… Do sustainable farmland investments deliver financial, environmental and social returns? Withthe rise of impact investing, there has been a jump in investmentstrategies promoting sustainable agriculture. This research attemptsto understand the strategies and performance of a subset of farmland …
… Santam, the leading short-term insurer in South Africa, was actively pursuing a strategy and … when crops were damaged before they could be harvested and sold, crop insurance provided resourcesthat allowed farmersto be able to plantthe following season. Settlements for … crop insurance business in the rest of Africa. The company faced considerable challenges in this area as crop insurance had low penetration in other parts of Africa. Company officials …
… Can Ecosystem Services Valuation Bring Additional Value Streamsto Minnesota’s Pollinator-Friendly … of pollinator-friendly solar projects lags behind whatstakeholders might want or expect. This financing gap issymptomatic of a broader theme across environmental markets: ecosystem … that value ecosystem services and unlock conservation finance could also bring unique sources of capital to pollinator-friendly solar development, helping to spur industry growth. …
… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a … Connecticut had a long history of considering climate change in state policy. As part of thistradition, Connecticut’s governor Dannel Malloy established the GC3 on Earth Day 2015 … energy needs. The nuclear power all came from a massive plantsituated near New London, CT called Millstone. The facility included two reactorsthat produced almost half of …
… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of … 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 … for the company, which was adapted for each of the company’s major operating activities. This metric allowed AXA leadership to assessthe company’s CR work and provided a framework …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified … (QECB) program in 2017 as part of itstax reform package, states like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energy efficiency goals. When evaluating how to use Virginia’s … room for creativity and adaptability to differentstates, locations, and projects. Source The Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of FocusSustainable Finance …
… In 2014, the Connecticut Green Bank released the second edition of its CTSolar Lease program in … contractorsto supportthe rising demand for residential and commercial solar systems. This case study focuses on the residential side of the solar-lease program. The program … structure of the program and presentsthe lessons learned from implementation challenges. Source The Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of FocusSustainable Finance …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy … Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan loss reserve funds, interest rate buy-downs, subordinated debt, or warehousing facilities, the Green Bank lowered the cost of … In 2017, nearly 90% of the Connecticut Green Bank's operating funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both insulate …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a … for the software while advancing its objectives as a nonprofit organization? How did this initiative fit into CI’s advocacy work and mission? Whom should CI charge for the use … and what factorsshould they take into account when deciding how much to charge? And withscientists increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda atthe …