Catalyzing Investment in Urban Sustainability
U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on
Urban Sustainability

Acknowledgments

Thank you to all of the dedicated "JIUS-makers" who contributed to the success of this initiative. We are grateful to all of our collaborators who dedicated their time and talents to ensure that the JIUS serves as a useful and productive addition to the global conversation on catalyzing investment in urban sustainability.

Special thanks to the following institutions, whose cooperation and leadership contributed to the development of this platform.

  • Alcoa
  • American Planning Association
  • AQEX, LLC
  • Asta Institute
  • Brazilian National Development Bank
  • Brazil-U.S. Business Council
  • BVRio
  • C40/Clinton Climate Initiative
  • Câmara Comunitária da Barra da Tijuca
  • Center for American Progress
  • Centro Brasileiro de Relaçoes Internacionais
  • CH2MHill
  • Citibank
  • City of Philadelphia
  • City of Rio de Janeiro
  • Columbia University
  • Companhia Municipal de Limpeza Urbana
  • Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro
  • Companhia de Desenvolvimento Urbano da Região do Porto do Rio de Janeiro S/A
  • Conselho Empresarial Brasileir para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • E2 Group
  • EKO Asset Management
  • ERM
  • Empresa Olímpica Municipal
  • Former Mayor of Vitoria
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster
  • Harvard University Institute for Responsible Investment
  • IBM
  • ICF International
  • Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade
  • Instituto Estdual do Ambiente
  • Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
  • Inter-American Foundation
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • International Finance Corporation
  • Johns Hopkins University—School of Advanced International Studies
  • Jonathan Rose & Co.
  • LivingCities
  • MegaCities Project
  • Meu Rio
  • Microsoft
  • Morgan Stanley
  • New York University
  • Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • Penn Institute for Urban Research
  • Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
  • Philadelphia Streets Department
  • Philadelphia Water Department
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
  • Purpose
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat of Environment
  • Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat of Housing
  • Secretariat of Environment of the State of Rio de Janeiro
  • State of Rio de Janeiro
  • Studio-X Rio
  • Sub-Secretariat of Green Economy of the Secretariat of Environment of the State of Rio de Janeiro
  • Tijuca Centre for Applied Sustainability
  • U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro
  • U.S. Department of Commerce
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • U.S. Embassy-Brasilia
  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Wall Street Without Walls
  • West Coast Infrastructure Exchange
  • Wolfensohn & Co.
  • World Bank

A special thanks to the core JIUS team in Washington DC, Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and New York City from the U.S. EPA, City of Philadelphia, City and State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Ministry of Environment, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

And a final thanks to the U.S. Department of State Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change for their support.