… money and help the planet. In this situation, Katrina saw the opportunity for a viable and environmentally sustainable business model. Over the next year and a half, she developed … for Powerhouse. They decided to create an app where consumers could track the cost and environmental impact of their energy use, in real time. With the app, consumers could find … (the app) and with a hardware component (the battery) to achieve energy savings and environmental benefits. The team started on the software side, and they partnered with a …
… three key lessons that we learned: The private sector is both supporting and leading global environmental action. Many sessions at GreenBiz tapped into wider global conversations on … concerns. One of the most popular breakout sessions at GreenBiz was about integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into overall risk management. The event … assess companies based on ESG performance. ESG information relates not only to social and environmental sustainability but also financial sustainability, as an ESG-aligned strategy …
… offer a certification program and legal framework by which companies can fold social and environmental impacts into their bottom line.) “Through greater appreciation of the real … a significant new opportunity for investors,” says Robert Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale and 2013 Nobel laureate. “I think they could make more profits than any … contact: Heather Fitzgerald, Yale University 203-910-9261 heather.fitzgerald@yale.edu Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice The Value of B …
… Easily accessible and comparable information on features such as costs, performance, environmental impacts, and co-benefits of these technologies would present valuable metrics … Picotte, Ellen Abramowitz, and Nathan Grady. [1] See https://www.fsb-tcfd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FINAL-TCFD-Report-062817.pdf 2485 Clean Energy Circularity Renewable Thermal Metrics: Accelerating Market Growth … …
… has become a subject of increased scrutiny, particularly regarding its potential effects on environmental and human health. At this point, the effects on human health remain largely … entanglement in plastic debris like discarded fishing nets or choking through ingestion. Environmental and health effects aside, plastic loss is a basic economic problem. The World … year. That’s a big problem. But how did we get to this point? Satwik Mudgal (Master of Environmental Management '19) About 8 million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every …
… that climate change necessitates not one but many varied solutions to different social and environmental problems. We also recognize that although we appear to be working in the food … that climate change necessitates not one but many varied solutions to different social and environmental problems. We also recognize that although we appear to be working in the food … that climate change necessitates not one but many varied solutions to different social and environmental problems. We also recognize that although we appear to be working in the food …
… articles include: Cary Krosinsky, The Editor’s Word Daniel C. Esty & Todd Cort, Rethinking Environmental/Social/Governance Metrics for the Mainstream Investor Daniel C. Esty & Todd … Mark Kriss & Jessica Hellmann, A Geofinancial Engineering Initiative: Using Real-Time Environmental Data from Satellites to Move Financial Markets and Improve Climate Outcomes … Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World Alex Bernhardt, Book Review: Doughnut Economics The following is the Guest Editors Introduction to the 2017 Journal of …
… their work. DroneFlow cofounder, Andrew Wilcox (F&ES ’18) Wilcox’s interest in data-driven environmental solutions was galvanized through recent work at SilviaTerra, a company using … empower individuals to engage in the impact investing movement. By scoring the social and environmental impacts of mutual funds, Real Impact Tracker equips individuals to communicate … allow individual investors to communicate their support for action on specific social and environmental issues. The Real Impact Tracker team comprises Pei Hua Chen (YC ’21), Cary …
… one of three objectives: economic outcomes, like assuring people have well-paying jobs; environmental outcomes, like advancing the development of a low-carbon economy; or social … one of three objectives: economic outcomes, like assuring people have well-paying jobs; environmental outcomes, like advancing the development of a low-carbon economy; or social … one of three objectives: economic outcomes, like assuring people have well-paying jobs; environmental outcomes, like advancing the development of a low-carbon economy; or social …
… 2657 Pricing Carbon in Brazil … Nov 21, 2017 Pricing Carbon in Brazil Thuy Phung (Master of Environmental Management '18) Carbon pricing – a key tool to combat climate change – is …