… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member … about a key element of that strategy – nuclear power plants. There were strong proponents and opponents of nuclear energy on the GC3 and Garcia was weighing each side’s … and 2045, making the issue extremely salient for the GC3. The GC3 remained divided as to what to do about Millstone. On the one hand, nuclear reactors do not emit greenhouse gases …
… When Walmart de México y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica … boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up … equity position in further energy projects, rather than simply serving as an off-taker? What technologiesshould Walmart de México employ to achieve its renewable energy goals? …
… On February 23, 2007, your investment banking firm receives an urgent call from James D. Marston, Regional Director … However, there is much uncertainty in this new opportunity - Marston (and you) know none of the details of the KKR (Kohlberg, Kravis and Roberts) and TPG (Texas Pacific Group) … After talking with Marston, you agree that your report will cover three general areas: What is the economic value of EDF's blessing to the private equity firms? Whatshould be …
… together a stellar group of designers, architects, and social science researchers to tackle one of the developing world's leading problems – open defecation in crowded urban settings. … meeting in April 2012, the Sammaan team planned to begin work with city officials in two Indian cities, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, to build 120 community toilets in city slums by … give the project any more money. Observers wondered if the project was fatally stalled and what had gone wrong? Project Sammaan had started promisingly enough. In 2011 and early 2012, …
… “What we want is the book that every vice president threw in the trash because he would be embarrassed to … decide it’s not worth doing,” he said. In particular, Blumenthal was looking to invest in companies that were in financial and operational distress and had difficult relationships … The mill had been run as a cost center for various public companies, and it had not made money in 40 years. In 2008 it was owned by Neenah Paper, a small spin-off of non-core assets …
… At the end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company could expand its presence in the … developing B2C channels to tap into the growing market of local contractors and do-it-yourselfers looking to add solar panels to their roofs. Trina had already partnered with … team and advertised during the World Cup. For its part, Trina had sponsored a Formula One racing car. But were there other branding strategies the company should consider with …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of … to produce ethanol for fuel as well as for rum. Ethanol had become a major gasoline component in other countries. In the United States, ethanol from corn made up as much as 8% of … pump, the maximum amount that could be incorporated without requiring changes to vehicle internal combustion engines and station pumps. Brazil had gone even further, requiring …
… The company became the leading foreign insurance provider in China and a player in the Indian market. By 2014, AXA employed 157,000 people across the globe, serviced over 100 … Inside AXA in 1990, the company created AXA Atout Coeur ("Hearts in Action") to encourage and support community engagement by employees, and in 2001 it established the Group’s … group had constructed were adapted from outside ratings agencies, notably using the Dow JonesSustainability Index methodology created for investors. As part of the company’s …
… the end of 2007, the company was the market leader in Asia and had completed projects in fourteen countries across five continents. But many investors believed these first years were just a warm-up for what was to come (the company’s market capitalization had doubled since its IPO in 2005). … had mounted and the price of fossil fuels had skyrocketed. With little more than a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen set to work building Suzlon’s international presence. While …
… industry in offering standardized products for consumers, and derisked larger stand-alone transactions. But back in Connecticut, trouble was brewing. A contingent of leaders … In 2017, nearly 90% of the Connecticut Green Bank's operating funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both insulate … 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 …