Climate + Small Biz Summer School: Access to Capital for the Green Economy

Access to Capital for the Green Economy

By CAMEO

Date and time

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 · 11am - 12:30pm PDT

Location

Online

About this event

CAMEO is excited to announce our four-part virtual series to take place late July and August.

Climate + Small Biz Summer School: Integrating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem into the Climate Economy

Summer means heat and we're seeing record highs. Climate change is here and requires immediate action from all of us to mitigate its impact. How can we help our small business clients respond? Are there new business opportunities? Are there new lending products we can develop to help them invest in climate response. Join our summer school series to learn how you can get involved in environmental climate resiliency for small businesses and contribute to solutions for our climate crisis. This four-part series is for all small business service providers.

Access to Capital for the Green Economy

What are the access to capital gaps that small businesses face when embracing the climate economy? What's the role of microlenders and CDFIS? Learn about resources available to you to start your green product portfolio, how to provide small businesses the capital they need to go green and help green businesses grow.

Speakers

● Jonathan Scott Verhoef, Energy Efficiency Analyst, GoGreen Business Energy Financing

● Additional speakers to be announced

Organized by

CAMEO

CAMEO's mission is to grow a healthy, vibrant, thriving environment for all entrepreneurs and start-up businesses by advancing the work of our statewide member network. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for all entrepreneurs, to build wealth and strong California communities. Our member organizations provide entrepreneurs with small and micro-business financing such as loans and credit, technical assistance and business management training. CAMEO members annually serve 15,000 very small businesses with training, business and credit assistance and loans. These firms – largely start-ups with less than five employees – support or create 35,000 new jobs in California. These very small businesses create a total of $1billion in economic activity. Federal taxes paid increased 35% over a five-year period. Local small businesses have a multiplier effect on their local economies that is twice that of big national chains.

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