Climate Change Challenge

November 04, 2016

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Choose a company or non-profit organization whose operating model is likely to be significantly affected by climate change’s physical manifestations and/or related regulation, including threats and opportunities associated with mitigation and/or adaptation. Describe how the organization is likely to be affected, the steps the organization is taking to address those effects, and describe and justify what additional steps you think the organization should consider implementing.

Note: The post for this assignment should be 600–800 words, and must conclude with a word count such as “(778 words).” Posts should not exceed 800 words.

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How to help farmers in Uganda adapt to climate change?
Purple Unicorn Doppelgänger
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 5:01 pm
How can farmers in Uganda prepare for global climate change? “One acre fund” is a non-profit organization that specializes in helping smallholder farmers living in remote areas to learn about: financing of inputs, training on agricultural techniques distribution and market [...]
Wal-Mart: An Unexpected Leader in Sustainability
DK
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 6:04 pm
Is the class evil corporation just a misunderstood treehugger?
Opportunity in the Drought: Aqua Capital Management and the Market for Tribal Water Rights
Spencer Bradley
Posted on November 5, 2016 at 11:21 am
As climate change causes droughts to grow worse and worse in the American West, Aqua Capital Management is building a business on managing the region's increasingly scarce water resources.
Challenged Chocolate: The Cocoa Industry and Climate Change
Brian Locklear
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 9:09 am
Climate change will decrease cocoa farming productivity in West Africa, shocking the chocolate industry.
AXA: “the cost of climate change is too damn high!”
RaphaelM
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 5:48 pm
Insurance companies are paying the price of climate change. How can they survive when this price keeps going up?
As the Maldives sinks, the world plays the fiddle
AGlasner1
Last modified on November 5, 2016 at 7:15 pm
The historian Suetonius wrote that, in 64 AD, Nero reveled in the beauty of the flames that he had set upon the capital of his empire. And in the destruction of his city, Nero sealed his own fate – brought [...]
Let’s Go Fly a Kite – SkySails and Climate Change
Deviyani Misra-Godwin
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 4:53 pm
Sailing towards sustainability: how one company is using kites to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the high seas
Vote with Your Wallet and Race to the Top
Kent Hoffman
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 4:37 pm
PepsiCo should build on current sustainability initiatives to nudge consumers to vote with their wallets. It's time to race to the top.
Climate Change in Tennis
Divyang Arora
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 3:47 pm
Climate change affecting Tennis faster in more ways than you can imagine
Unilever, a company for shareholders and environmentalists alike?
Wincent
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Unilever, a company for shareholders and environmentalists alike? When Unilever’s CEO, Paul Polman, took the top seat in 2009 he spent a night in the founder’s bed to immerse in the history of his new empire. William Lever had pioneered [...]
Killing Mosquitos in the Age of Zika: AMVAC Considers Climate Change
Mike
Last modified on November 3, 2016 at 8:42 pm
Zika has arrived in the US, spurred on in part by global climate change. AMVAC, an agricultural-chemical company, produces the insecticide Dibrom, which aims to kill mosquitoes before they infect you.
Sustainability in the Steel City: Alcoa Aluminum
Rob Parsons
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 5:03 pm
The production of aluminum is extremely energy intensive. How does a company with such an inherently wasteful manufacturing process become more sustainable?
For NextEra, North Dakota Wind is the New Fracking
rfeickert
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 5:45 pm
Renewable wind energy has been an unsung hero in North Dakota's energy growth over the past decade. Can NextEra Energy Resources lead North Dakota market share in the highly competitive wind space?
Meltdown in the Ski Industry
Kumerica
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 5:43 pm
A major player in the US ski industry attempts to protect a critical input - snow.
SolarCity at the Frontier of Climate Change
Robbie Koffie
Last modified on November 3, 2016 at 9:52 pm
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems facing humanity today. Equipped with innovative photovoltaic technologies and a revolutionary financing business model, SolarCity aims to expand globally and dramatically decrease emissions greenhouse gases from fossil fuels. But is this [...]
How COFCO shoulders climate change challenge in China agriculture industry
Call Me By Your Name
Posted on November 1, 2016 at 11:19 pm
What's the climate change impact on China agriculture, and specifically on COFCO. How does COFCO react to the climate change, and my opinion on additional steps.
Anglo American Platinum: A South African miner’s bet on fuel cell vehicles
Hide Fujii
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 3:55 pm
“I don’t want Anglo American Platinum, or any of our partners or customers, to be a Kodak,” - Anglo American Platinum, Chief Executive Chris Griffith [*1]
Sinking the Subway: The MBTA Confronts Climate Change
cmw
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 4:07 pm
In an age of climate change, can Boston and the MBTA adapt?
Agricultural Intelligence: Innovative farm management technology helps combat climate change! A case study on Advantech’s IoT Smart Farming solution.
Bastiane
Posted on November 3, 2016 at 10:50 pm
In 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than it did in 2006 to feed the growing population. To meet growing demand, agricultural companies have turned to the analytics and increased production capabilities the IoT can provide. [...]
H&M: Fashionable or Fashionably Late
Gabrielle
Posted on November 3, 2016 at 11:55 pm
The emergence of fast fashion has drastically affected the way and rate at which clothing is consumed. The fiber economics bureau reported that per capita consumption of fiber in the US is 83.9 lbs, with over 40 lbs / capita [...]
“The Chocopalyse”: Imagine a World without Chocolate
Lindsey
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Valentine’s Day without a heart box filled with chocolates? Easter without a solid chocolate Easter Egg? Halloween without Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups? Hanukkah without Gelt? It is hard to imagine such a world, but the sad reality is these celebrations [...]
The Iconic Red Coke Bottle Tries Green On for Size
kimber
Posted on November 3, 2016 at 5:57 pm
The world’s ten largest food and beverage companies, Coca-Cola included, collectively produce carbon emissions that would rank them as the 25th largest emissions-producing country[1]. Is there a way for the “Big 10” to meaningfully reduce these harmful effects and increase [...]
How ExxonMobil can become carbon neutral in 20 years, and make money doing it
Ludwig
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 12:50 am
With oil prices dropping and cost of carbon emission on the rise, the future of ExxonMobil looks bleaker than ever.1 While current day cost of emitting carbon are hovering around $10 per ton CO2, most forecasts are estimating that cost [...]
The Crossroad faced by state-owned China Coal Corp
OliviaH
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 6:01 pm
I recalled when I was young, my dad used to buy and burn coals in our in-house stove to heat our apartment in the winter. And later in middle-school, as we moved into new apartment with central heating, I saw [...]
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