… to address the question of how an organization should design and implement an internal carbon charge. Internal carbon pricing is a powerful tool the private sector can employ to … pricing works to shift the cost of carbon from increased healthcare costs and exacerbated environmental damage to payment at the source of pollution. By doing so, it incentivizes … in the context of contemporary economic literature on this subject. 2717 Sustainable Finance and ESG Internal Carbon Pricing: Policy Framework and Case Studies … Internal Carbon …
… to improve dissemination of new technologies. Here, the investigator marketed two different agricultural technologies: 1) Improved Crop Residue Management (CRM), … to create mulch and/or fertilizer; and 2) Pit Planting (PP), in which seeds are planted in shallow pits to improve moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to … that the extension agent was supposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with all participants and focused on farmer receptiveness and retention of information regarding new …
… through which companies can lower their environmental footprint and represents an estimated $4.5 trillion dollar additional economic output by 2030. The circular economy moves away … 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 … by focusing on optimizing natural resource use and minimizing waste. This framework is particularly salient for industries with limited product life cycles. Images of plastic in …
… The conference also left in doubt the future of current mechanisms such as the European Carbon Market. The conference in Copenhagen came after 20 years of international conferences … to global warming. Over the next 11 years, the panel - formally convened as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - issued two more climate change … investment opportunities in Europe, Latin America and Asia. A new industry around carbonfinance emerged, with firms like Climate Change Capital (CCC) of London taking the lead in …
… Farrington, a Managing Director at Commonfund. The GPSU student government had just presented the Foundation with a resolution urging them to divest of all fossil fuel companies from … university clients were either actively engaged in discussions about their exposure to carbon in their portfolio or had just framed a policy concerning carbon investing. … program that would allow for more individualized responses? Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Low-Carbon Investing: Commonfund & GPSU … Low-Carbon Investing: Commonfund & …
… theory to sustainability. By distinguishing between the problem-oriented minimisation of unsustainability and a possibility of vision-oriented sustainability, it … collection with Patagonia and are scheduled to conduct interviews with our second study participant, Stone Brewery. The quantitative assessment is scheduled to follow the … feedback. The pitfalls and pathways are now being expanded into an online article series in collaboration with the MIT Sloan Initiative for Sustainable Business & Society. …
… its CR team from the department that included the Communications function to a newly created department combining the Strategy, CR, and Public Affairs functions together, to further … CEO Claude Bébéar aspired to build the first global insurance brand. The company made a series of acquisitions in the 1990s, including companies in the United States, Europe, … company. Corporate Sustainability Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG AXA: Creating the New CR Metrics … AXA: Creating the New CR Metrics A global …
… a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that prevent market emergence are relatively … and stakeholder groups is that no market is possible until new institutions are created. The question of the factors that allow certain actors—and not others—to create new … approach them. In particular, this project consists of several stages. The first entails a series of in-depth, ethnographic interviews with actors from a diverse set of settings and …
… Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company could expand its presence in the United States market. In the previous five years, Trina, a company with manufacturing and … in solar development in Europe was the result of countries committed to reducing their carbon footprints and willing to provide generous feed-in tariffs to solar developers. On … to the solar industry were, as yet, not well understood. Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Trina Solar: Expanding in the U.S. Market … Trina Solar: …
… costs to vary over time; and c) a flexible design that allows maintenance costs to be estimated as 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) … a wind turbine life cycle impact analysis and to quantify the environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint, global warning potential, ozone depletion potential, etc.). Related …