… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically … of Business Offers New Minor in Social Responsibility and Impact in Business" - UConn Today "Yale report shows businessstudents want better corporate climate practices" - Yale …
… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … 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 … 2015, emissions reduction goals, and emissions reduction initiatives. We then analyzed what we found and have summarized our findings below. While our insights cover a range of …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable … clean electricity grid, however, will need to rely on zero-carbon energy throughout the day and year, and everywhere electricity is used. RPSs have been unable to achieve these … 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 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 … from increased healthcare costs and exacerbated environmental damage to payment at the source of pollution. By doing so, it incentivizes carbon-emissions reductions and …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a … steps involved in designing a GRH. These steps include involving the community, determining what electrical loads will be backed up, sizing a battery, choosing a technology mix, and … 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 …
… 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: Whatscope of emissions does the commitment address? Is the commitment proportional to the …
… 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 … 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 …
… Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG From Solutions to Scale: Considerations and Insights for … often depends on the development of advanced technologies in areassuch as renewable resources, energy efficiency and storage, and carbon removal. This report refers to such … Ben Soltoff Ecosystem-Builder/Entrepreneur in Residence at Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship MBA 2019 Master of Environmental Management 2019 Alumni Kathy Julik-Heine …
… -by Abhishri Aggarwal, Kate Logan, Namrita Kapur Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions … holds great potential where philanthropy fallsshort—mobilizing the scale of financial resources needed to address the world’s pressing problems. According to the Global Impact … to conservation, $3.1 billion was undeployed.2 This is a real frustration considering what we know about the enormous need and urgency for those resources. Building upon …
… This global study measures awareness and engagement of the UN’sSustainable Development Goals. … into collaboration models and how businessschools can incorporate SDGs into their discourse and curriculum, creating change and leading toward peace and prosperity for the … into collaboration models and how businessschools can incorporate SDGs into their discourse and curriculum, creating change and leading toward peace and prosperity for the …