… 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 plant with efficient, … alternative to other vegetable oils, production pressures have led to undeniable environmental and socialimpacts on both global and local scales. The most notable of those impactsstem from …
… On February 23, 2007, your investment banking firm receives an urgent call from James D. Marston, Regional Director of Environmental Defense's Texas Office and head of the Texas Climate Initiative. You meet with …
… 2000s, palm oil had become the most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) hasbeen in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 … the world’s leading exporter of crude palm oil. The palm oil boom, however, concerned environmentalists. Palm oil plantations had been carved out of precious rainforest and peat … targeted a GAR customer, Nestlé, with a report and a provocative video that went viral on social media sites. Nestlé quickly bowed to the demands of Greenpeace and dropped GAR as a …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development … of locals not only with their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (as the agreement was named) represented … to mill, refine, and export the substance. However, oil palm cultivation had created social tensions as many rural inhabitants claimed that large plantation companies had …
… In the early 2000s, the CEO of General Electric (GE), Jeff Immelt, recognized this emerging pattern in public … public policy and grow his company'sbottom line. Under Immelt's leadership, GE launched an environmentalbusiness initiative called "ecomagination" in 2005 that was rooted in four commitments: To double investment in clean research and development (R&D) to $1.5 …
… (CR) as well. In 2014, the French-based insurer led the industry on a number of corporate social responsibility and sustainability indexes. Not content to rest on these laurels, AXA … States, Europe, Africa, and Asia. AXA was hailed in the business press for savvy deal-making. The company took over struggling franchises and utilizing itsstrong balance sheet, … Inside AXA in 1990, the company created AXA Atout Coeur ("Hearts in Action") to encourage and support community engagement by employees, and in 2001 it established the Group’s …
… y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’sstruggling project received a significant 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 … Walmart de México undertook had to work in concert with Mexico’s electricity grid and rate-makingstructure. Mexico’s political leadership had announced a commitment to electricity …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining hallsserve more organic food. With … 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). …
… when crops were damaged before they could be harvested and sold, crop insurance provided resources that allowed farmers to be able to plant the following season. Settlements for … the effect of climate change on crops. The company was proud of being in the forefront of social responsibility and sustainability issues. Company officials 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 …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial … make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) plays an important role. The EUA is a deal structure … both the investment cost for energy-efficiency upgrades and the subsequent cost savings. Source Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of FocusSustainable Finance and …