About Us
CREO is an NYC-headquartered 501(c)3 public charity with a mission to mobilize and catalyze high-impact capital to drive the necessary transition to a low-carbon, sustainable, and prosperous future for all.
We facilitate investment in climate solutions and sustainability by helping large asset owners and our membership community, consisting of family offices and foundations, to build knowledge and confidence via shared insights, research, and programming that focuses on the question of 'how' to invest in climate solutions and the decarbonization transition.
In recognizing the critical role of the financial industry in leading the climate transition to meet the goals under the Paris Agreement, we are committed to an ambitious goal: to help deploy US$100 billion of high-impact capital into climate and sustainability opportunities as well as catalyzing US$ 900 billion into the marketplace by 2027.
We are the only not-for-profit organization that focuses solely on climate and sustainability market-rate investment across all asset classes in private markets.
Mission
To catalyze informed capital that drives the necessary transition to a low-carbon, sustainable, and prosperous future for all.
We believe capital markets are a necessary piece of solving the climate challenge alongside climate policy and regulations, philanthropy, and corporate commitments. As the climate crisis threatens the lives and livelihoods of communities around the world, we have absolute conviction in our pursuit of helping build investor expertise.
We do this by helping our members build knowledge and confidence via shared insights, research, and programming that focuses on the question of 'how' to invest in climate solutions and the decarbonization transition.
This expertise allows our community formed of family offices, family foundations, and other large asset owners to effectively deploy capital into successful decarbonization strategies.
Impact
$50bn+
of climate and sustainability investments by CREO members through 2022
25+
countries represented within CREO’s membership
100+
The CREO team has delivered 100+ peer and expert-led programmatic sessions to educate, share lessons learned, and disseminate best practices