… by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. Our final featured speaker in the Green Infrastructure mini-series, Bethany Bezak, is an engineer and Green Infrastructure project coordinator at the District of Columbia Water and Sewer … with public investments in natural stormwater management and green infrastructure engineering. Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Green Infrastructure Tools in …
… Introduction and purpose The urgent need for sustainable management of environmental resources is gaining traction among the general … necessary for moving beyond 20th-century production-based metrics and towards 21st-century sustainable economies focused on human wellbeing. The year 2020 will be pivotal for the future of natural capital accounting. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators of the 2030 Agenda are slated for revision, …
… Responding to findings by scientists that linked palm oil plantations to deforestation, Greenpeace, a global environmental NGO, began campaigning in 2005 to save the Indonesian … leading palm oil firm and issued reports criticizing the practices of the company. Greenpeace’s campaign took off in 2010, when the organization targeted a GAR customer, … many observers, including Greenpeace, hailed the commitments as setting a new standard in sustainable palm oil production. Besides committing not to plant on any land that was …
… resort had become a temple of luxury recreation, could it also become a symbol of sustainable enterprise? MBS's management hoped so. A small team led by Kevin Teng and … hard to make operations and facilities more resource-efficient. The resort had garnered a Green Mark Platinum Award and was actively tackling its waste, water, and energy systems. … (MICE) industry in Southeast Asia. In 2013, MBS had started offering a customizable "Green Meeting" package. From five green events in 2013, the program had grown to 142 in …
… This calculator provides a common, regional platform to estimate the cost savings and greenhouse gas emissions reductions of switching to clean heating and cooling technologies. The first version of this tool targets homeowners and is designed to be user-friendly, simple, yet accurate. The second phase of the work improves … The Renewable Thermal Alliance (RTA), a public-private partnership initiated by NYSERDA, CT Green Bank, and Yale University, aims to develop the infrastructure for large-scale …
… have deleterious effects that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural technologies exist, designed to minimize the adverse effects of farming and improve long-term agricultural … have deleterious effects that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural technologies exist, designed to minimize the adverse effects of …
… Uganda: Lilly Ajarova , Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust , TBA. The Green Broker Network: Scott Landis and Yadira Molina , GreenWood Global and Fundacion Madera … Innovation Prize aims to bring attention to practical and strategic finance initiatives designed to conserve tropical forest ecosystems and that answer: What tools can transform traditional donor-backed conservation to financially sustainable conservation and livelihoods? What are practical methods that can be …
… Do sustainable farmland investments deliver financial, environmental and social returns? With the rise of impact investing, there has been a jump in investment strategies promoting sustainable agriculture. This research attempts to understand the strategies and performance … focused on sustainability. 2257 2512 2195 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sustainable Finance and ESG Sustainable Farmland Investment Strategies … Sustainable …
… Interested in the impact of the technology sector, and in learning more about what leading companies in the space today are doing to incorporate … businesses? Sustainability careers in the tech sector can take many forms, from managing sustainable supply chains and data centers, to helping design electronics disassembly robots. Come hear from four FES alumni working at the …
… Innovation Prize aims to bring attention to practical and strategic finance initiatives designed to conserve tropical forest ecosystems and that answer: What tools can transform traditional donor-backed conservation to financially sustainable conservation and livelihoods? What are practical methods that can be … Based Solutions Entrepreneurship and Innovation in International Forest Finance - The Green Broker Network … Entrepreneurship and Innovation in International Forest Finance - The …