… holds great potential where philanthropy falls short—mobilizing the scale of financial resources needed to address the world’s pressing problems. According to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) total global …
… financing solution for independent local contractors to support the rising demand for residential and commercial solar systems. This case study focuses on the residential side of the solar-lease program. The program combined public funds and private capital to finance residential solar projects and solar water heaters. CT Solar Lease 2 stemmed from a response …
… continues to rise: Now, the majority of business students state that they would accept a lower salary to work with a sustainability-forward employer. Our students will soon be at … impactful organizations, and it is incumbent on us to equip them with the knowledge, the resources, and the networks to pursue positive and ambitious change for society. Our schools … continues to rise: Now, the majority of business students state that they would accept a lower salary to work with a sustainability-forward employer. Our students will soon be at …
… can play a critical role in solving the climate crisis during the 21st century. When researchers map out scenarios of policies and actions that could avert the worst impacts of … models often depends on the development of advanced technologies in areas such as renewable resources, energy efficiency and storage, and carbon removal. This report refers to such solutions as “nascent climate technologies.” Without innovation in these areas, addressing climate change will be far more difficult, if not impossible. The public and private …
… and component systems that met increasingly strict emissions standards. Through extensive research and development it created diesels that complied to evolving standards, ranging engines for pickup trucks to the largest earth movers. Rather than spend research dollars, many other manufacturers had bowed out of the diesel market, leaving … engines for trucking and off-road construction and later developing cleaner engines to address new emissions regulations that addressed China's critical problem with air pollution. …
… For the world to meet the Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its emissions. But how do we translate an ambitious global goal—net-zero … Boyd Faculty at Yale School of the Environment Founder & CEO at Time4Good Group Resident Fellow at Yale Center for Business and the Environment Business Leaders, CBEY Fellows, Faculty Casey R. Pickett Director of the Carbon Charge at Yale University MBA 2011 …
… as the primary reason for the increase in greenhouse gases and the rise of global temperatures. The IPCC's scientific assessments - which had their fair share of critics and skeptics … only group of nations to create a formal mechanism for distributing and requiring carbon allowances, the carbon market grew quickly and was valued at $64 billion by the World Bank at … of 2007. Besides the European Market, a number of regional, voluntary markets for carbon allowances formed in the rest of developed world. However, the failure of Copenhagen required …
… “What we want is the book that every vice president threw in the trash because he would be embarrassed to show it to a partner.” In … Blumenthal was looking to invest in companies that were in financial and operational distress and had difficult relationships with labor and government. In early 2008, as the … up for sale. Due diligence suggested that the mill had a good core business. The mill also presented some significant problems: financial, environmental, political, labor, and …
… from this move, the price of solar panels spiked and sales declined. Investors put pressure on Hande to lay off employees and contract the organization. With the help of the … company formed partnerships with these institutions to craft financial instruments that allowed entrepreneurs and families to repay the capital expenses associated with installing … provided energy solutions for over 100,000 households in its fifteen years of existence, allowing customers to increase their income and quality of life. However, India’s …
… 1988, the greenhouse effect hit the front pages, as NASA scientist James Hansen told a Congressional committee that he was “99 percent certain” that global warming due to the … to increase taxes on gasoline (which would make efficient cars more attractive) or allow more efficient diesel engines on the U.S. market. Meanwhile, international efforts to … to increase taxes on gasoline (which would make efficient cars more attractive) or allow more efficient diesel engines on the U.S. market. Meanwhile, international efforts to …