Emily Robichaux

Vice President, Sustainability, Amalgamated Bank

Emily Robichaux is Vice President for Sustainability at Amalgamated Bank, America’s socially responsible bank. In her role, she serves climate-focused clients and finances sustainable projects and companies that advance the bank towards its net zero targets. She prioritizes opportunities to support small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses in their growth. Emily is an experienced finance leader with a deep commitment to sustainability and social impact. Prior to joining the bank, she served as CFO of Groundswell, a DC-based non-profit solar developer, where she executed transactions for the organization’s low- and moderate-income serving community solar and solar+storage projects in multiple markets, researched and analyzed transaction structures and financing trends to accelerate LMI access to solar, and launched the organization’s subscriber services line of business to bring clean energy savings to over 5,000 households.

Emily earned her MBA in Sustainability from Bard College and holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in French Studies and Government from Smith College. She was honored to have received the 2018 Bard MBA L. Hunter Lovins Award for her commitment to advancing social justice as an essential element of the clean energy transition. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Emily has lived in DC since 2005.