The Power of Sustainability on Campus

In its new report Greening the Bottom Line, the Sustainable Endowments Institute provides a close look at the impressive financial benefits that colleges are receiving for their sustainablility efforts. 

In short, the report highlights 52 institutions that have created green revolving funds (GRFs) to invest endowment money in efficiency projects, tracking the return on those investments.  Some have reported ROIs in excess of 30 percent, which greatly exceeds the typical investment return of even the most aggressively-managed endowment portfolio.