… to address the question of how an organization should design and implement an internal carbon charge. Internal carbon pricing is a powerful tool the private sector can employ to … pricing works to shift the cost of carbon from increased healthcare costs and exacerbated environmental damage to payment at the source of pollution. By doing so, it incentivizes … in the context of contemporary economic literature on this subject. 2717 Sustainable Finance and ESG Internal Carbon Pricing: Policy Framework and Case Studies … Internal Carbon …
… marketing literature on diffusion of technologies has stressed the importance of social networks in technology adoption.This project is designed to provide experimental evidence on … to improve dissemination of new technologies. Here, the investigator marketedtwo different agricultural technologies: 1) Improved Crop Residue Management (CRM), … that the extension agent was supposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with all participants and focused on farmer receptiveness and retention of information regarding new …
… through which companies can lower their environmental footprint and represents an estimated $4.5 trillion dollar additional economic output by 2030. The circular economy moves away … the elimination of waste through the continual use of natural resources. This holistic framework allows companies to evaluate the environmental impact of their products from … by focusing on optimizing natural resource use and minimizing waste. This framework is particularly salient for industries with limited product life cycles. Images of plastic in …
… 2798 2796 2752 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Maximizing Land Use Benefits From Utility-Scale Solar … Maximizing Land Use … Minnesota Executive Summary As utility-scale solar development expands throughout the United States, with an expected land footprint of 3 million acres by 2030,1 there is growing … a farm cash flow model. The model incorporates environmental externalities — including carbon emissions, soil erosion, and groundwater recharge — associated with land devoted to …
… 6778 2798 2745 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture … Pollinator-Friendly Solar Industry? Overview Siting solar projects is often complicated by land use tensions and trade-offs. At seven acres of land per megawatt of generating … a larger share of U.S. energy needs. Given the climate imperative to transition to a zero-carbon energy mix, accommodating the land use requirements of large-scale solar projects is …
… in the water sector and how foundations can address water issues through program-related investments (PRIs). 2269 2602 Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions How Foundations can use … and Nature Based Solutions Related Programs Corporate Water Risk and Strategy Workshop Series … Susannah Harris … Allison Khoe … This report focuses on the need for capital in the …
… 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 administered … students to 90 landowners and 692 forest users, and an additional 21 interviews were conducted of key informants, including influential local landowners, as well as forest industry … Use and Applications The results of this research have been useful to students who are a part of ongoing land management and research projects in the Quiet Corner Initiative at the …
… 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 achieve them - vary by … Solutions Equity and Justice Related Programs Regenerative Agriculture Lab Conservation Finance Network Related Reports Agrivoltaics: Producing Solar Energy While Protecting …
… Kate Logan, Namrita Kapur Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact … US assets under management.1 Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that assets committed for impact investment are largely sitting on the sidelines. For example, NatureVest’s … Encourage Capital illustrate how these strategies function in practice. It concludes with a series of recommendations for how efforts to leverage philanthropy to unlock impact …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United States and potentially rising as, simultaneously, young people are spending less time … Based on the hypothesis that land trusts, land managers, and parks professionals could be partners in the effort to improve child and adolescent mental health in the United States, … Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Related Programs Conservation Finance Network … Elizabeth Himschoot … Jessica Lloyd … Aaron Reuben … Rates of mental …