<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><h2 style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS FRIDAYS</h2><h2 style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">ADVANCING MARKET MECHANISMS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE & PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS</h2><h3 style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><br>YERINA MUGICA, <span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">MANAGING DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR MARKET INNOVATION AT NRDC</span><br></h3><br><br><font color="#38b5c6" face="Miso Regular, Helvetica, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><u>TODAY</u> | 12PM EST | </span></font><span style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;">DIAL IN: 712-432-3100 CODE: 253385</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Join the Bard MBA in Sustainability program for our twice-monthly dial-in conversation series over your lunchtime featuring sustainability leaders from the New York City area and across the planet.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Today we're speaking with </span><a href="http://www.nrdc.org/about/staff/yerina-mugica" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Yerina Mugica</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, the Managing Director at the </span><a href="http://www.nrdc.org/greenbusiness/cmi/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Natural Resources Defense Council</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">’s, Center for Market Innovation. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"The core mission of CMI is to expand the existing impact of NRDC by creating conditions for redirecting capital flows toward sustainable uses. We do so by engaging with the business community, articulating and implementing value propositions in relevant areas."</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sustainable Business Fridays convenes every first and fourth Friday of the month during the semester, with special guests selected by students in the Bard MBA in Sustainability program. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div></div></body></html>