Indigo is the Director of the Carbon Advantage Program at Earth Advantage Institute. Indigo has over ten years of strategic analysis, advisory, and program management experience. Her work includes investment opportunity analysis related to environmental sustainability and climate change issues, carbon footprint/emissions inventories, energy efficiency and renewable energy company analyses, and designing and developing tools for evaluating carbon offset providers who sell verified emissions reductions (VERs). Relevant projects include two white papers, Carbon Offset Provider Evaluation Matrix and Ecological Limits and Economics: Investing in a Full World, as well as a carbon mitigation plan that received a City of Portland BEST Award.
Prior to joining Earth Advantage Institute, Teiwes directed the Sustainability Research Program at Portfolio 21, a global mutual fund identifying and investing in companies positioned to outperform their competitors due to their proactive approach to sustainability issues. During her tenure with Portfolio 21 the fund not only outperformed its benchmark (the MSCI World Equity Index), but also grew assets under management from less than two million to over 273 million dollars. Teiwes has an MBA in sustainable business from Bainbridge Graduate Institute, and a B.S. with a double-major in business administration (concentration in management) and environmental studies from the University of Oregon (Summa Cum Laude).
