Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
Effective international development needs to raise incomes without boosting carbon footprints. But each individual project will likely focus on the income side. Now GlobalGiving is rating carbon footprints and creating an incentive for donors.