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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

In retrospect, how should the VW CEO have reacted to the news from the EPA? Since large-scale production of Tesla vehicles only started in 2013, most of these vehicles are still on the road. This case explores how the company’s culture and corporate governance structure may have contributed to this crisis.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

The fossil fuels divestment movement continues to grow and as indicated in a recent report by DivestInvest, 1,500 investment institutions, responsible for $39.2 trillion in assets, have committed to divest. Student divestment movements have succeeded in removing fossil fuels from a number of universities in 2021.

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Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research

Stanford Social Innovation

For sustainable tech to be possible, funders, including investors, philanthropists, and foundations, must develop a two-pronged approach of intentional investments in those leading justice-centered approaches to technological and economic transitions and informed divestments from extractive and fossil-fuel-dependent systems and enterprises.

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