… This report seeks to address the question of how an organization should design and implement an … is not clear how implementation might differ in a business environment or another setting. Our project seeks to supplement the growing carbon-pricing literature, given the promise of … a policy framework of key decisions lessons learned from an examination of case studies on Yale University, Microsoft, Société Générale, Delta, and QANTAS Airlines in the context of …
… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … environmental sustainability — exacerbates this confusion. To cut through the noise, our team from the YaleSchool of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the single biggest …
… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically … students, conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication , our key findings include: Businessstudents …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable … energy deployment. A truly clean electricity grid, however, will need to rely on zero-carbon energy throughout the day and year, and everywhere electricity is used. RPSs have … power generates electricity during the day, but fails to provide energy during the evening hours when demand peaks. The resulting overproduction and waste of renewable energy — and …
… For the world to meet the Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its … goal—net-zero emissions by 2050—to the level of an organization? This report defines four ways to make a net-zero commitment clear to an organization’sstakeholders: What scope … definition of success " - GreenBiz, Sept 28, 2020 About the Authors Peter Boyd Faculty at YaleSchool of the Environment Founder & CEO at Time4Good Group Resident Fellow at Yale …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a … during disruptions to the electrical grid. As a group of master’sstudents at the YaleSchool of the Environment, we have identified significant potential for GRHs to support … and takeaways from the energy and financial model we developed using Microsoft Excel. Our energy and financial model, published with this report, is built using the Connecticut …
… Soil health provides critical ecosystem services related to water quality, drought … staff. Each state has its own policy and agricultural context, so the reader is encouraged to utilize the recommendations that fit their own circumstances. Case examples … identified by soil health policy experts. This guidebook was produced as part of The Yale Center for Business and the Environment’s ongoing Regenerative Agriculture Initiative . …
… A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pollinator-Friendly Solar in Minnesota 6778 2745 2798 2796 2752 … a farm cash flow model. The model incorporates environmental externalities — including carbon emissions, soil erosion, and groundwater recharge — associated with land devoted to conventional solar, pollinator-friendly solar, and farming. Our analysis reveals that pollinator-friendly solar may generate private benefits to solar …
… Can Ecosystem Services Valuation Bring Additional Value Streams to Minnesota’s Pollinator-Friendly … markets: ecosystem services, or “environmental externalities,” are challenging to internalize and are rarely monetized. Developing market mechanisms that value ecosystem services and unlock conservation finance could also bring unique sources of capital to pollinator-friendly solar development, helping to spur industry growth. …
… -by Abhishri Aggarwal, Kate Logan, Namrita Kapur Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions … holds great potential where philanthropy fallsshort—mobilizing the scale of financial resources needed to address the world’s pressing problems. According to the Global Impact … research presented by Namrita Kapur of Growald Family Fund during a September 2019 talk at YaleSchool of Management,3 this report exploresspecific mechanisms and case studies to …