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Sustainability

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.

Smokestacks at a power plant releasing steam at sunset
  • 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.

    Should Companies Lead on Sustainability?
  • 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.

    Indra Nooyi
  • 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.

    Housing built along the riverbanks in Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • 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.

    Illustration of dried up lake with Toronto cityscape in the distance
  • 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.

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  • How Did Volkswagen Go Wrong?

    Three Yale faculty on the causes and consequences of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

    Volkswagen
  • Can We Change the Climate Conversation?

    Yale's Brad Gentry on the state of the climate change talks and what a recent Global Network survey of MBA students tells us about the change in the discourse.