… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing buildingstock that is responsible for a substantial … replacementtime, focus hasshifted to retrofits and upgradesto existing buildingstock. This would both reduce the amount of greenhouse gasesthatthese buildings emit and reduce … Financial institutions are reluctantto lend when any claim thatthey might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental …
… After the recession, the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, soughtto bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the EfficientBuildings Fund (EBF) and is iteratively improving it. This bank, which combinesthe features …
… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who … center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events ManagementSystem certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … other aspects of the facility? Did a focus on sustainability make sense for a luxury brand associated with gambling? More globally, how could the MBSteam ensure thatthe work …
… During the 1950s, a small band of meteorologists, physicists and chemists began conducting … the burning of fossil fuels, these models implied that human activity was a contributor to this increase in global temperature. During the 1980s, the models drew more scientific … more efficient diesel engines on the U.S. market. Meanwhile, international effortsto prevent global warming had accelerated. A series of UN-sponsored conferences, bringing …
… Santam, the leading short-term insurer in South Africa, was actively pursuing a strategy and … expertise and decades of weather-related data to estimate the frequency of major weather events. It was widely acknowledged that climate change was likely to increase the frequency … crop insurance business in the rest of Africa. The company faced considerable challenges in this area as crop insurance had low penetration in other parts of Africa. Company officials …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy … Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan loss reserve funds, interest rate buy-downs, subordinated debt, or warehousing facilities, the Green Bank lowered the cost of … funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on buildingtrust, both insulate itself from the political winds from the north, and move …
… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically in … laid bare societal strains and inequalities in accessto basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … immediate action. The U.S. signed—and then left, before rejoining—the Paris Agreement. In thissurvey of 2,035 global businessstudents, conducted in partnership with the Global …
… Soil health provides critical ecosystem services related to water quality, drought resilience, erosion prevention, crop yields, and carbon sequestration. These benefits - and the practices used to … groups are calling for the creation of soil health programs in their states. In response to this growing demand, the Soil Health Policy guidebook provides practical advice for anyone …
… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a … Connecticut had a long history of considering climate change in state policy. As part of thistradition, Connecticut’s governor Dannel Malloy established the GC3 on Earth Day 2015 … energy needs. The nuclear power all came from a massive plantsituated near New London, CT called Millstone. The facility included two reactorsthat produced almost half of …
… -by Abhishri Aggarwal, Kate Logan, Namrita Kapur Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based SolutionsSustainable Finance … —found that of the $8.2 billion committed to conservation, $3.1 billion was undeployed.2 This is a real frustration considering what we know aboutthe enormous need and urgency for those resources. Building upon preliminary research presented by Namrita Kapur of Growald Family Fund during …