Since 2000, Native has worked with hundreds of organizations to develop authentic solutions to their sustainability challenges and implement community-scale projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen businesses, and contribute to progress around the world. Native is proud to be a Public Benefit Corporation and certified B Corp.

Global Affairs Associates, LLC, a ClimeCo company, is a boutique ESG consulting firm based in Houston, Texas that helps clients make strategic, business-appropriate decisions regarding sustainability.ClimeCo is a global sustainability company advancing the low-carbon future with market-based solutions – enabling partners to go beyond business as usual. Global Affairs Associates (GAA) was acquired by ClimeCo in 2021.

• ENGIE: Evaluated a Life Cycle Emissions tool to accurately predict, and subsequently verify, emissions associated with new renewable energy projects around the country• Dell Inc.: Steered a team of consultants to improve ESG related risk ratings; led to better SASB and CDP alignment across verticals; mapped out a 12-month strategy for TCFD adoption• Jump Finance: Validated a path to raise $500k in seed money; led to increased customer base for the client and higher potenial college enrollment in The GambiaThe Social Impact Initiative (SII) prepares future leaders to use business innovation to drive social and environmental change while fostering sustained economic growth.

• RelayiQ, an automated business intelligence tool: Conducted ROI analysis and customer validation to increase market penetration• Roper Inc., a wearable cattle health product: Created a wireframe UX and minimum-viable-product design using primary research, and crafted a go-to-market plan Graduate students provide consulting services to accelerator companies, conducting semester-long projects to provide a deeper understanding of industry and market dynamics, target customer profiles, financial modeling, marketing strategy, and more.The end result for alumni companies is millions in fundraising, a larger professional network, and invaluable market insights. Outcomes for graduate consultants include a rich understanding of working with new ventures, best-practices in consulting services, and hightened project management skills.

• Ran statistical models and performed data analyses to identify the impacts of social programs.• Wrote code to process incoming source data; created variables; restructured data files; evaluated data quality and performed data-cleaning operations; sort, update, and merge data files; created outcome measures; and performed various forms of statistical and data analyses.• Drafted technical memos that documented data processing decisions and summarized the quality of data.

• Participated in various stages of producing reports, proposals, and papers to include literature searches; preparing figures, charts, and tables; and fact-checking and documentation.• Conducted various types of technical analysis, including survey response analysis.• Created codebooks and other data documentation.• Developed survey and data collection instruments.

Murthy, S., 2018. “The Transferability of Human Capital: A Case Study of Refugees in the United States”, The Developing Economist, V (1)The Transferability of Human Capital: A Case Study of Refugees in the United StatesTo assess the breadth of Human Capital Theory that defines human capital as the stock of personal abilities, experiences, intelligence, training, and judgment that enhances productivity of a worker in order to increase economic output, we seek to analyze the earnings and employment outcomes of working age refugees in the United States. We use cross-sectional regression models to find the earnings between the refugee population and the native population.

Mathieu-Bolh, N., 2017. "Can tax reforms help achieve sustainable development?", Resource and Energy Economics, Vol. 50 (C).

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