… y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’sstruggling project received a significant 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 …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades … 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 … the entire palm oil value chain, from growing seedlings and managing over 450,000 hectares of plantation lands to running extraction and refining mills and marketing its own …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining hallsserve more … 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). … children to increase their involvement with growing, cooking, or eating healthy foods. Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial … buildings emit and reduce their operating costs. While these energy-efficiency upgradesare often cash-flow-positive with the right loans, they have failed to penetrate the market … both the investment cost for energy-efficiency upgrades and the subsequent cost savings. Source Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of FocusSustainable Finance and …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of … mitigants like loan loss reserve funds, interest rate buy-downs, subordinated debt, or warehousing facilities, the Green Bank lowered the cost of capital for consumers and … In 2017, nearly 90% of the Connecticut Green Bank's operating funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both insulate …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might … connoisseurs discuss the fine points of various origin coffees and blends, where customersare willing to pay a premium for the finest examples of the coffee-making art, and the … into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffee sourced from good quality beans is hard to find. lly believes that the solution to the sad …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat … the Indonesian rainforest from further destruction. One year later the situation appeared to have reversed. Leading figures in the government of Indonesia were calling upon the …
… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed … or take out loans to spread the cost over time. Second, while large-scale investorsare increasingly familiar with residential energy-efficiency financing, they don’t use … in their underwriting criteria. So the cost per project can be too low for significant resources to be dedicated to vetting each one. Plus, the methods of energy-efficiency upgrades …
… In the early 2000s, the CEO of General Electric (GE), Jeff Immelt, recognized this emerging pattern in public … an environmental business initiative called "ecomagination" in 2005 that was rooted in four commitments: To double investment in clean research and development (R&D) to $1.5 … like the company's pollution of the Hudson River - remained skeptical of GE's green claims. Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Access the …
… Santam, the leading short-term insurer in South Africa, was actively pursuing a strategy and … when crops were damaged before they could be harvested and sold, crop insurance provided resources that allowed farmers to be able to plant the following season. Settlements for … insurance business in the rest of Africa. The company faced considerable challenges in thisarea as crop insurance had low penetration in other parts of Africa. Company officials …