… to use both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean … trees. Estimates indicate that there is potential for decision makers to create newmarkets or policies that create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon previously untapped sources of publicly derived funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean … infrastructure that can provide essential community services–even during disruptions to the electrical grid. As a group of master’s students at the Yale School of the Environment, we … and takeaways from the energy and financial model we developed using Microsoft Excel. Our energy and financial model, published with this report, is built using the Connecticut …
… to support the local soil health work of farmers and ranchers. In California, Colorado, and New Mexico, state policy has established programs to support agricultural producers implementing soil health practices. In otherstates, such as Illinois, soil health programs are used by state agencies and … staff. Each state has its own policy and agricultural context, so the reader is encouraged to utilize the recommendations that fit their own circumstances. Case examples …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment partnered with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United Illuminating and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to develop optimal policies and strategies that will advance renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut. The purpose of the “Feasibility of renewable … Center for Business and the Environment partnered with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United Illuminating and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) …
… Center for Business and the Environment is partnering with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United Illuminating and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to develop optimal policies and strategies that will advance renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut. The purpose of the research project, … Center for Business and the Environment is partnering with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United Illuminating and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) …
… heuristic, whereby they assume that companies have a fixed amount of manufacturing resources. Thus, resources devoted to “making the product green” come at the expense of making the product better performing. Use and Applications Professor Newman has discussed these studies in his core Master of Business Administration class, … type of enhancement and show that the basic intended (vs. unintended) effect generalizes to other types of perceived tradeoffs, such as healthfulness and taste. Read the paper: …
… Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing … Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing … 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 … real frustration considering what we know about the enormous need and urgency for those resources. Building upon preliminary research presented by Namrita Kapur of Growald Family Fund …
… level, it is not clear how implementation might differ in a business environment or another setting. Our project seeks to supplement the growing carbon-pricing literature, given the promise of … from increased healthcare costs and exacerbated environmental damage to payment at the source of pollution. By doing so, it incentivizes carbon-emissions reductions and …
… When considering the benefits a product provides to you, does it matter to you whether many others also use that product? For many products, the answer is yes. This simple idea that … effects in settings where the services provided are based on a platform, with a focus on electricity. We discuss several classic examples of network effects that are especially … File Download file Areas of Focus Clean Energy Equity and Justice Related Initiatives Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program Related Programs Solar Energy …
… the driving forces of a sustainability characterised by individual and planetary flourishing in contrast to a sustainability characterised by survival. The investigators’ … sustainability has the potential to provide psychological access to individual flourishing and correlative access to deep or transformational learning and … der Haar/flickr 2227 Equity and Justice Shared Visions of Sustainability and the Resulting Impacts on Organizational Performance … Shared Visions of Sustainability and the Resulting …