ABOUT SHINE
Today more than a billion people – nearly one sixth of the world’s population – still live without access to electricity.
In order to bring clean energy to these hard-to-reach areas we have to raise awareness, mobilize finance, advocate for solutions, and build a community that can close the investment gap.
Shine is building a new community of philanthropic, development and faith partners to mobilize new forms of capital, scale resources and generate momentum for achieving Sustainable Development Goal Seven (SDG 7) – universal access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy by 2030.
We are a campaign that aims to accelerate dramatically energy solutions to power homes, healthcare clinics, schools and new businesses in energy poor areas. By mobilizing and equipping our partners to deploy a growing array of investments, grants and programs we work to solve a global problem at the local level. Together, we can multiply resources and ensure that we finally put last mile communities first.
As a broad coalition of partners, Shine focuses on four main strategies:
Unlock Financing
We increase the flow of highly-aligned capital between mission-based investors and viable businesses/initiatives that incubate, grow and scale solutions. We increase energy access grantmaking by donors from diverse sectors.
Advocate
We advocate for policies and participate in advocacy initiatives, that support distributed renewable energy and clean cooking solutions. We support principle-based advocacy for distributed solutions, removing access barriers while protecting human rights and the environment.
Champion Solution
We champion solutions through communications that lift up the vision and values of energy access enterprises and leaders.
Build a Community of Practice
Connecting our partners and community leaders to develop sustainable energy solutions that support local capacities and community-based approaches to benefit education, health and development.
OUR PRINCIPLES
Shine’s values-driven mission is rooted in the frameworks of international human rights law. These principles position Shine to support the work of stakeholders directing finance to clean energy access and amplify the voice and visibility of local communities demanding clean energy around the world.
MEET THE TEAM
Shine Staff
Fletcher Harper
Interim Campaign Director
Mark Correnti
Managing Director, Investments
Dwayne Linville
Director of Operations
Emira Woods
Senior Program Consultant
Executive Committee
Ellen Dorsey
Wallace Global Fund
Fletcher Harper
GreenFaith
Olivia Coldrey
Sustainable Energy for All
Jeffrey Prins
IKEA Foundation
Steering Committee
Ajaita Shah
Frontier Markets
Sheela Oparaocha
Energia
Dario Denicola
CEFA-Onlus
William Brent
Power for All
Sandra Smithey
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Sasanka Thilakasiri
Oxfam America
Davida Wood
World Resources Institute
The Shine Campaign is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.