional Administrator under President Bill Clinton in 2000. Mindy was the founder, President, and CEO of Green Century Capital Management, a family of environmentally responsible mutual funds. She also served as Director of the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group.
Mindy holds a master’s in Business Administration from SUNY Buffalo and earned her law degree from Suffolk University. She resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with her husband.
Ceres’ Investor Network in Climate Risk and Sustainability continues to grow in size and influence. As of 2018, this network comprises 160 institutional investors, collectively managing more than $25 trillion in assets, which is larger than the U.S. economy. In 2018, Ceres’ helped mobilization investors to influence the oil and gas industry, contributing to significant steps, such as three major oil and gas companies, Exxon, Chevron, and Occidental, setting greenhouse gas reduction goals for the first time. Ceres’ mobilization of the private sector in support of climate policy at the state level has contributed to significant wins, such as in California in 2017 with the extension of its cap and trade program through 2030, and in 2018 with the passage of SB100, which sets the state on the path to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Accelerating the enabling environment around sustainability, in September 2018, Ceres helped launch the new Global Green Bond Partnership backed by the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Amundi, and other climate finance and sustainability groups, aimed at supporting and assisting sub-national and corporate green bond issuance.
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