… This reportseeksto addressthe question of how an organization should design and implement … is not clear how implementation might differ in a business environment or another setting. Our projectseeksto supplementthe growing carbon-pricing literature, given the promise of … carbon pricesto regulate their carbon emissions. Corporations can act collectively with governmentsto reach the goal of decarbonization. To provide guidance on designing …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancienttimes, it is only in the past few … 2000s, palm oil had become the most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Mas …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls … and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). … varieties of vegetables, fruit, flowers, and herbs, which issold in a farmer's market or donated to local food banks. The farm'sstaff of four manages community work days and …
… Atthe end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company … developing B2C channelsto tap into the growing market of local contractors and do-it-yourselfers looking to add solar panelsto their roofs. Trina had already partnered with … had more capacity than demand and thatsolar modules were passing from a seller’sto a buyer’s market. Atthe same time, the oversupply was pushing prices down further so that …
… Renewable Thermal Technologies (RTT), especially heat pumps paired withsolar, have the potential to … from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECs), Houston's Climate Action Plan, and our own report on Pathways for Reducing Energy Burdens in Harris County, the Texas Energy … the adoption of RTTs faces many obstacles, our reportshowsthatthe benefits are worth it. This report was authored by Erick C. Jones Jr., Dana Harmon, and Tam Kemabonta and submitted …
… The objective of this project wasto use both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to … private forestland is $24.84 per year. Average premium for local forest products is 11.5%, with amounts varying across furniture, lumber, honey, maple syrup and Christmastrees. … create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon previously untapped sources of publicly derived funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital servicesto local … and takeaways from the energy and financial model we developed using Microsoft Excel. Our energy and financial model, published withthis report, is built using the Connecticut …
… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power to India's … The road to SELCO’ssuccess, however, has not always been smooth. Hande cofounded SELCO (with Neville Williams) in 1995 to sell and service photovoltaic (PV) systems in his home … and deviating from its mission to help the poor. Asthe company was recovering from this move, the price of solar panelsspiked and sales declined. Investors put pressure on …
… When Walmart de México y Centroamérica decided to buythe power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’s … boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up …
… The objective of this project isto investigate waysthat consumers make inferences about green product … heuristic, whereby they assume that companies have a fixed amount of manufacturing resources. Thus, resources devoted to “making the product green” come atthe expense of making … in his core Master of Business Administration class, among colleagues, and in conjunction with a case on green products. Future Activities Additional data will be collected for the …