… operations. 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 its square footage in … The success of the EVM wind farm had ignited Manuel Gómez Peña’s thinking about further renewable energy projects. Gómez, Walmart de México’s Director of Sustainability, was … to participate in and benefit from other projects. Gómez was also considering the mix of renewable energy sources. In addition to wind, solar and mini-hydroelectric projects were …
… transferred its CR team from the department that included the Communications function to a newly created department combining the Strategy, CR, and Public Affairs functions together, … Bébéar set up a number of organizations to bring business leaders together to tackle social problems and engage in philanthropy. Inside AXA in 1990, the company created AXA Atout Coeur … function to the department comprised of the Strategy and Public Affairs functions. This new integrated department was baptized "Strategy, Sustainability, and Public Affairs." The …
… series of educational programs related to food. Today the Yale Farm is a large educational initiative within the university. The farm grows some 200 varieties of vegetables, fruit, … within the university and beyond, and it would like to increase its participation with the New Haven community. Your assignment is to develop a program through which the Yale Farm will encourage New Haven children to increase their involvement with growing, cooking, or eating healthy …
… effectiveness of existing policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and identify new strategies. Connecticut’s government had already set a target of reducing greenhouse gas … by 2050. The GC3 had been tasked to develop interim statewide greenhouse gas reduction targets for years between 2020 and 2050 and identify short- and long-term statewide … Connecticut’s energy needs. The nuclear power all came from a massive plant situated near New London, CT called Millstone. The facility included two reactors that produced almost …
… Regional Director of Environmental Defense's Texas Office and head of the Texas Climate Initiative. You meet with him and learn that he needs help preparing for an unusual … private equity firms seeking to acquire Texas electrical utility TXU, and he needs your immediate feedback. The private equity firms want two environmental groups - Environmental … be representing them. Marston certainly knows TXU, given EDF's battles over TXU's proposed new coal-fired plants. However, there is much uncertainty in this new opportunity - Marston …
… which combines the features of a green bank and an infrastructure bank, was developed under new political leadership. The recently-elected state treasurer, Seth Magaziner, proposed the EBF to Gina Raimondo, the new state governor. The state already possessed a Renewable Portfolio Standard and a Systems Benefit Charge, which it leverages to support …
… that expanded the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) by creating the Solar Home Renewable Energy Credit (SHREC). The SHREC provides a stable funding structure for an expanded … campaign promises in 2015 was to increase the RSIP tenfold. Meanwhile, the reliance on renewable-energy credits (RECs) to satisfy the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) was being predominantly met with out-of-state resources …
… 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 double … energy efficiency its facilities by 2012; To keep the public informed about ecomagination targets, progress and results. Along with the four commitments came a massive ecomagination … 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 environmental NGOs like …
… investment strategy of Adam Blumenthal, founding partner of Blue Wolf Capital Management in New York. “What we’re looking for is something that has a solid business at its core, but that has enough other extraneous problems that most people at a private equity fund decide it’s not worth doing,” he said. In … investment strategy of Adam Blumenthal, founding partner of Blue Wolf Capital Management in New York. “What we’re looking for is something that has a solid business at its core, but …
… architects, and social science researchers to tackle one of the developing world's leading problems – open defecation in crowded urban settings. Initial planning and surveys began in … in April 2012, the Sammaan team planned to begin work with city officials in two Indian cities, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, to build 120 community toilets in city slums by February … and if so where? Should the partners reframe project management, and if so, what should the new management structure be? Should the researchers and funders redefine research …