… Santam, the leading short-term insurer in South Africa, was actively pursuing a strategy and … and provided over half of the country's crop insurance. Crop insurance provided farmerswith a hedge against climate, environmental, and other risks. Around 40% of grain farmers in … 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 …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its first … wind turbines, Tanti discovered that wind energy was an even better business than textiles. Within six years of its incorporation, Suzlon had become the dominant player in the Indian … by coal-fired electrical plants had mounted and the price of fossil fuels had skyrocketed. With little more than a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen set to work building Suzlon’s …
… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member of the Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3), a group charged with creating a comprehensive climate strategy for the State of Connecticut. As of September … had his work cut out for him. Garcia noted about natural gas, “If you're extending the infrastructure, you're building something into the system that will be around for a long …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial … their operating costs. While these energy-efficiency upgrades are often cash-flow-positive with the right loans, they have failed to penetrate the market to the expected degree. … Financial institutions are reluctant to lend when any claim that they might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental …
… In the early 2000s, the CEO of General Electric (GE), Jeff Immelt, recognized this emerging pattern in public … 2012; To keep the public informed about ecomagination targets, progress and results. Along with the four commitments came a massive ecomagination advertising and branding campaign … Jonathan Lash, who announced hissupport of the initiative at an ecomagination launch event in Washington D.C. Other environmental groups - particularly those that had fought GE …
… As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it … to satisfy the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) was being predominantly met with out-of-state resources from Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, yielding little economic … a flexible outline for expansion of RSIP through creation of the SHREC. This bill passed withsupport from a range of stakeholders including the leadership of the Governor of …
… “What we want is the book that every vice president threw in the trash because he would be embarrassed to … companies that were in financial and operational distress and had difficult relationshipswith labor and government. In early 2008, as the economy was entering a recession, a … bubble, the lumber industry had gone into a severe recession. Dozens of mills acrossCanada had been forced to lay off workers, and some mill towns were facing unemployment …
… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate … 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’ssuccess on ratings metrics … 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 …
… Pepsi has a new challenge. In 2007, PepsiCo became the first consumer company to use the Carbon … efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In early 2009, PepsiCo again announced it had partnered with the Carbon Trust to calculate the carbon footprint of its Tropicana-brand orange juice. … efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In early 2009, PepsiCo again announced it had partnered with the Carbon Trust to calculate the carbon footprint of its Tropicana-brand orange juice. …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a … and what factorsshould they take into account when deciding how much to charge? And withscientists increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda at the … and what factorsshould they take into account when deciding how much to charge? And withscientists increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda at the …