… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically … laid bare societal strains and inequalities in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … in the absence of immediate action. The U.S. signed—and then left, before rejoining—the Paris Agreement. In thissurvey of 2,035 global businessstudents, conducted in partnership …
… When it comes to climatechange, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … and economic disasters — have changed this. Following the US’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on November 4, it is up to corporations to take direct responsibility for … 2015, emissions reduction goals, and emissions reduction initiatives. We then analyzed what we found and have summarized our findings below. While our insights cover a range of …
… This global study of more than 3,700 students at 29 top businessschools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business … expressed an unwillingness to work for companies with bad environmental practices no matter what the salary. Students also overwhelmingly consider environmental action a profitable …
… settings to coordinate and create the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, acrosssettings, the issues that prevent market emergence are relatively simple and well understood; the stakeholder groups are … entails the selection of two to four well-matched cases (for information on matched comparisonssee George and Bennett, 2004) where a deeper set of interviews, ethnographic …
… Through this research opportunity, strong theoretical contributions have been made … articulated how expressions of autonomous, intrinsic or self-determined motivation are the driving forces of a sustainability characterised by individual and planetary flourishing … an online article series in collaboration with the MIT Sloan Initiative for Sustainable Business & Society. Use and Applicatons The article, “Transforming Sustainability,” was …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits … following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit of expenditure on maintenance activities not only in a given year, but also into the future; b) allowance for maintenance … given the component failure. These four maintenance strategies include: i) time-based preventative maintenance using visual inspection; ii) scheduled condition-based maintenance …
… Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG From Solutions to Scale: Considerations and Insights for Investing in Nascent Climate Technologies … From Solutions to Scale: Considerations and Insights for Investing in … climate crisis during the 21st century. When researchers map out scenarios of policies and actions that could avert the worst impacts of climatechange, the success of these models …
… Low productivity in agriculture is a significant development challenge, yet many processes used to increase land productivity have deleterious effects that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural … This questionnaire focused on the current level of crop output, as well as the household’s knowledge and use of the CRM and PP technologies. In the second phase, the investigator …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable … valuable. Increase profitability of storage investments by valuing the time-dependent characteristics of electricity. Encourage renewable energy siting near high-priced markets. Support a robust, transparent inter-state market while preserving climatechange mitigation benefits. Policymakers have recognized the challenges posed by …
… For the world to meet the Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its … defines four ways to make a net-zero commitment clear to an organization’sstakeholders: Whatscope of emissions does the commitment address? Is the commitment proportional to the …