It has the potential to touch all areas of our lives, lead to food and resource scarcity, and will disproportionately impact those that are already most vulnerable. Tara Guelig: Climate change is already increasing humanitarian tragedy and economic damage globally and will continue to do so, even if we’re successful at holding global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. International Development Finance Corporation to sustainable investment in the private equity world? Sustain.Life: What sparked your transition from the U.S. Our interview has been edited for length and clarity. She shared insight into the sustainability issues that VCs and PE firms consider and how startups can best position themselves. Development Finance Corporation and worked on the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team. She previously spent 15 years at the U.S. We caught up with Tara Guelig, The Lightsmith Group’s Director of Sustainability and Impact. Lightsmith partners with growth-stage companies working across technology-enabled business services and solutions in energy, water, food and agriculture, and climate resilience and helps scale their solutions globally. One example is The Lightsmith Group, a private equity firm that pursues measurable social and environmental impacts by investing in companies that address major societal needs.

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