… in Health Care Symposium Health systems around the world are turning their attention to greenhouse gas mitigation and resilience. Globally, health care is responsible for nearly 5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Nationally, US health care is responsible for 8.5% of US greenhouse gas emissions and similar fractions of toxic air emissions. Disease burden …
… is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This will have catastrophic effects on human … Initiative (SBTi), the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit corporations. Greenwashing — a form of marketing that creates a false perception of a company’s …
… and our own places at their intersection. Throughout the year, we discuss the major issues of our personal and professional lives such as the future of agriculture, the … also enhance the dialogue, debate, and collaboration that shape our monthly discussions. Building trust and common understanding involves spending time together. During the … also enhance the dialogue, debate, and collaboration that shape our monthly discussions. Building trust and common understanding involves spending time together. During the …
… Responding to findings by scientists that linked palm oil plantations to deforestation, Greenpeace, a global environmental NGO, began campaigning in 2005 to save the Indonesian … leading palm oil firm and issued reports criticizing the practices of the company. Greenpeace’s campaign took off in 2010, when the organization targeted a GAR customer, … video that went viral on social media sites. Nestlé quickly bowed to the demands of Greenpeace and dropped GAR as a supplier. Unilever had already canceled its contracts with …
… hard to make operations and facilities more resource-efficient. The resort had garnered a Green Mark Platinum Award and was actively tackling its waste, water, and energy systems. … (MICE) industry in Southeast Asia. In 2013, MBS had started offering a customizable "Green Meeting" package. From five green events in 2013, the program had grown to 142 in … 2030. Teng had a particular interest in seafood, and worked with WWF to address procurement issues in the fishing sector, starting with removing red grouper, shark fin, and bluefin …
… discussed with the objective of taking into account the new economic environment, including issues of well-being and sustainability. The SEEA is the statistical framework for natural … of indicators to meet the needs of different user groups and decision makers is key to building robust natural capital accounts and getting the most out of them. A group of … of indicators to meet the needs of different user groups and decision makers is key to building robust natural capital accounts and getting the most out of them. A group of …
… This calculator provides a common, regional platform to estimate the cost savings and greenhouse gas emissions reductions of switching to clean heating and cooling technologies. … The Renewable Thermal Alliance (RTA), a public-private partnership initiated by NYSERDA, CT Green Bank, and Yale University, aims to develop the infrastructure for large-scale deployment of renewable thermal technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy savings and fuel shifting. Our webinar series …
… Evidence from a Field Experiment Ken Gillingham / Tsvetan Tsvetanov 2:55 - 3:20 pm: Greening the Bottom Billion: Access, Distribution, and Impacts of Carbon Finance for the … and Investors Jim Saiers / Erica Barth 4:05 - 4:30 pm: Framing Effects on Inferences about Green Product Quality George Newman 4:30 - 4:40 pm: Closing Remarks – David Sobotka 4:45 - … Evidence from a Field Experiment Ken Gillingham / Tsvetan Tsvetanov 2:55 - 3:20 pm: Greening the Bottom Billion: Access, Distribution, and Impacts of Carbon Finance for the …
… consumption. The Asia Pacific Growth Strategy (APGS) started in 2008 with the aims of building financially stronger offices in the Asia Pacific and tapping into the economic … percent. The last eight years have seen it develop to be an effective, solid strategy for building strong offices across Asia-Pacific; developing leadership, capacity in fundraising, … funding from priority segments through investments in growth, collaboration, and capacity building, and the main driver behind this achievement is the Asia Pacific Growth Strategy. …
… Business students believe corporate leaders should be solving environmental and social issues—but they perceive the most serious issues to be elsewhere, no matter where they live in the world Business students expect … at Yale Center for Business and the Environment Staff Lead, Business and the Environment Learning Community at Yale School of the Environment Staff In the News "The B-schoolers …