… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate … Inside AXA in 1990, the company created AXA Atout Coeur ("Hearts in Action") to encourage and support community engagement by employees, and in 2001 it established the Group’sfirst "sustainable …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls … and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). … sold in a farmer's market or donated to local food banks. The farm'sstaff of four managescommunity work days and organizes educational programs, including lectures by well-known …
… With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Project Sammaan brought together a stellar group of designers, architects, and … begin work with city officials in two Indian cities, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, to build 120 community toilets in city slums by February 2013. Furthermore, the project team hoped to … completing the research in 2014. However by the late fall of 2013, not a single community toilet had its plans approved, much less built. Various partners believed that the …
… At the end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company could expand its presence in the … near Phoenix, Arizona. At the end of 2010, Japanese company Kyocera announced that it wasbuilding a solar module plant near San Diego, California. Sharp and Solarworld, … developing B2C channels to tap into the growing market of local contractors and do-it-yourselfers looking to add solar panels to their roofs. Trina had already partnered with …
… y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’sstruggling project received a significant boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up … In the energy area, the company was hoping to receive 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2015, even in a period of rapid growth, increasing itssquare footage in Mexico by …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in itsfirst … the end of 2007, the company was the market leader in Asia and had completed projects in fourteen countries across five continents. But many investors believed these first years were … had skyrocketed. With little more than a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen set to work buildingSuzlon’s international presence. While Suzlon pursued wind farm projects in …
… In the early 2000s, the CEO of General Electric (GE), Jeff Immelt, recognized this emerging pattern in public … an environmental business initiative called "ecomagination" in 2005 that was rooted in four commitments: To double investment in clean research and development (R&D) to $1.5 … the ecomagination launch, Immelt made no pretense about the fact that ecomagination wasfirst and foremost a business growth initiative. His candor earned him praise from leaders …
… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who … company, Las VegasSands Corp., had worked 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. The convention center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat … trader of palm oil in the world, selling in Europe, China, and India. Wilmar had been the first trader to adopt a NDPE standard for all of itssuppliers. The pledge and the …
… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the … was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, it is in our cookies, ourshampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, … literature, news articles, and reports, and to particularly relevant sections of the YaleSchool of Management’s (SOM) palm oil case. These materials can be read on their own, …