… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically … Rising Leaders on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Rising Leaders on the Sustainable Development Goals … Todd Cort … Katie Gilbert … Stuart DeCew … Elizabeth …
… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … that corporate sustainability is imperative, identifying best practices and which companiesare ‘walking the walk’ can be challenging. Corporate metrics, certifications, and coalitions … environmental sustainability — exacerbates this confusion. To cut through the noise, our team from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable … RECs. In states with the most aggressive clean energy policies, the shortcomings of RPSsare becoming more acute. In areas of high solar penetration, for example, solar power generates electricity during the day, but fails to provide energy during the evening hours when demand peaks. The resulting overproduction and waste of renewable energy — and …
… This global study measures awareness and engagement of the UN’sSustainable Development Goals. We hope these results provide insights into collaboration models and how businessschools can incorporate SDGs into their discourse and curriculum, creating change and leading toward peace and prosperity for the …
… This report seeks to address the question of how an organization should design and implement an … is not clear how implementation might differ in a business environment or another setting. Our project seeks to supplement the growing carbon-pricing literature, given the promise of … climate change. Carbon pricing works to shift the cost of carbon from increased healthcare costs and exacerbated environmental damage to payment at the source of pollution. By …
… Soil health provides critical ecosystem services related to water quality, drought … These benefits - and the practices used to achieve them - vary by region, so state programsare uniquely positioned to support the local soil health work of farmers and ranchers. In … 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 …
… For the world to meet the Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its … goal—net-zero emissions by 2050—to the level of an organization? This report defines four ways to make a net-zero commitment clear to an organization’sstakeholders: What scope … the commitment proportional to the organization’s global contribution to climate change? Are offsetting investments tied to the Paris Agreement’s global carbon budget? And does the …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHsare physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to … and takeaways from the energy and financial model we developed using Microsoft Excel. Our energy and financial model, published with this report, is built using the Connecticut …
… Can Ecosystem Services Valuation Bring Additional Value Streams to Minnesota’s Pollinator-Friendly … land footprint — one that is only expected to grow assolar and renewables meet a larger share of U.S. energy needs. Given the climate imperative to transition to a zero-carbon energy … that value ecosystem services and unlock conservation finance could also bring unique sources of capital to pollinator-friendly solar development, helping to spur industry growth. …
… A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pollinator-Friendly Solar in Minnesota 6778 2745 2798 2796 2752 … that assesses both private and social returns from pollinator-friendly solar, as compared to conventional solar or pre-existing agricultural land uses. To conduct a cost-benefit … associated with land devoted to conventional solar, pollinator-friendly solar, and farming. Our analysis reveals that pollinator-friendly solar may generate private benefits to solar …