
"Tomorrow is not promised, so let's own today."
William Barber III, CEO & Founder of Rural Beacon, LLC.

Climate Investing with a Lens of Equity
Rural Beacon Initiative seeks to advance community ownership in a new clean energy economy through strategic leveraging of relationship expertise and innovative technology.
For the better part of a decade, we have cultivated community relationships through grassroots organizing. RBI has cultivated relationships in frontline communities and recently provided consulting services with top green energy finance leaders around operationalizing equity and climate environmental justice. RBI will develop and model connecting communities in a way that is scalable and equitable across the Southeast.
The Team



Partnerships
Partnered with Key Partners across the Southeast

Croatan Institute

Good Solar

Coalition for Green Capital

Piedmont Business Capital
Time until Irreversible Climate Damage
Per IPCC AR6 Climate Change 2021:
The Physical Science Basis https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
