… This report seeks to address the question of how an organization should design and implement an … is not clear how implementation might differ in a business environment or another setting. Our project seeks to supplement the growing carbon-pricing literature, given the promise of … of key decisions lessons learned from an examination of case studies on Yale University, Microsoft, Société Générale, Delta, and QANTAS Airlines in the context of our policy …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might expect, he is passionate about coffee … into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffeesourced from good quality beans is hard to find. lly believes that the solution to the sad …
… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically … are integrating sustainability topics, but students are calling on them to go further. The ‘carbon tax on talent’ continues to rise: Now, the majority of businessstudentsstate that …
… Renewable Thermal Technologies (RTT), especially heat pumps paired with solar, have the potential to dramatically … 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 Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI) analyzed the residential energy consumption and carbon emission by end-use and fuel type. From there, we investigated how much air-source …
… Companies are in a constant state of disruption and evolution as they attempt to stay ahead of … model and promotes the elimination of waste through the continual use of natural resources. This holistic framework allows companies to evaluate the environmental impact of … an instant uproar around the issue of plastic disposal. This debate quickly expanded beyond plastic and included all single-use packaging. Packaging companies concerned by both …
… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … environmental sustainability — exacerbates this confusion. To cut through the noise, our team from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the … driver of climate change: greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. It seems obvious to catalog GHGs from the US’ largest public …
… In August of 2014, Mark Gentry, the Chief Operating Officer of Gifford Pinchot State University (GPSU) Foundation**, called Robert Farrington, a Managing Director at … university clients were either actively engaged in discussions about their exposure to carbon in their portfolio or had just framed a policy concerning carbon investing. …
… Pepsi has a new challenge. In 2007, PepsiCo became the first consumer company to use the Carbon … of its Walkers Crisps potato chips in the United Kingdom. Developed by the U.K.-based Carbon Trust, the CRL is meant to communicate to consumers not only the individual product's …
… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind … on the basis of their costs, including GHG emissions costs. Thisstage of the project is ongoing. Project Outcomes To date, the investigator and a research assistant have completed …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits … developed two models: 1) the wind turbine (WT) reliability prediction model and 2) the “Four-Quadrant Component/Subsystem Maintenance Model.” The WT reliability prediction model was … a wind turbine life cycle impact analysis and to quantify the environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint, global warning potential, ozone depletion potential, etc.). Related …