… other environmental, social, and economic disasters — have changed this. Following the US’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on November 4, it is up to corporations to take direct … one, universal metric that is the single biggest driver of climate change: greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. It seems obvious to … but requires payment to access, and a crowdsourced Google Doc helps document net-zero pledges, but no data source seems to collect and analyze all of this data in aggregate. …
… Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its emissions. But how do we translate an ambitious global goal—net-zeroemissions by 2050—to the level of an organization? This report defines four ways to make a net-zero commitment clear to an organization’s stakeholders: What scope of emissions does the …
… Renewable Thermal Technologies (RTT), especially heat pumps paired with solar, have the potential to dramatically decrease energy consumption and by extension energy emissions. Using information from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECs), … Center for Business and the Environment as part of their work with the Renewable Thermal Alliance. Energy and Emissions Savings Potential of Renewable Thermal Technologies in …
… Internal carbon pricing is a powerful tool the private sector can employ to reduce carbon emissions. While policy tools and guidance exist for carbon pricing at the national level, … damage to payment at the source of pollution. By doing so, it incentivizes carbon-emissions reductions and carbon-efficient development. Corporations’ internal carbon pricing … carbon prices to regulate their carbon emissions. Corporations can act collectively with governments to reach the goal of decarbonization. To provide guidance on designing …
… span cognitive boundaries. The investigators have completed the qualitative data collection with Patagonia and are scheduled to conduct interviews with our second study participant, Stone Brewery. The quantitative assessment is scheduled … the qualitative analysis. Project Outcomes The exploration of self-determination theory within the theoretical development of this research led to the identification of several …
… methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming households. The survey focused on the socioeconomic characteristics of the … and the type of farmer (lead, peer, or none) 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 …
… output profiles and the hourly electricity load data at more than 1000 geographic locations within the Eastern Interconnect of the United States for the years 2004-2006. This data was … developed in stage two. This analysis includes different costs of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the policies can then be compared on the basis of their costs, including GHG emissions costs. This stage of the project is ongoing. Project Outcomes To date, the …
… a unique opportunity to help reverse these trends. Time spent in nature has been associated with improved psychological functioning, overall mental health, and connection to place for … can provide a supportive, welcoming, and safe space for children and adolescents to engage with nature and experience the mental health benefits it provides. Such engagement also … can play, and provides a list of insights and recommendations gathered from interviews with leaders from existing programs. We end with a menu of potential pilot actions that …
… Paris Agreement. In this survey of 2,035 global business students, conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management and the Yale Program on Climate Change … 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 the helms of such 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 …
… 3,700 students at 29 top business schools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for … recruit. 44 percent of students are willing to accept a lower salary to work for a company with better environmental practices. Conversely, about one-fifth of respondents expressed an unwillingness to work for companies with bad environmental practices no matter what the salary. Students also overwhelmingly …