… and new market entrants. In this rapidly evolving world, they face numerous obstacleswhen it comes to maintaining and creating strong environmental commitments. The circular economy representsone of the biggest environmental and economic opportunities through which companies can … model and promotes the elimination of waste through the continual use of natural resources. This holistic framework allowscompanies to evaluate the environmental impact of …
… The objective of this project is to investigate ways that consumers make inferences about green product quality. … heuristic, whereby they assume that companies have a fixed amount of manufacturing resources. Thus, resources devoted to “making the product green” come at the expense of making … Tobias von der Haar/flickr Research Paper Newman, G.E., M. Gorlin, and R. Dhar . 2014. When going “green” backfires: How firm intentionsshape the evaluation of environmental …
… Soil health provides critical ecosystem services related to water quality, drought … the practices used to achieve them - vary by region, so state programs are uniquely positioned to support the local soil health work of farmers and ranchers. In California, Colorado, … staff. Each state has its own policy and agricultural context, so the reader is encouraged to utilize the recommendations that fit their own circumstances. Case examples …
… food manufacturing business is hard. This guide is here to help. Maybe you walked through your local grocery store and know exactly what they’re missing. Maybe you know of a lucrative product category that’s experiencing growth. Or maybe you just like food - after all, everyone eats, so it must be a good market, right? Whatever brings you here, welcome to the …
… The objective of this project was to use both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to … industry and conservation professionals. The results indicate that residents attribute monetary value to nonmarket forest goods and services. The present value WTP for drinking … create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon previously untapped sources of publicly derived funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the …
… acres of land per megawatt of generating capacity, solar has a sizable land footprint — one that is only expected to grow assolar and renewables meet a larger share of U.S. energy … of ecosystem service generation, uptake of pollinator-friendly solar projects lags behind whatstakeholders might want or expect. This financing gap issymptomatic of a broader theme … that value ecosystem services and unlock conservation finance could also bring unique sources of capital to pollinator-friendly solar development, helping to spur industry growth. …
… which incorporates native grasses and wildflowers throughout a solar installation, isone approach to cultivating additional land use benefits from solar projects. The practice … associated with land devoted to conventional solar, pollinator-friendly solar, and farming. Our analysis reveals that pollinator-friendly solar may generate private benefits to solar … of pollinator-friendly practices in future solar development. That role becomes clearer when we evaluate the social benefits associated with these projects. As with conventional …
… From seaweed farming to oyster cultivation, our coasts represent some of the world’s most dynamic … food system resilience, and promote worker and community wellbeing. Despite these shared stories of hope, marine-based foods and land-based agriculture are often considered and …
… holds great potential where philanthropy fallsshort—mobilizing the scale of financial resources needed to address the world’s pressing problems. According to the Global Impact … to conservation, $3.1 billion was undeployed.2 This is a real frustration considering what we know about the enormous need and urgency for those resources. Building upon … This report will be most helpful to organizations that seek to strategically deploy grant money that will create leverage in their impact investing portfolio. In fact, we believe a …
… Low productivity in agriculture is a significant development challenge, yet many processes used to increase land productivity … incentives received by the extension agents, and the type of farmer (lead, peer, or none) that the extension agent wassupposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with … of connections overall, and those concentrated in an area — to increase the likelihood that one person will know several seed farmers. This next step involved training the extension …