… executives and sustainability practitioners on best practices and the business case. Setting the stage for the series, Dominic Waughray of the World Economic Forum emphasized … highlighted the role and value of DSM’s internal carbon price. “We want to future-proof our business,” Sijbesma said. DSM aspires to be prepared for the day when a carbon price … a price on carbon. Moreover, 90 NDCs referenced carbon pricing initiatives or related market-based mechanisms. With global operations, the Dutch-headquartered company has …
… I attended a premiere viewing of “ Inconvenient truth ” – a movie that created a legacy and formed an entire new generation of climate activists. This was my first encounter with … steer me to seek rational and professional solutions to save the Earth. As I began this journey, it seemed an uphill battle…unlikely that business was willing or able to consider … Brainstorming and collaborating on common solutions to the challenges of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, reusing materials and incentivizing investments in natural habitat …
… In 2007, Peter Boyd found himself with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally discussing global issues that entrepreneurs ought to tackle. Climate change arose … work history. This habit, it seems, started after he graduated from Oxford University and set out westward—the U.S., Cook Islands, Australia, Singapore, the Trans-Siberian Railroad. He circumscribed the world over the course of a year. Most recently, in another promising departure, he reduced his advisory role …
… potential of renewable thermal technology to help the state achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050. Before starting at Yale … Gronli hails from the small village of Rena, not far from the country’s eastern border and settled along its longest river. Rena is also the starting line for one of the world’s … Ecology motivated their move to New Haven, and, along with two children, the family of four is settling in. “We’re starting to build up our identity,” said Gronli, which mostly …
… of jobs. Indeed, President Obama himself campaigned on the promise of creating five million green jobs, which would promote and help deploy clean technologies, and protect America’s … promised two things: (1) support for the fledgling green sector of the economy; and (2) a source of relatively high-paying jobs that do not require a college education. While the … of numerous jobs, which fall into the latter category. Before touting the success of the markets or attributing these outcomes to the acts of agents such as governments, businesses, …
… renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. “Along with the Connecticut Green Bank and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, these are the two most … deep engineering knowledge to the effort. In addition, with these partners signed on, all market participants needed to develop renewable thermal financial incentives are now …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former finalists of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as … It was huge for us! It was so validating to have this well-respected competition recognize our efforts and encourage us to dream big.” Becky Gallagher , SOM & FES’16 and Jessie … the young women to perform customer interviews and answer important questions around the market size and demand. The overwhelmingly positive outcome of a simple Facebook survey on …
… Hake Fish, whose population is nearing collapse. Findings will be generalizable to other resource management settings [Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Andres Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)]; … measurements of environmental impacts of various fixed income instruments, including greenbonds [Todd Cort (Yale SOM), Cary Krosinsky (Yale College), Logan Yonavjak (Yale SOM/FES), …
… The study, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, shows that 44 … economic growth and provide new jobs. “We often talk about a transformational change of our society, when we speak about climate action. And that transformation will affect both … to Edward Snyder, Dean of the Yale School of Management. “It’s incumbent upon us to prepare our students for the world not of last generation, but the next.” As the climate change …
… Connecticut has a climate goal: reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050. This goal is as ambitious … question. Started in September, the program has set out to map Connecticut’s regulatory and market landscape with respect to renewable thermal technologies. What incentives might help … spectrum of available technologies, from single building-scale interventions, like ground source heat pumps and solar thermal water heaters, to larger interventions that take into …