Tag Archives: Environmental sustainability

EDF’s private equity work highlighted in Environmental Finance

By | Published: March 13, 2013

Last week, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) was featured in Environmental Finance. The piece centers on results from our work with the private equity sector on environmental initiatives like EDF Climate Corps and our ESG Management Tool. Below are a couple interesting excerpts from the article: Creating a competitive advantage When it comes to managing environmental, [...]

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Make every day Earth Day

By | Published: April 22, 2010

Today is Earth Day, but the idea of living an environmentally-conscious lifestyle doesn’t have to begin and end with what you do today.  Even though the media loves Earth Day, today shouldn't be the only day we think about the environmental impacts of what we do both professionally and personally. Colin Beavan, aka "No Impact [...]

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Why Walmart's Carbon Commitment Can Make Such a Difference

By | Bio | Published: February 25, 2010

Archimedes said "Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the earth," when explaining the principle of levers. Leverage is the big news about Walmart’s announcement today. The company has committed to reducing 20 million metric tons of carbon pollution from its products’ lifecycle and supply chain over the next five years. That’s [...]

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How an inside look at EDF changed my perspective on corporate environmental management

By | Published: February 9, 2010

If you happened to miss my previous post, I recently finished an externship in Environmental Defense Fund's Corporate Partnerships Program, working on the Green Returns team.  After graduating from Wharton last spring, I got the opportunity to work at EDF before beginning my full-time consulting job at Bain & Company.  When I started at EDF, [...]

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Influencing Environmental Behaviors for the Better

By | Bio | Published: January 12, 2010

Ever wonder why some people – who seem to know the right thing to do – don’t do the right thing when asked to take action? Well, it could be that we’re asking them in the wrong way. For example, it turns out that saving money is not much of an incentive to take action [...]

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