Sustainability
Making Impact Investing Work for System Resilience—and Investor Profits
To confront interconnected environmental and social crises, impact investors will need to factor resilience-building into their expected returns, especially in the most vulnerable parts of the world.
Can Green Banks Scale Clean Energy?
Richard Kauffman ’83 explains how the New York Green Bank has made possible $1.5 billion in clean energy projects that wouldn’t otherwise have happened.
Is There Reason for Optimism on Climate Change?
Yale’s Dan Esty points to hopeful signs of progress on a bottom-up response to climate change in the wake of the Paris Agreement.
Can We Adapt to Climate Change?
Climate change has the potential to reshape the priorities facing businesses, governments, and societies. Experts look at the key challenges around the world.
Should Companies Lead on Sustainability?
Unilever CEO Paul Polman says the company can dramatically shrink its environmental impact while growing profits.
What’s the Energy Equation?
What will the world’s use of energy look like in the coming decades, as technological advances revolutionize transportation and push down the price of renewable energy?
Can a Positive Impact Be Profitable?
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi ’80 talks about the company’s Performance with Purpose initiative and the evolving role of sustainability.
Can We Create Affordable Housing in the World’s Fastest-Growing Cities?
Ira Peppercorn ’85 says that creating affordable housing in the world’s fastest-growing cities requires accurate data and an incremental approach.
Can Improving Farming Productivity Save the Rainforest?
Research by Mushfiq Mobarak suggests that improved crop productivity through electrification pushes Brazilian farmers away from land-intensive cattle grazing.
Should We Put a Price on Water?
Jim Matheson, CEO of Oasys Water, discusses the role for policy and innovation in avoiding a global freshwater crisis.
Is Climate Change Too Big for Business?
Frances Beinecke argues that climate change is too fundamental for business to solve without a framework set by public policy.
