About Us
Who We Are
CLF Ventures bridges the public and private sectors to advance innovative, market-based solutions that benefit the environment, society, and our clients’ bottom line. As the strategy-consulting arm of Conservation Law Foundation, one of the country’s leading environmental organizations, we provide a strong environmental reputation and solid standing with community stakeholders. By leveraging our relationships, policy acumen, reputation, and skills, we deliver insights and strategies that traditional firms cannot, and we strengthen our clients’ ability to navigate critical stakeholder issues, mitigate risks, and develop new opportunities.
Our work seeks to further our vision for a thriving economy that is environmentally and socially sustainable.
What We Do
CLF Ventures develops and delivers solutions to environmental problems through market-based initiatives. We navigate complex technological and environmental problems involving a diversity of stakeholders, where good process is critical and significant values are at stake.
CLF Ventures works with corporate, government, and non-profit clients to:
- Innovate: We help entrepreneurs bring transformative, clean technologies and game-changing products to market.
- Incubate: We cultivate new business models that create shared value and improve the environment.
- Integrate: We help new and existing facilities integrate their operations with sound environmental principles.
- Initiate: We create vehicles and opportunities that propel investment models toward the triple bottom line.
We help our clients:
- Develop strategies for managing risks in dynamic operating environments
- Craft clear communications to explain complex and/or technical information and processes
- Gain insight into external stakeholder concerns and implement strategies to improve stakeholder relationships
- Advance products and projects with triple-bottom-line benefits
- Launch new projects or re-position old assets
- Evaluate and identify ways to improve environmental performance
How We Work
CLF Ventures was founded on the principle that solving tough environmental problems requires more than enacting strong environmental laws and enforcing them; it requires harnessing market forces to bring about environmental change. CLF Ventures’ work focuses on market solutions to environmental problems that advance CLF’s mission to protect New England’s environment for the benefit of all people. Distinct from CLF, CLF Ventures does not do advocacy, policy work or litigation. CLF and CLF Ventures work in concert, using distinct but complementary approaches to achieve the best environmental outcomes.
CLF Ventures was formed as a separate 501(C)3 non-profit organization to advance CLF’s mission. CLF Ventures earns revenues for its work, including fee-for-service arrangements, because it adds significant value to its clients’ projects. CLF Ventures revenues contribute to CLF’s operating budget, but do not directly fund any specific programs.
CLF and CLF Ventures work diligently to ensure that their respective efforts are not in conflict. Each CLF Ventures project undergoes an extensive internal review process by the leadership and boards of both CLF Ventures and CLF to ensure the project’s congruence with CLF’s mission. Should a conflict arise in the course of a CLF Ventures project, CLF Ventures reserves the right to withdraw from the project.