… Finance Network (a multi-institutional effort based at Island Press). It also included a team of several conservation finance professionals. The goal of this effort was to design a … Finance Network (a multi-institutional effort based at Island Press). It also included a team of several conservation finance professionals. The goal of this effort was to design a … Finance Network (a multi-institutional effort based at Island Press). It also included a team of several conservation finance professionals. The goal of this effort was to design a …
… forest restoration in the areas where it is needed most.” In California alone, Knight’s team is aiming to take a watershed-by-watershed approach in an effort to deploy over $1.5 … forest restoration in the areas where it is needed most.” In California alone, Knight’s team is aiming to take a watershed-by-watershed approach in an effort to deploy over $1.5 … forest restoration in the areas where it is needed most.” In California alone, Knight’s team is aiming to take a watershed-by-watershed approach in an effort to deploy over $1.5 …
… methods and to connect them with key players in the field. Reed and Rissman rounded out the team by bringing on Pei Hua Chen (YC ‘21) to develop messaging and communications. The … funds and certifying fund managers. They compare “Real Impact” funds and managers to LEED buildings or USDA Organic produce. When options are verified by a third party, consumers can … said Reed. “We decided to teach ourselves to code and build the site from scratch.” The team welcomed this challenge, despite the difficulty. “This was the first time that we fully …
… risks have turned into explicit financial risks. Garanti established its sustainability team—and began to integrate sustainability into the bank’s core strategy—in 2012. Today, the … other than energy requires the complexity of integrating upstream risks. Rather than building carbon pricing into corporate and commercial loans, Garanti plans to implement carbon pricing at the portfolio level. The bank has been part of the study conducted at BBVA Group level to identify the sectors with the highest climate risks. …
… a job at Yale’s Office of Sustainability . It was her sophomore year and she and a small team were working to get students involved with sustainability efforts around campus. “I … at the Office of Sustainability was a seminal experience in terms of working with small teams, with lot of white space, in a program that was still being molded and had the … perfectly aligning all of the things I’m interested in.” We’re thrilled to have her on the team. You can find Sophie in the G-31 suite at Kroon Hall or drop her a note at …
… Each year the Yale Center for Business and the Environment gives teams applying to the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize the opportunity to be matched with a mentor from our network of partners and experts. …
… swimming pools and a lazy river in the middle of the desert may seem an odd place for path-breaking conversations on sustainability, the three-day conference yielded a wealth of ideas … professionals to make change through work in the private sector. Though sustainability teams are relatively tiny at large corporations—a few dozen people out of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of employees—these teams tend to be constantly expanding their efforts and growing in number. There are also a …
… A Methodology for Assessment of Corporate Responsibility on Climate Change: A Case Study of the Fossil Energy Industry Riva Krut, Juan Pelaez & Arthur Qi, Proposing Constant … Currency as a Revenue-Based Denominator to Measure Greenhouse Gas Intensity: A Case Study from the Industrial Gases Sector Jon Bartley, Y.S. Al Chen, Stephen K. Harvey & D. … Zoltan Nagy & Meggin Thwing Eastman, Do Corporate Controversies Help or Hurt Performance? A Study of Three Portfolio Strategies Bill Davis, Kyle Balkissoon & Toby Heaps, Performance …
… (RTTs) as a means of reducing emissions—a noteworthy effort because heating and cooling of buildings represent about one-third of their total energy consumption. At the residential … interest and investment in RTT by highlighting opportunities by customer class, customers’ building types, and primary heating and cooling fuels used in buildings. Presently, investments through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) …
… Although the results of these studies vary widely, there are a few common themes. Each studybreaks the value of solar into its component parts to answer a set of questions: if more … Although the results of these studies vary widely, there are a few common themes. Each studybreaks the value of solar into its component parts to answer a set of questions: if …