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PROGRAMS

BGS INITIATIVES

Since it's founding in 2020, BGS has launched a series of programs, partnerships, projects and pilots in support of its three-fold mission across workforce development, business development, and community development.   

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Workforce Development

MassCEC Student Internship Program Success (SIPS) Initiative

BGS is the lead training provider for the MassCEC Student Internship Program Success Initiative. BGS recruits and places college students and clean energy certificate program students of color into clean energy internships while also providing...

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Workforce Development

Coalition Membership Initiative

Through it's Coalition Membership Initiative, BGS connects, supports, and educates organizational leaders in their work to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) principles within their own organizations and collectively throughout the clean energy and climatetech sectors.

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Workforce Development

Rhode Island Clean Energy Internship Program

A clean energy internship program for Rhode Island college students in collaboration with the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources.

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Workforce Development

Prospects: Equitable Futures in Offshore Wind

PROSPECTS is an offshore wind workforce development program, in partnership with Xodus Group, to identify pathways, reduce barriers, and expand access to career opportunities in offshore wind.

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Workforce Development

Achieve Green Program

A Pathway to Green Construction Careers: The Achieve Green program is a workforce training program that creates avenues for vocational technical high school students to gain the skills and education needed to pursue a career within the green construction industry, providing pathways that foster growth, job readiness and sustained employment.

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Business Development

ACCESS Program

The BGS ACCESS program is a 10-week paid contractor boot camp for aspiring clean energy business owners, providing entrepreneurs of color with curated business coaching, access to capital, and connections to customers, clients, and potential partners.

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Business Development

VC Onramp Program

The VC Onramp Program seeks to remove barriers for aspiring VCs of color and grow the pipeline of BIPOC analysts, associates, and ...

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Community Development

MassSave Community First Partnership

BGS was a participant in a Community First Partnership (CFP) program with partner All in Energy to ...

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Workforce Development

Green Equity Partnership

The Green Equity Partnership is a community-based incumbent worker and BIPOC contractor training program that will provide technical training for the building decarbonization sector for both retrofits and new builds.

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Business Development

ACCEL Program

The Advancing Climatetech and Clean Energy Leaders (ACCEL) Program, a proven accelerator from Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space (BGS), is dedicated to supporting BIPOC and women-led startups as they develop critical climatetech solutions by offering access to funding, education, resources, and networks that structural inequities often put out of reach.

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Workforce Development

Boston Civilian Climate Corps Pilot

The Boston Civilian Climate Corps is a 16-week paid training program for formerly court involved and previously incarcerated individuals to enter the building electrification sector. The program consists of 10 weeks of classroom learning followed by 6 weeks of on the job training.

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Community Development

Energy in Equity Summit

BGS served as an advisor to National Grid in developing and running a half-day roundtable discussion on equity in energy. BGS served to bring community voices and perspectives during ...

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