… In August of 2014, Mark Gentry, the Chief Operating Officer of Gifford Pinchot State University (GPSU) Foundation**, called Robert Farrington, a Managing … portfolio. The Foundation’s investment committee had formed a subcommittee to consider what to do, but Gentry admitted that there was very little consensus among the new group about how to respond. This was not the first time Farrington had received such a call. Commonfund …
… slums by February 2013. Furthermore, the project team hoped to develop research from the effort to create a model that could be used by other communities, completing the research in 2014. However by the late fall of 2013, not a single community toilet had its plans approved, much … give the project any more money. Observers wondered if the project was fatally stalled and what had gone wrong? Project Sammaan had started promisingly enough. In 2011 and early 2012, …
… 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 … makers looked at the country's energy supply, they expected that substituting bioethanol for some portion of gasoline fuel would meet a number of the country’s needs. First, it could help extend the country’s supply of crude oil. The country's demand for gasoline was growing, but the production of crude oil from the country's shallow-water …
… center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … team was looking to make its operations more sustainable. Was the resort on the right path? What projects should MBS prioritize and how should they make decisions? How should MBS market its green event packages to consumers, …
… named Sealed signed a $5-million loan-financing agreement as a way to broaden the market for home energy-efficiency upgrades. In New York State, those upgrades face two key barriers … deployment of debt financing to help stand up large-scale generation projects, this case shows how a similar structure can be used for residential energy efficiency. Sustainable Finance …
… CBEY is delighted to offer Author Talks. In these events, we pair an author who has gone deep into a subject with a voice from Yale who … writer, author and thoughtful listener. We hope this series provides a similar experience for you. Clean Energy Corporate Sustainability Equity and Justice Author Talks … Program … EST Influence Is Your Superpower Tue, February 1st, 2022, 4:00 PM EST — 5:30 PM EST Online What’s Innovative About International Environmental Governance? Tue, April 27th, 2021, 12:00 …
… curated 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 Buzzwords! Circularity Clean Energy … curated 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 …
… of the Texas Climate Initiative. You meet with him and learn that he needs help preparing for an unusual negotiation. Marston will be flying to San Francisco for a negotiating … 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 (and you) know none of … After talking with Marston, you agree that your report will cover three general areas: What is the economic value of EDF's blessing to the private equity firms? What should be …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial percentage of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Given that it will take … Financial institutions are reluctant to lend when any claim that they might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental … Financial institutions are reluctant to lend when any claim that they might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) … like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energy efficiency goals. When evaluating how to use Virginia’s QECB allocation, decision makers considered the increased flexibility … like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energy efficiency goals. When evaluating how to use Virginia’s QECB allocation, decision makers considered the increased flexibility …