… schools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, finds that: Corporations unwilling to act on environmental issues … would like to recruit. 44 percent of students are willing to accept a lower salary to work for a company with better environmental practices. Conversely, about one-fifth of …
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… Starting a food manufacturing business is hard. This guide is here to help. Maybe you walked through your local grocery store and know exactly what they’re missing. Maybe you know of a lucrative … Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Related Programs Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures Sustainable Venture Prize Participants Tony Cisneros Senior …
… benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewable energy blends complementary land uses and eliminates the false “food or … traditionally dominated discussions about solar-agricultural land use. People often feel forced to choose between fuel or farming, climate or conservation, energy or rural … and economic benefits that these systems can generate. This report, which is written for a broad audience, also examines how communities, solar developers, local leaders, and …
… is growing interest across various stakeholder groups in adopting land use best practices for new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and … 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 … of increased crop yields when projects are sited near pollinator-dependent farmland. In our model, improved crop yields result from projects co-located with farmland producing soy, …
… holds great potential where philanthropy falls short—mobilizing the scale of financial resources needed to address the world’s pressing problems. According to the Global Impact … assets under management.1 Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that assets committed for impact investment are largely sitting on the sidelines. For example, NatureVest’s 2016 … real frustration considering what we know about the enormous need and urgency for those resources. Building upon preliminary research presented by Namrita Kapur of Growald Family Fund …
… This paper seeks to provide a consolidated list of risks that may help to inform investors’ due diligence processes and their understanding of wetland mitigation banking as a real asset, and may serve as a reference for entrepreneurs and regulators who are new to wetland mitigation banking or other more … A Study of Risks facing Entrepreneurs and Regulators Patrick Hook (MBA '13, Master of Forestry '13) Spenser Shadle (MBA '13, Master of Forestry '13) This paper seeks to provide a …
… sustainable agriculture. This research attempts to understand the strategies and performance of a subset of farmland investors focused on sustainability. 2257 2512 2195 … (MBA '16, Master of Environmental Management '16) Lucyann Murray (MBA '17, Master of Forestry '17) Todd Cort Do sustainable farmland investments deliver financial, environmental … sustainable agriculture. This research attempts to understand the strategies and performance of a subset of farmland investors focused on sustainability. Download the Report …
… This report focuses on the need for capital in the water sector and how foundations can address water issues through … '16) Allison Khoe (Master of Environmental Management '17) This report focuses on the need for capital in the water sector and how foundations can address water issues through … Strategy Workshop Series … Susannah Harris … Allison Khoe … This report focuses on the need for capital in the water sector and how foundations can address water issues through …