Developing Clean Energy Solutions for the Seneca Nation - Matt Renner

Climate Money Watchdog

Matt Renner serves as Vice President of Seneca Environmental, a tribally owned and controlled Earth-healing solutions company focused on helping commercial customers achieve ambitious climate goals while supporting the long-term well-being of the Seneca Nation and other Indigenous people. His work focuses on partnership development and customer acquisition to create unprecedented collaboration and profitably accelerate climate action.

Matt has worked as a nonprofit executive in clean energy, climate policy, and journalism for over a decade, focusing on the near-term social and economic impacts of climate change. He was the head of Climate Mobilization and now serves on their board of directors. He began his career as an investigative reporter and later became the Executive Director of the World Business Academy to focus on the transition to a climate-constrained economic paradigm.

Matt has a BA degree in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Berkeley.

Topics Discussed Include:

· How Seneca Environmental is set up and its main goals.

· Why the Seneca Nation set up a specific section to invest in clean climate change solutions.

· How Seneca Environmental made the 2023 Time100 List and what Matt has done to make Seneca Environmental unique.

· An outline of the work Renner has done for the Native American community and for corporate businesses on producing clean energy.

· Why Seneca Environmental’s business model is working for both the Native American community and corporate businesses.

· How Seneca Environmental’s model and efforts can be replicated with other tribes and businesses to help the clean energy movement going forward.

Further Reading:

· The Seneca Environmental web site

· Video overview of the Seneca Nation

· Federal Tax Credits for Businesses

· Department of Energy Loan Programs

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