… laid bare societal strains and inequalities in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … signed—and then left, before rejoining—the Paris Agreement. In this survey of 2,035 global business students, conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management … better corporate climate practices" - Yale Daily News "Global Network Survey Finds Students More Urgently Focused on Sustainability" - Yale School of Management "Report: Businesses …
… This global study of more than 3,700 students at 29 top business schools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the WorldBusiness Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for Advanced …
… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate responsibility (CR) as well. … individual units to formulate their own CR goals. The CR team’s work also helped AXA become more visible within the larger CR community and led to the company’s success on ratings … new metrics was a tall order, but would be another step to establishing CR inside AXA. Eventually, the company aspired to produce an “integrated report” that would define the …
… So you’ve decided you want to be more than just a company. You want to have a positive impact on society, promote corporate social responsibility, and use the power of business for higher purposes of social good. Now you’re wondering how this whole process … both domestically and abroad; to date, there are Certified B Corporations in 50 countries worldwide. 2675 Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Going …
… center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … with gambling? More globally, how could the MBS team ensure that the work they were doing would actually positively impact the ecosystems they hoped to preserve? Developed in partnership with National University of Singapore Business School Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Marina …
… health, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, fisheries, sea levels, natural ecosystems, and more. For many, the consequences have felt distant and theoretical — until now. … Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit corporations. Greenwashing — a form of marketing … from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the single biggest driver of climate change: greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), measured in metric tons …
… Most environmentalists had hoped that the December 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen would finally produce a workable, global scheme to reduce greenhouse gasses in the … convened as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - issued two more climate change assessment reports, pointing to human activity as the primary reason for … such as the CCC had positioned the firm's Carbon Funds as the cornerstone of its long-term business strategy, but the firm was also investing in energy-conscious real estate and …
… in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that prevent market emergence are relatively simple and well understood; the stakeholder groups are … make considerable progress in the second stage of the project. The research team has made big advances in the process of data collection, and as the process continues for giving … be useful for classes that explore issues of market functioning and market creation, business-government relations, non-market strategy, and renewable energy. The grant provided …
… a contributor to this increase in global temperature. During the 1980s, the models drew more scientific adherents as additional observations lent further support to the theory. In … were a substantial contributor of CO2 to the atmosphere, scientists at General Motors, the world’s largest automaker, had started looking at the greenhouse effect in the mid-1980s. … more efficient diesel engines on the U.S. market. Meanwhile, international efforts to prevent global warming had accelerated. A series of UN-sponsored conferences, bringing …
… climate change resilience in South Africa. The company claimed over 22% of all insurance business in South Africa and provided over half of the country's crop insurance. Crop … expertise and decades of weather-related data to estimate the frequency of major weather events. It was widely acknowledged that climate change was likely to increase the frequency … participated in discussions of climate change and investigated ways of making the country more resilient to the coming changes in weather. There were a variety of new models for crop …