… the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of policy," upon the Connecticut Green Bank for its role in "sparking the green bank movement." The Green Bank used financial … cost of capital for consumers and businesses to install energy efficiency upgrades and renewable technology. It supported the banking industry in offering standardized products for … cost of capital for consumers and businesses to install energy efficiency upgrades and renewable technology. It supported the banking industry in offering standardized products for …
… operations. In the energy area, the company was hoping to receive 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2015, even in a period of rapid growth, increasing its square footage in … The success of the EVM wind farm had ignited Manuel Gómez Peña’s thinking about further renewable energy projects. Gómez, Walmart de México’s Director of Sustainability, was … to participate in and benefit from other projects. Gómez was also considering the mix of renewable energy sources. In addition to wind, solar and mini-hydroelectric projects were …
… Responding to findings by scientists that linked palm oil plantations to deforestation, Greenpeace, a global environmental NGO, began campaigning in 2005 to save the Indonesian … guidelines for operating the company without contributing to deforestation. When GAR’s new guidelines were announced in 2011, many observers, including Greenpeace, hailed the commitments as setting a new standard in sustainable palm oil production. Besides committing not to plant on any land …
… in the atmosphere to the general warming of the earth’s climate, a phenomenon dubbed “the greenhouse effect”. Since CO2 was a byproduct of the burning of fossil fuels, these models … to seek an alternative powertrain that did not use fossil fuels. For GM, the search for a new powertrain required a substantial change in mindset, since the ICE had been a mainstay … hurdles were steep; and GM believed it was nowhere near placing an automobile with a new type of powertrain on the market. Besides the technical hurdles it was facing, GM’s …
… within the university and beyond, and it would like to increase its participation with the NewHaven community. Your assignment is to develop a program through which the Yale Farm will encourage NewHaven children to increase their involvement with growing, cooking, or eating healthy …
… Change Conference in Copenhagen would finally produce a workable, global scheme to reduce greenhouse gasses in the environment. Unfortunately, the conference produced little concrete … explosion of climate-related investment opportunities in Europe, Latin America and Asia. A new industry around carbon finance emerged, with firms like Climate Change Capital (CCC) of … formed in the rest of developed world. However, the failure of Copenhagen required the new carbon finance industry to reassess its plans. The lack of international consensus could …
… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed a $5-million loan-financing agreement as a way to … Sealed entered the loan agreement to find a solution to these challenges. To guide other green-bank-like entities that are familiar with the deployment of debt financing to help …
… Fund (EBF) and is iteratively improving it. This bank, which combines the features of a green bank and an infrastructure bank, was developed under new political leadership. The recently-elected state treasurer, Seth Magaziner, proposed the EBF to Gina Raimondo, the new state governor. The state already possessed a Renewable Portfolio Standard and a Systems …
… As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it has supported the … that expanded the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) by creating the Solar Home Renewable Energy Credit (SHREC). The SHREC provides a stable funding structure for an expanded … campaign promises in 2015 was to increase the RSIP tenfold. Meanwhile, the reliance on renewable-energy credits (RECs) to satisfy the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) was …
… transferred its CR team from the department that included the Communications function to a newly created department combining the Strategy, CR, and Public Affairs functions together, … to Interbrand, AXA’s was the leading global brand name in insurance, and also the leading "green" insurance brand. Throughout its growth, AXA’s leadership had maintained an interest … function to the department comprised of the Strategy and Public Affairs functions. This new integrated department was baptized "Strategy, Sustainability, and Public Affairs." The …