… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate and create the institutions required to sustain a … several stages. The first entails a series of in-depth, ethnographic interviews with actors from a diverse set of settings and stakeholder groups. These interviews were designed to a) … Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Equity and Justice Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Institutional Entrepreneurship and Renewable Energy in …
… of social networks in technology adoption.This project is designed to provide experimental evidence on how best to leverage social network relationships to improve dissemination of … with the selected seed farmers. Currently the investigator is in the process of entering, cleaning, and conducting a preliminary analysis of the data. Project Outcomes An additional $50,000 was also received from the World Bank Research Committee to help support this project. Related Presentations …
… and engines were all designed to increase power, improve efficiency, and reduce pollution from diesel engines of all sizes. From its origins in a small Indiana town 100 years … under a formal Mission Statement: "We will demand that everything we do leads to a cleaner, healthier and safer environment." The mission statement had led to a detailed … Given its heavy R&D expense, Cummins had to find ways to spread the development costs over more units, leading it to expansion into global markets. Cummins had found a …
… bank movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attract private capital to clean energy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like … House were calling for both a raid of the organization’s balance sheet, and a dramatic reallocation in its funding streams. After several months of intense political negotiations, on October 26, legislators swept $16.3 million annually from the Connecticut Green Bank’s budget over the following two years. In 2017, nearly 90% …
… At the end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company could expand its presence in the United States market. In … that PV manufacturers had more capacity than demand and that solar modules were passing from a seller’s to a buyer’s market. At the same time, the oversupply was pushing prices … industry were, as yet, not well understood. Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Trina Solar: Expanding in the U.S. Market … Trina Solar: Expanding in the U.S. …
… Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing … Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing -by Abhishri … Investing Network (GIIN) total global impact investing assets in 2018 grew more than 50% from 2017. Yet, that growth is tiny relative to the overall investing marketplace—comprising … in the US, and only 1% of total US assets under management.1 Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that assets committed for impact investment are largely sitting on the …
… intrinsic or self-determined motivation are the driving forces of a sustainability characterised by individual and planetary flourishing in contrast to a sustainability … survival. The investigators’ theoretical contribution distinguishes vision (or envisioning) from projections, scenarios, or forecasts in a way that provides access to crafting … in collaboration with the MIT Sloan Initiative for Sustainable Business & Society. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr 2227 Equity and Justice Shared Visions of Sustainability …
… New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to recreation on private forestland. A survey was … of ecosystems services in a trial “Payments for Ecosystem Services” scheme. Future Activities In June 2012, the investigators were awarded a U.S. Forest Service State and …
… a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, high yields, oil palm, and the oil derived from it has become a multibillion-dollar ($44 billion in 2013 according to Bloomberg ) … vegetable oils, production pressures have led to undeniable environmental and social impacts on both global and local scales. The most notable of those impacts stem from … In 2015, fires raged for months in Indonesia, severely impacting Indonesian and Singaporean air quality, displacing wildlife, and leading experts to assert that Indonesia was now a …
… the F-150 would be the first mass-market vehicle to be built 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 … their production to steel components. In addition, aluminum faced competitive threats from other materials. Steel makers were working on lighter alloys to compete with aluminum. …