… 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 land, resulting in the release of carbon into the atmosphere and the loss of habitat for rare rainforest species. … suit. GAR initially responded to Greenpeace’s charges by commissioning reports and issuing pressreleases denying the group’s allegations. However, in negotiations brokered by The …
… 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 … their positions and strategies. For the companies that signed IPOP, criticism of the pledge pressured them to reassess their plans. Wilmar, in particular, faced difficult choices. The … and determining ways of dealing with them, especially in the face of continued NGO pressure. Secondly, some groups had indicated that they might try to bypass Wilmar and sell …
… pricing works to shift the cost of carbon from increased healthcare costs and exacerbated environmental damage to payment at the source of pollution. By doing so, it incentivizes … a policy framework of key decisions lessons learned from an examination of case studies on Yale University, Microsoft, Société Générale, Delta, and QANTAS Airlines in the context of … a policy framework of key decisions lessons learned from an examination of case studies on Yale University, Microsoft, Société Générale, Delta, and QANTAS Airlines in the context of …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment partnered with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United Illuminating and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to develop optimal policies and strategies that will advance … '16) Philip Picotte (Master of Environmental Management '17) Tanveer Singh Chawla (MBA '17) Yale Center for Business and the Environment partnered with the Connecticut Green …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in … The plant’s nonprofit owner sought to achieve independence from the local energy grid. The Yale team recommended a hybrid solar-wind-storage system, plus a backup gas generator, to … Energy Independence Plan … The Producer Partnership Energy Independence Plan Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in …
… a methodology for performing a wind turbine life cycle impact analysis and to quantify the environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint, global warning potential, ozone depletion … and Applications Professor Khalil used the content of this research in three courses at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Air Pollution Control, Environmental Risk … and Applications Professor Khalil used the content of this research in three courses at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Air Pollution Control, Environmental Risk …
… the stakeholder groups are similar and stable; the overall desire to create a market –for environmental, political, and/or economic reasons—is considerable; and yet, there is … followed at each state, and to gather rich archival information from both—including press articles, conference proceedings, public hearing minutes, public utility commission … The grant provided the researchers leverage to raise an additional $5,000 from a group of Yale donors interested in Social Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der …
… for growing the EV market and increasing investment in EV charging stations. We compare EV markets across states with a focus on New York, which falls in the middle of the 50 states … Electric Vehicle Markets in New York and Other States Marissa Galizia (MBA '15, Master of Environmental Management '15) Eitan Hochster (MBA '16, Master of Environmental Management '16) Jeffrey Schub (MBA '13) Should policymakers incentivize …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment is partnering with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United Illuminating and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to develop optimal policies and strategies that will advance … Management '17) Amir Chireh Mehr (MBA '17, Master of Environmental Management '17) Yale Center for Business and the Environment is partnering with the Connecticut Green …