… Over the past century, the public sector was the predominant funder of land conservation projects, … capital to the effort – for example, funding for-profit mitigation banks and providing impact capital to fund the acquisition and stewardship of working forests and farmlands. The … private investment capital to accelerate and expand land conservation: the role of impact investing … Harnessing private investment capital to accelerate and expand land …
… Over the course of the webinar, Leigh Madeira (Blue Forest Conservation) and Nathalie Woolworth (U.S. … health may look like. Equity and Justice Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based SolutionsBuilding Forest Health and Resilience through Investment: Current and Future Strategies … … and Future Strategies Wednesday, December 12th, 2018, 7:00 AM EST — 7:45 AM EST Over the course of the webinar, Leigh Madeira (Blue Forest Conservation) and Nathalie Woolworth (U.S. …
… The objective of this project is to investigate ways that consumers make inferences about green product quality. … 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 …
… Soil health provides critical ecosystem services related to water quality, drought … 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 … Agriculture Lab Conservation Finance Network Related Reports Agrivoltaics: Producing Solar Energy While Protecting Farmland Solarize Your Community: An Evidence-Based Guide for …
… The objective of this project was to use both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to … create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon previously untapped sources of publicly derived funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the … Strategies for Land Conservation, and through the Berkley Scholars program, are building upon this research. In addition, regional policymakers, water authorities, and …
… Paul Gardner of DNV GL will summarize recent work by the World Energy Council on the costs and value of grid-connected energy storage, with particular reference to use with solar and wind. His presentation will discuss metrics commonly used for assessing the costs … charge/discharge cycle per day Wind: one full charge/discharge cycle every two days The sources of ‘value’ for an energy storage project will be discussed, to illustrate important …
… Dave Chen of Equilibrium Capital will discusssustainability as the new investing standard, sponsored by the SOM Responsible … Finance Club, and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). We encourage anyone to attend who is interested in hearing a leader in the field address questions about balancing financial return and impact, and the growth and future of responsible investing. Thriving Food Systems and …
… Environmental sustainability. Social justice. Economic development. Global equality. These prioritiesshape our present and the way we respond to them will define ourshared future. The Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit is a two day event bringing …
… Facing issues like runaway climate change and rampant inequality, the world is calling upon business … future. A key framework for these necessary changes is becoming “net positive”—in short, courageous companies will thrive by giving more than they take from our communities and ecosystems. But…what would it take for companies to actually create more …
… We are excited to announce our 4th annual Joint Sustainability Alumni Network Reception! This year we will again focus on speed networking … is closed, but you can still register by contacting amy.badner@yale.edu . If you find yourself in New York toward the end of June, we'd love to see you there! …