Sustainability
Can Investors Make a Profit by Saving Bats?
Restoring biodiversity around the globe will require financing from private investors. A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Anya Nakhmurina, focusing on the restoration of bat populations, proposes a strategy that could allow investors to support conservation while also turning a profit.
To Reduce Emissions, the Carbon Offsets Market Needs One Crucial Fix
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Vahideh Manshadi and Faidra Monachou and Ilan Morgenstern of UC Berkeley lays out a framework to study the market for carbon offsets and their climate value.
How Dr. Bronner’s Turned a Soap Company into a Blueprint for Regenerative Business
Darcy Shiber-Knowles ’13 has helped grow Dr. Bronner’s from a cult favorite to a force reshaping how industries think about sustainability.
The Colorado River Is Overdrawn, and a Corporate Reckoning Is Imminent
For decades, the Colorado River has delivered less water than allocated, with shrinking reservoirs making up the difference. Yale SOM’s Todd Cort argues that companies across the West have yet to account for this imbalance.
Disclosure of Carbon Emissions Spurs Business Creation
New research from Yale SOM shows that a federal disclosure rule, intended to curb pollution, has also spurred business formation in regulated industries—a finding that comes as the EPA proposes ending the program.
Can Markets Respond to Climate Risk Without Government?
We asked Professor Todd Cort, an expert on sustainability finance, how the revocation of the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding would affect decisions about climate risk from investors, lenders, and companies.
How a New Approach to Store Brands Helped Natural and Organic Foods Go Mainstream
As Whole Foods expanded in the 1990s, Denis Ring ’84 took on the challenge of developing the grocery chain’s 365 brand. Wooing shoppers with joyful design and affordable prices, he harnessed the power of private labels to expand the scale of organic and all-natural foods.
Renewable Energy Is Easier Than Ever to Build—and Harder to Talk About
Advances in technology and a maturing development ecosystem have made renewable energy more economical, less risky, and increasingly rewarding for landowners, says Reid Buckley ’89, a partner at Orion Renewable Energy Group. But it has also become more politicized.
A Diversified Portfolio of Climate Solutions
We talked to Dean Takahashi ’83, founder and executive director of the Carbon Containment Lab, a nonprofit helping to develop multiple high-quality, undervalued climate innovations.
Are Companies Abandoning Climate Action?
Last week, Bloomberg reported that mentions of climate change and other environmental topics in corporate earnings calls have dropped by 75% since they peaked three years ago. We asked Yale SOM’s Todd Cort what the change of emphasis says about the state of corporate sustainability efforts.
Video: Can the Tools of Finance Help Combat Climate Change?
Yale SOM’s Stefano Giglio, an expert on climate finance, explains what green investing can and can’t do to help speed the transition to a post-carbon economy.
