… CO2 to the atmosphere, scientists at General Motors, the world’s largest automaker, had started looking at the greenhouse effect in the mid-1980s. The wide-ranging discussions within … U.S. market. Meanwhile, international efforts to prevent global warming had accelerated. A series of UN-sponsored conferences, bringing together the nations of the world, had … believed that the agreement would not be ratified by the Senate. In 1988, a vocal, well-financed lobbying organization called the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) had been formed by …
… stage. By 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 … additional markets to fuel the company’s continued growth. Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Suzlon … Suzlon Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of alternative fuels in gasoline, beginning with … EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Circularity PEMEX: The Ethanol Decision … PEMEX: The Ethanol …
… if the project was fatally stalled and what had gone wrong? Project Sammaan had started promisingly enough. In 2011 and early 2012, the group had come together, to combine … tough choices. Should the project add more funding, and if so where? Should the partners reframe project management, and if so, what should the new management structure be? Should the … teach others about an overall solution to the problem? Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Environmental Innovation Project Sammaan … Project Sammaan With funding from …
… standards developed in recent years for new buildings do not address much of the existing carbon emissions. In the face of the long replacement time, focus has shifted to retrofits and upgrades to existing building stock. This would both reduce the amount … and is senior to the mortgage, providing the incentive necessary to attract private finance. It also addresses the misalignment of incentives by creating an Environmental …
… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who came to lodge, to gamble, to shop, to relax, to attend meetings or weddings, to eat, or simply to gawk at the facilities. But as the integrated resort had become a temple of luxury recreation, could it also become a symbol of … The MICE team had set a goal of 500 green meetings annually by the year 2030. Teng had a particular interest in seafood, and worked with WWF to address procurement issues in the …
… every vice president threw in the trash because he would be embarrassed to show it to a partner.” In 2008, this was the investment strategy of Adam Blumenthal, founding partner of … of all pulp and timber operations, and it had put the mill up for sale. Due diligence suggested that the mill had a good core business. The mill also presented some significant … is yes.” The remaining question, then, was how much to pay. Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Environmental Innovation Northern Pulp: A Private Equity Firm Resurrects a …
… product. To date, the program has performed much better than expected. Average realized savings have been on the order of 50% of the average electricity bill prior to the installation of the upgrades. The program uses the PAYS® framework. PAYS® is an on-bill-financing solution developed by Clean Energy Works (CEW), an … by Dr. Holmes Hummel, who served as the Senior Policy Advisor in the United States Department of Energy’s Office of Policy & International Affairs from 2009 to 2013. CEW …
… Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the Efficient … 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 … which it leverages to support clean-energy activities. The Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily accelerating utility energy-efficiency efforts. The new …
… the leading short-term insurer in South Africa, was actively pursuing a strategy and associated initiatives to build climate change resilience in South Africa. The company claimed over … in the forefront of social responsibility and sustainability issues. Company officials participated in discussions of climate change and investigated ways of making the country … to benefit South Africa and the rest of the continent? Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Santam: Crop Insurance and Climate Change … Santam: Crop Insurance and …