… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits of wind farm investment. This research model offers the following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit … a function of other characteristics such as wind turbine features and location. As part of this project, the investigators developed two models: 1) the wind turbine (WT) …
… palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades that this tropical product has taken off in the international market. An invisible component of … 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 … hectares of plantation lands to running extraction and refining mills and marketing its own brand of cooking oil. While GAR is headquartered in Singapore, the company’s palm …
… their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (as the 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 … (they own about 15% of the oil palm land in Indonesia and three own their own consumer brands of palm oil), they had vast influence on growers. If they could be convinced to …
… Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the products we buy. However, it is not something that consumers can easily spot or screen for. When, in … in the global economy. And, as fires set to clear land for palm oil plantations blazed in Indonesia throughout the fall of 2015, covering the region in haze, the ubiquitous commodity … in 2013 according to Bloomberg ) industry that supplies 39% of the world’s vegetable oil. This growth has occurred largely in the last 20 years (see graph below) – which has …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial percentage of its greenhouse-gas … replacement time, focus has shifted to retrofits and upgrades to existing building stock. This would both reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that these buildings emit and reduce … expected degree. Misalignment of incentives and perceived project risk are responsible for this underinvestment. Building owners and tenants do not always share reduced energy costs …
… of technologies has stressed the importance of social networks in technology adoption.This project is designed to provide experimental evidence on how best to leverage social … adopted the technologies, and if so, if they were using them correctly. As the last step of this phase, the investigator conducted an endline survey with all participating households. This questionnaire focused on the current level of crop output, as well as the household’s …
… attempt to stay ahead of government regulations, competitors, and new market entrants. In this rapidly evolving world, they face numerous obstacles when it comes to maintaining and … model and promotes the elimination of waste through the continual use of natural resources. This holistic framework allows companies to evaluate the environmental impact of their products from natural resource extraction to end-of-life product disposal. Adopting this framework can help companies elevate their existing sustainability commitments by …
… Through this research opportunity, strong theoretical contributions have been made … to crafting autonomous motivation for sustainability and transformational leadership. This model for transforming sustainability has the potential to provide psychological … cognitive boundaries. The investigators have completed the qualitative data collection with Patagonia and are scheduled to conduct interviews with our second study participant, Stone …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate … grant provided the researchers leverage to raise an additional $5,000 from a group of Yale donors interested in Social Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der … grant provided the researchers leverage to raise an additional $5,000 from a group of Yale donors interested in Social Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der …
… state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the Efficient Buildings Fund (EBF) and is iteratively improving it. This bank, which combines the features …