… large-scale deployment of renewable thermal technologies (RTTs) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy savings and fuel shifting. The Renewable Thermal Alliance (RTA), a … US. Renewable heating and cooling are increasingly seen as opportunities to reduce GHG emissions and at the same time increase energy affordability, reliability and resiliency. … private capital, a network of stakeholders across states has been established. The mission of the RTA is to: Catalyze and scale a regional market for renewable heating and …
… 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 … consolidated format. The Carbon Disclosure Project houses a robust data set on corporate emissions, but requires payment to access, and a crowdsourced Google Doc helps document … To change this, we manually tracked down data on the US S&P 100’s historical GHG emissions since 2015, emissions reduction goals, and emissions reduction initiatives. We then …
… with new date and time as soon as we reschedule! It’s all well and good to have a lofty mission—but how does that figure into the day-to-day grind? Join Peter Boyd (Social … Fellow-in-Residence and CITY Mentor-in-Residence) for a workshop on how to define the mission and vision behind your work—and then get to the tricky part: how to operationalize … it. Come to learn strategies for balancing short-term needs with long-term goals and mission-alignment with financial sustainability, and what it looks like to lead a …
… next Blueprint Webinar, titled “Climate Champions: The Role of Cities in Reducing Carbon Emissions,” where representatives from ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability and the … City of Santa Monica will present on the current opportunities and challenges for reducing emissions at the city scale. First Mike Steinhoff, Tools & Technical Innovation Program … Manager at ICLEI will discuss his recent analysis on what is driving changes in local GHG emissions. Afterwards Garrett Wong from the City of Santa Monica will discuss how this work …
… have the potential to dramatically decrease energy consumption and by extension energy emissions. Using information from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECs), Houston's … Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI) analyzed the residential energy consumption and carbon emission by end-use and fuel type. From there, we investigated how much air-source heat pumps … heat pumps could lower both electricity and natural gas consumption and carbon emissions. Then, we investigated how much solar will be needed to completely decarbonize …
… 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, it … damage to payment at the source of pollution. By doing so, it incentivizes carbon-emissions reductions and carbon-efficient development. Corporations’ internal carbon pricing … the incentive structure that underpins consumption choices related to greenhouse gas emissions. Internal carbon pricing allows companies to assess the financial implications of …
… had prided itself on value-driven ethical standards. It operated worldwide under a formal Mission Statement: "We will demand that everything we do leads to a cleaner, healthier and safer environment." The mission statement had led to a detailed corporate Code of Conduct, and Supplier Code of … on its ability to deliver engines and component systems that met increasingly strict emissions standards. Through extensive research and development it created diesels that …
… Mark Cirilli is Co-founder and Managing Director at MissionPoint Partners, a leading impact investment firm. Mark leads overall firm strategy … and chairs the firm’s investment committee. Using relevant case studies, Mark will discuss MissionPoint’s investment process/approach and the use of sustainability metrics in their … Environmental Law and Policy . 2676 Sustainability Metrics Monthly Seminar: Mark Cirilli, MissionPoint Partners … On Campus Sustainability Metrics Monthly Seminar: Mark Cirilli, …
… Yale is pleased to host Whole Foods Market’s annual Green Mission Team Build meeting. The event will feature multiple speakers from across the food … Whole Foods Market community to discuss the future direction of the company’s “Green Mission.” In the afternoon, we will open up the discussion to the broader community, with … Mozart/flickr Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Whole Foods Market: Green Mission Team Build … On Campus Whole Foods Market: Green Mission Team Build Friday, October …
… Globally, health care is responsible for nearly 5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Nationally, US health care is responsible for 8.5% of US greenhouse gas emissions and similar fractions of toxic air emissions. Disease burden stemming from US health care pollution is on the same order of …