Posted by: Peter Belisle Energy and Sustainability, President Owners are starting to get the message that a solar power installation can be a financially viable, even lucrative, strategy for the right property. Several factors go into that consideration: state and local incentives, the amount of pressure on local utilities to acquire solar power, and the [...]
Archive | March, 2011
The Regenerative City
Posted by: Rosemary Feenan Director of Global Research Programmes, EMEA At the recent Global City conference in Abu Dhabi it was it was Professor Herbert Girardet (co-founder of the World Future Council) who particularly caught my attention with his measured, logical and forceful argument as to why we need to redefine our concept of the [...]
The Equator Principles
Posted by: Lauralee Martin Chief Financial Officer Another interesting takeaway from the first day of the 3CS Spring Conference involved Citi’s response to a negative perception by some of its customers. Eliza Eubank, VP of Environmental and Social Risk Management for Citi, discussed how brand reputation can be a policy driver. Citi, and other banks, [...]
FITs and starts and restarts
Posted by: Erin Karsten Head of UK Renewable Energy Solutions Last month’s announcement of a first comprehensive review of the Feed-in Tariff (FITs) scheme and last week’s launch of the ‘call for consultation’ process are very much a predictable consequence of the arrival of the coalition government, its commitment to drastic budgetary control and, more [...]
Sustainability and profit can coexist
Posted by: Lauralee Martin Chief Financial Officer The Corporate & College Collaborative for Sustainability (3CS) Spring Conference started with the theme “The Secret of Sustainability Leadership”. Participants are here from NYU, Emory, Georgetown, Babson, William & Mary and Columbia Boston College, to name a few. Jones Lang LaSalle and IBM sponsored this event, and I spoke and led the [...]