Business

Industry-standard baselines for improved forest management (IFM) may significantly overestimate carbon credits

Existing protocols for improved forest management lack science-based criteria to validate the sequestration of metric tons of CO2. Without sufficient regulation of carbon accounting baselines, misaligned incentives favor financial gains over real climate benefits. Revising carbon project protocols can help solve this problem.

Sunday, January 28, 2024
Elisse Roche

Reframing Antitrust Law as an Environmental Problem

In the business sector, industry-wide collaboration is critical to addressing climate change. However, antitrust law in the United States deters such partnerships. Antitrust doctrine could be adjusted to support climate progress if environmental impacts are reframed as economic factors.

Friday, November 17, 2023
Ajay Culhane-Husain

Understanding the Value of Distributed Energy Resources

Distributed energy resources (DERs) are important pathways in the clean energy transition. However, valuing these pathways is challenging. New research examines what value these technologies bring to the grid and how utilities should structure payments for them in the distributed energy system of tomorrow.  

 
 
Monday, March 20, 2023
Sarah Gledhill

Future electric vehicle batteries can reduce waste and increase business in Norway

Storage capacity is a major obstacle in the world’s shift to low-carbon energy. Norway’s reuse of car batteries may help us understand how to make this switch, both reducing environmental impacts and creating business opportunities.  

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Tara Litjens

Triple wins for businesses via industrial symbiosis: cost savings, environmental benefits, and social impact

Companies strive to be efficient in both economic and material capacities. The best way to achieve efficiency is to partner with other companies in turning waste into a resource. 

Thursday, August 25, 2022
Ines Ayostina

ESG Reporting is More than Greenwashing. It Spurs Financial Success.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have long been left on the sidelines of company reporting strategies. However, new research links strong and transparent ESG disclosure with financial profitability. 

Monday, April 11, 2022
Talia Rubnitz

To Enable the Clean Energy Future, Electric Transmission Planning Needs an Upgrade

The electric transmission system is the backbone of the electrical grid. Expanding the transmission system is a critical component of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and an 80% clean electricity sector by 2030, but this expansion will require significant reforms to currently uncoordinated grid planning processes.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Noah Mitchell-Ward

Global Supply Chains Failed in the Face of COVID-19. How Can We Build Back Stronger and More Resilient?

The pandemic has shaken global supply chains, highlighting the importance of enhanced management and fresh priorities. New research finds top factors to increase supply chain resilience to future disruptions.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Talia Rubnitz

Emergence and diffusion of green bonds

IPCC estimates an investment of 2.4 trillion dollars in energy systems for a low-carbon economy. It requires financial innovations and an understanding of its emergence and diffusion. Green bonds, a recent financial innovation, have been gaining attention – the roles of various stakeholders, self-reinforcing processes, and widespread acceptance have been vital factors for its growth and distribution. Assessing these parameters helps to better understand obstacles and factors that influence successful dispersion of other financial innovations.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Shubhra Verma
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