… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the products we buy. … in the global economy. And, as firessetto clear land for palm oil plantations blazed in Indonesia throughoutthe fall of 2015, covering the region in haze, the ubiquitous commodity … was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, it is in our cookies, ourshampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plantwith efficient, …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancienttimes, it is only in the past few … 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 family (operators of the Sinar Mas …
… Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program … Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program This online certificate trains and connects rising leadersto catalyze an equitable … transition to a clean economy. Learn from world-class faculty and industry experts Join our international community of clean energy professionals Connectwith Yale's expertise, …
… ThisSpring, CBEY is excited to offer studentsthree new team-based independentstudy opportunities. These are offered for credit, equivalentto a full-credit course. Have a read and then apply by January 30th! Questions? Please reach outto …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls … 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). … varieties of vegetables, fruit, flowers, and herbs, which issold in a farmer's market or donated to local food banks. The farm'sstaff of four manages community work days and …
… Atthe end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company … developing B2C channelsto tap into the growing market of local contractors and do-it-yourselfers looking to add solar panelsto their roofs. Trina had already partnered with … had more capacity than demand and thatsolar modules were passing from a seller’sto a buyer’s market. Atthe same time, the oversupply was pushing prices down further so that …
… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power to India's … The road to SELCO’ssuccess, however, has not always been smooth. Hande cofounded SELCO (with Neville Williams) in 1995 to sell and service photovoltaic (PV) systems in his home … and deviating from its mission to help the poor. Asthe company was recovering from this move, the price of solar panelsspiked and sales declined. Investors put pressure on …
… When Walmart de México y Centroamérica decided to buythe power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’s … boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might expect, he is … the roasters or customers and no knowledge of how their crops gettranslated into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffee sourced from good quality beans is hard to find. lly believesthatthe solution to the sad …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreementto end deforestation, … their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (asthe agreement was named) represented a dramatic advance in … land rights. Indonesian land-use laws were ambiguous and land ownership unmapped. This indeterminate state of affairs had led to widespread corruption, as companies …