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… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of … decades. The company was formed in the 1980s through the merger of a few mid-sized French insurance firms. From the beginning, AXA’s CEO Claude Bébéar aspired to build the first … for the 2020 time horizon, measured by a set of metrics reflecting in an integrated way the financial, but also the social and environmental, value created by the company. Corporate …
… yet been developed. Second, ethanol could help Mexico meet its ambitious goals addressing climatechange. Third, biofuels could provide a new market for Mexico's struggling agricultural … The ability to add Mexican-produced ethanol could be a selling point in a new competitive world. The introduction of ethanol seemed a logical choice. Mexico already had commercial …
… as one of the top social entrepreneurs in India and an example for the entire developing world. The road to SELCO’s success, however, has not always been smooth. Hande cofounded … the early 2000s, SELCO created a franchised dealer network, seriously hurting the company financially and deviating from its mission to help the poor. As the company was recovering … to institutionalize its design process by building an innovation center. SELCO also added products that provided energy solutions beyond solar. Some within the company were hoping …
… maker Sharp had bought Recurrent Energies and its pipeline of projects. Before that, the world’s largest module maker, First Solar, had bought a large developer. However, other … incentives. The importance of these incentives meant that module makers had to track changes in legislation and adjust their plans accordingly. The second source of uncertainty was the changing nature of the PV industry itself. At the beginning of 2011, many analysts warned …
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… Transmissions, a Belgian manufacturer of wind turbine gearboxes, and thereby became the world’s most vertically integrated wind turbine manufacturer as well as a supplier to some … a German manufacturer of large wind turbines, for $1.8 billion. REPower built some of the world’s largest wind turbines, including a 6 megawatt model under development. REPower’s … capacity by year’s end. The company was the fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, but had designs on moving into the top three. Pedersen, therefore, was faced with …
… México’s 15-year PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) in hand, the developers were able to gain financial backing, buy and erect the turbines, and begin generating electricity by 2010. For … in Mexico by 12% in 2012 alone. All told, the efforts of Walmart de México had made it the world’s leading retailer in the area of sustainability – a distinction the company hoped to … in Mexico by 12% in 2012 alone. All told, the efforts of Walmart de México had made it the world’s leading retailer in the area of sustainability – a distinction the company hoped to …