… Santam, the leading short-term insurer in South Africa, wasactively pursuing a strategy and … climatechange resilience in South Africa. The company claimed over 22% of all insurance business in South Africa and provided over half of the country's crop insurance. Crop … expertise and decades of weather-related data to estimate the frequency of major weather events. It was widely acknowledged that climatechange was likely to increase the frequency …
… Most environmentalists had hoped that the December 2009 ClimateChange Conference in … growth of the overall market. The Kyoto Protocol wasset to expire in 2012 and no one knew whatsystem would replace the current framework. Firmssuch as the CCC had positioned the firm's Carbon Funds as the cornerstone of its long-term businessstrategy, but the firm was also investing in energy-conscious real estate and …
… In early 2014 Alcoa announced that Ford's F-150 pick-up trucks, the best-selling vehicles in the U.S., would use aluminum1 rather … with major body construction from aluminum. Alcoa spent $300 million expanding its Iowa factory and planned another $150 million on facilities in Tennessee to meet the demand … educational campaign about the strength of aluminum, but consumer reactions were not yet known. Furthermore, the steel industry was expected to promote steel's virtues to maintain …
… Throughout the world, Cummins Inc. meant diesels. The company designed, manufactured, distributed, and serviced diesel … costs over more units, leading it to expansion into global markets. Cummins had found a business advantage in its early entry into China – first meeting China’s need for high … market? How could Cummins play a positive role as China addressed its environmental issues? What was the appropriate definition for strategy and functional excellence in governmental …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades … and even in biofuel. This wide range of uses hasstimulated cultivation and oil extraction; annual global production has increased more than nine-fold since 1980. By the … in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Masbusiness group), GAR became the holding company for the family’s agribusinesses, including …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of alternative fuels in gasoline, beginning with … to make ethanol production a reality in Mexico. Developed in partnership with EGADE BusinessSchool, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance …
… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the … vegetable oils, production pressures have led to undeniable environmental and social impacts on both global and local scales. The most notable of those impactsstem from … in recent years to make way for plantations. This land use change plays a major role in driving global climatechange , with deforestation accounting for 20% of global greenhouse …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat … many environmentalists believed that the agreement represented a breakthrough. The events of 2015 suggested otherwise, forcing businesses, NGOs and sympathetic government … to environmental concerns had their own set of questions to consider and unravel. What was the best policy for the long-term social welfare of Indonesia? How could the …
… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate responsibility (CR) as well. … new metrics was a tall order, but would be another step to establishing CR inside AXA. Eventually, the company aspired to produce an “integrated report” that would define the …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of … or warehousing facilities, the Green Bank lowered the cost of capital for consumers and businesses to install energy efficiency upgrades and renewable technology. It supported the … a pure financial basis, should they be kept on the balance sheet? And if so for how long? What were the political, economic, and climate risks and opportunities of a slower …