… a series of laws promoting the use of alternative fuels in gasoline, beginning with ethanol from sugarcane. This meant that the national oil company PEMEX had to find ways to … yet been developed. Second, ethanol could help Mexico meet its ambitious goals addressing climatechange. Third, biofuels could provide a new market for Mexico's struggling agricultural …
… in South Africa, was actively pursuing a strategy and associated initiatives to build climatechange resilience in South Africa. The company claimed over 22% of all insurance … when crops were damaged before they could be harvested and sold, crop insurance provided resources that allowed farmers to be able to plant the following season. Settlements for … participated in discussions of climatechange and investigated ways of making the country more resilient to the coming changes in weather. There were a variety of new models for crop …
… uses has stimulated cultivation and oil extraction; annual global production has increased morethan nine-fold since 1980. By the 2000s, palm oil had become the most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 …
… Most environmentalists had hoped that the December 2009 ClimateChange Conference in Copenhagen would finally produce a workable, global scheme to reduce … convened as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange - issued two moreclimatechange assessment reports, pointing to human activity as the primary reason for …
… Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls serve more organic food. With support from the university, they started a pilot project to … 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). Within a few years the founding group had expanded beyond the dining …
… most parts of the globe work at a barely subsistence level. One bad harvest (made all the more likely by the ravages of climatechange) or a sudden decline in the commodity price of coffee can drop them below … into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffee sourced from good quality beans is hard to find. lly believes that the solution to the sad …
… 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 … industry itself. At the beginning of 2011, many analysts warned that PV manufacturers had more capacity than demand and that solar modules were passing from a seller’s to a buyer’s market. At the …
… evolving standards, ranging engines for pickup trucks to the largest earth movers. Rather than spend research dollars, many other manufacturers had bowed out of the diesel market, … Given its heavy R&D expense, Cummins had to find ways to spread the development costs over more units, leading it to expansion into global markets. Cummins had found a business … its manufacturing and meet its Mission Statement. Chapman wondered if the company should change the way it handled government relations. Cummins’s approach in China had similarities …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companies signed an agreement to end deforestation, development … oil palm growers set fire to rainforests and peatlands to clear them for planting. The demand for palm oil had skyrocketed from 1990-2010 and crude palm oil (CPO) became the most … regulation. In 2013, environmental campaigners believed they had found leverage to help change the palm oil industry. The supply chain for CPO suggested an hourglass. Millions of …
… 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 … two wind turbines, Tanti discovered that wind energy was an even better business than textiles. Within six years of its incorporation, Suzlon had become the dominant player … electrical plants had mounted and the price of fossil fuels had skyrocketed. With little morethan a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen set to work building Suzlon’s …