… More and more, the conservation community is recognizing that traditional funding models can’t keep pace with the need for conservation capital. At a time of modest public funding … and financing strategies hold great promise in narrowing the gap between the financial resources that are available and the scale of the conservation need. About Conservation Finance … and encourage you to share our articles. Our Story CFN is the culmination of years of collaborative effort by leading practitioners in the field. The initiative grew out of a …
… Circularity Equity and Justice Rising Leaders on the Sustainable Development Goals … Research Rising Leaders on the Sustainable Development Goals Findings from a Global Survey … such as economic well-being and clean water and air are allayed. There was a significant divide along gender and regional lines when assessing the importance of gender … into collaboration models and how business schools can incorporate SDGs into their discourse and curriculum, creating change and leading toward peace and prosperity for the …
… taken off in the international market. An invisible component of many products, palm oil can be found in cookies, in chocolates, in soaps, in shampoos, and even in biofuel. This … 2000s, palm oil had become the most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companies signed an agreement to end deforestation, development … crude palm oil (CPO) became the most highly traded edible oil. The palm oil boom had significant impact on economic development in rural Indonesia. Forty percent of Indonesia’s palm … to environmental concerns had their own set of questions to consider and unravel. What was the best policy for the long-term social welfare of Indonesia? How could the …
… in roughly half of the products we buy. However, it is not something that consumers can easily spot or screen for. When, in June 2015, France’s Ecology minister, Segolene Royal, called on her country to … was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, it is in our cookies, our shampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, …
… taste, its beauty. Illy also has a dream that someday soon the coffee market might be transformed into something approaching the market for wine. Where connoisseurs discuss the fine … by the ravages of climate change) or a sudden decline in the commodity price of coffee can drop them below subsistence to hunger. Even in good times, growers have little incentive … into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffee sourced from good quality beans is hard to find. lly believes that the solution to the sad …
… (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a software platform named the Wildlife Management Analytics system or WMA, were looking for a way to market … into CI’s advocacy work and mission? Whom should CI charge for the use of the software, and what factors should they take into account when deciding how much to charge? And with … increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda at the expense of what academics saw as intellectual honesty, would CI be able to drum up enough enthusiasm …
… and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). … Food Project. They obtained financial and operational support from the university, transformed a neglected acre of land on the north side of the campus into a large garden, and … and beyond, and it would like to increase its participation with the New Haven community. Your assignment is to develop a program through which the Yale Farm will encourage New Haven …
… company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., had worked hard to make operations and facilities more resource-efficient. The resort had garnered a Green Mark Platinum Award and was actively … team was looking to make its operations more sustainable. Was the resort on the right path? What projects should MBS prioritize and how should they make decisions? How should MBS … meeting to include other aspects of the facility? Did a focus on sustainability make sense for a luxury brand associated with gambling? More globally, how could the MBS team ensure …
… packaging, the CRL at point of purchase is an immediately visible marker of a company's efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In early 2009, PepsiCo again announced it had partnered with the Carbon Trust to calculate the carbon footprint of its Tropicana-brand orange juice. While the company has extolled its work online and the media, it … it had partnered with the Carbon Trust to calculate the carbon footprint of its Tropicana-brand orange juice. While the company has extolled its work online and the media, it …