… called the Clean Energy Finance Source newsletter. At the end of 2013, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment took the project over and renamed it the Clean Energy Finance Forum. Read the … Energy Finance Forum … Program Clean Energy Finance Forum Adopted by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment in 2013, the Clean Energy Finance Forum is a hub for …
… in a monthly discussion circle to imagine a regenerative, resilient society and explore how business, government, and civil society can make that possible. As peers from across … , our meetings are peer-led, open-ended conversations about the future of society, the environment, and our own places at their intersection. Throughout the year, we discuss the … as the future of agriculture, the urban/rural divide, corporate social responsibility and business ethics, systemic racism, economic divides, political polarization, strained …
… Program Overview The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has developed this year-long, admissions-based online certificate for … leaders to catalyze the transition to a clean economy. Program Overview The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has developed this year-long, admissions-based online …
… set of explanatory resources. The site is a collaboration between the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (CITY). Go Beyond the … set of explanatory resources. The site is a collaboration between the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale …
… in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Mas business group), GAR became the holding company for the family’s agribusinesses, including its Indonesian subsidiary PT SMART. The company has assembled an … the world’s leading exporter of crude palm oil. The palm oil boom, however, concerned environmentalists. Palm oil plantations had been carved out of precious rainforest and peat …
… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate responsibility (CR) as well. … CR, and Public Affairs functions together, to further integrate CR into the core of the business. AXA’s business had grown rapidly over the previous decades. The company was formed … by a set of metrics reflecting in an integrated way the financial, but also the social and environmental, value created by the company. Corporate Sustainability Environmental …
… public policy and grow his company's bottom line. Under Immelt's leadership, GE launched an environmental business initiative called "ecomagination" in 2005 that was rooted in four commitments: To … launch, Immelt made no pretense about the fact that ecomagination was first and foremost a business growth initiative. His candor earned him praise from leaders of powerful …
… of locals not only with their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (as the agreement was named) represented … the agreement represented a breakthrough. The events of 2015 suggested otherwise, forcing businesses, NGOs and sympathetic government officials to reconsider their positions and … to uphold the pledge. All of these challenges could represent substantial hits to Wilmar's business if not handled correctly. For Greenpeace and other NGOs, the opposition to IPOP …
… make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) plays an important role. The EUA is a deal structure … to attract private finance. It also addresses the misalignment of incentives by creating an Environmental Upgrade Charge (EUC) that allows a property owner and a tenant to more … cost for energy-efficiency upgrades and the subsequent cost savings. Source Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of Focus Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy …
… on the notion that the thermal market is regional rather than state bound, that viable business models can add value, that standardization and harmonization will drive volume and … on the notion that the thermal market is regional rather than state bound, that viable business models can add value, that standardization and harmonization will drive volume and … the performance of the technologies, to estimate risk, and to develop new products and business models. The overall goal of the initiative is to develop a fully-functional data …