… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. It seems obvious to catalog GHGs from the US’ largest public companies and track their goals for reducing them, but after scouring the internet, … a range of topics relevant to corporate emissions, two common themes emerged. First, the privatesector desperately needsstandardized guidelines for GHG emissions measurement and …
… On February 23, 2007, your investment banking firm receives an urgent call from James D. Marston, Regional Director of … negotiation. Marston will be flying to San Francisco for a negotiating session with the private equity firmsseeking to acquire Texas electrical utility TXU, and he needs your immediate feedback. The private equity firms want two environmental groups - Environmental Defense (also known as …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of … in "sparking the green bank movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attract private capital to clean energy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and … two years. In 2017, nearly 90% of the Connecticut Green Bank's operating funds came from publicsources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both …
… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who … center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … In 2013, MBS had started offering a customizable "Green Meeting" package. From five green events in 2013, the program had grown to 142 in 2017, grossing over S$30 million in revenue. …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified Energy Conservation Bond … relative to traditional QECBs and “qualified” projects. GCPs can issue bonds for any mix of public and/or private projects. In contrast, under the traditional QECB structure, a maximum of 30% of …
… After the recession, the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-publicstate entity, sought to … Benefit Charge, which it leverages to support clean-energy activities. The Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily accelerating utility energy-efficiency …
… these areas, addressing climate change will be far more difficult, if not impossible. The public and privatesectors play a crucial role in developing nascent climate technologies by deploying … capabilities and start-up needs Enhancing non-financial support, such as expertise, partnerships, connections, equipment, and political advocacy Authors Neil Yeoh CEO & Founder …
… In 2014, the Connecticut Green Bank released the second edition of its CT Solar Lease program in an attempt to create an accessible … case study focuses on the residential side of the solar-lease program. The program combined public funds and private capital to finance residential solar projects and solar water heaters. CT Solar …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a … camera trap data on biodiversity easier to analyze, was being incorporated into a free, public, cloud-based website called Wildlife Insights. CI, however, anticipated that scientists, governments, NGOs, businesses, and landowners might want to operate "private instances" of the software, i.e., separate customizable databases on which more …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of … the country'sshallow-water wells in the Gulf of Mexico was decreasing and its deep-water reserves had not yet been developed. Second, ethanol could help Mexico meet its ambitious … PEMEX would soon face competition due to new energy reforms that promised to introduce privatesector competition to PEMEX, including at the retail fuel station. The ability to …