… the business. AXA’s business had grown rapidly over the previous decades. The company was formed in the 1980s through the merger of a few mid-sized French insurance firms. From the … The company took over struggling franchises and utilizing its strong balance sheet, technical expertise and abilities in product innovation, managed to turn around their … 2000 and the company faced economic headwinds, AXA continued to produce strong returns. In 2010, the company announced Ambition AXA, a five-year strategic plan to grow the company. …
… on Climate Change (GC3), a group charged with creating a comprehensive climate strategy for the State of Connecticut. As of September 2016, Garcia remained undecided about a key … for him. Garcia noted about natural gas, “If you're extending the infrastructure, you're building something into the system that will be around for a long time.” To provide insight … the long term consequences of their actions, the GC3’s data and metrics working group was building models that would both project Connecticut’s energy needs and the corresponding …
… hail insurance, the most common policy in agriculture. In years 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 weather damage not only made it possible for growers to continue their livelihoods, but also helped stabilize the region's food …
… oil company PEMEX had to find ways to implement this policy. Nevertheless, in spite of efforts by various government agencies as well as PEMEX, by mid-2014 no ethanol had been … indications, in 2009 and in 2012 PEMEX introduced two tender offers requesting supplier bids to provide ethanol to the company. As first steps, the amounts requested were … price of ethanol, and there could be no increase in the price of gasoline at the pump. No bids came in under PEMEX's maximum. Considering (1) the constraints in the economics of …
… products we buy. However, it is not something that consumers can easily spot or screen for. When, in June 2015, France’s Ecology minister, Segolene Royal, called on her country to … highlighted the hidden role it plays in the global economy. And, as fires set to clear land for palm oil plantations blazed in Indonesia throughout the fall of 2015, covering the … impacts on both global and local scales. The most notable of those impacts stem from deforestation. In Indonesia and Malaysia alone (the two countries responsible for 85% of palm …
… company designed, manufactured, distributed, and serviced diesel and natural gas engines, for transportation, construction, and power generation. In addition to the engines, it … Steve Chapman, Cummins Group Vice President - China and Russia, had established 50-50 joint ventures with vehicle manufacturers in China. As China experiences rapid industrial and … Steve Chapman, Cummins Group Vice President - China and Russia, had established 50-50 joint ventures with vehicle manufacturers in China. As China experiences rapid industrial and …
… taste, its beauty. Illy also has a dream that someday soon the coffee market might be transformed into something approaching the market for wine. Where connoisseurs discuss the fine points of various origin coffees and blends, where customers are willing to pay a premium for the finest examples of the coffee-making art, and the growers, roasters and baristas …
… Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of policy," upon the Connecticut Green Bank for its role in "sparking the green bank movement." The Green Bank used financial … of capital for consumers and businesses to install energy efficiency upgrades and renewable technology. It supported the banking industry in offering standardized products for … funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both insulate itself from the political winds from the north, and move …
… finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the Efficient Buildings Fund (EBF) and is iteratively improving it. This bank, which combines the features … Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily accelerating utility energy-efficiency efforts. The new state leadership created the RIIB. It was built by renaming and restructuring … program designed to accelerate energy-efficiency and clean-energy upgrades to municipal buildings such as schools, firehouses, and offices. Launched in the summer of 2015, the EBF …
… to offer students three new team-based independent study opportunities. These are offered for credit, equivalent to a full-credit course. Have a read and then apply by January … to offer students three new team-based independent study opportunities. These are offered for credit, equivalent to a full-credit course. Have a read and then apply by January …