… 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 the previous five years, Trina, a company with manufacturing and headquarters in Changzhou, China, had managed to grow rapidly … for a number of large, signature projects, developing a strong track record. Now, the company was looking to develop similar relationships in the United States. Some module …
… the December 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen would finally produce a workable, global scheme to reduce greenhouse gasses in the environment. Unfortunately, the conference … when a panel of scientists concluded that greenhouse gas emissions were contributing to globalwarming. Over the next 11 years, the panel - formally convened as the United Nations …
… Wilmar, Musim Mas, Golden Agri (GAR), Cargill, IOI, and Bunge accounted for over 90% of the global trade. While these trading companies were vertically integrated (they own about 15% … standard, many environmentalists believed that the agreement represented a breakthrough. The events of 2015 suggested otherwise, forcing businesses, NGOs and sympathetic … pressured them to reassess their plans. Wilmar, in particular, faced difficult choices. The company was the largest trader of palm oil in the world, selling in Europe, China, and …
… opportunity to meet his customers' needs while helping to shape public policy and grow his company's bottom line. Under Immelt's leadership, GE launched an environmental business … and branding campaign that was similar in style to GE's "imagination at work" campaign. The company rebranded existing products like wind turbines as ecomagination products, and … groups - particularly those that had fought GE on environmental legacy issues like the company's pollution of the Hudson River - remained skeptical of GE's green claims. Equity …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might expect, he is … world’s premium brand, an increased emphasis on quality in the market would only help his company. The most important thing was to make the coffee supply chain more equitable and …
… retooled to incentivize in-state market development. Solar-market demand was accelerating faster than incentives could fulfill it—even as falling incentives dropped more rapidly than … of a bill, HB 6838 (Public Act 15-194), proposing a flexible outline for expansion of RSIP through creation of the SHREC. This bill passed with support from a range of stakeholders … and, in general, bipartisan support from the Connecticut General Assembly. Source Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Sustainable …
… fuels in gasoline, beginning with ethanol from sugarcane. This meant that the national oil company PEMEX had to find ways to implement this policy. Nevertheless, in spite of efforts … 2012 PEMEX introduced two tender offers requesting supplier bids to provide ethanol to the company. As first steps, the amounts requested were relatively small, using ethanol to … fuels in gasoline, beginning with ethanol from sugarcane. This meant that the national oil company PEMEX had to find ways to implement this policy. Nevertheless, in spite of efforts …
… Environmental Innovation Northern Pulp: A Private Equity Firm Resurrects a Troubled Paper Company … Northern Pulp: A Private Equity Firm Resurrects a Troubled Paper Company “What we want is the book that every vice president threw in the trash because he … was how much to pay. … Northern Pulp: A Private Equity Firm Resurrects a Troubled Paper Company …
… 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 broaden the … 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 broaden the … shows how a similar structure can be used for residential energy efficiency. Source The Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of Focus Sustainable Finance and ESG …
… structure to lower energy costs and tax burdens. In the following case study, we walk through the creation of the EBF and some of the factors that have led to its success. … structure to lower energy costs and tax burdens. In the following case study, we walk through the creation of the EBF and some of the factors that have led to its success. Source Center for Business and The Environment at Yale Areas of Focus Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Download file. … After the …