Sustainable Innovation and Impact

Cary Krosinsky is a leading educator, author, advisor and social entrepreneur seeking to solve sustainability challenges through corporate and investment strategy. He teaches at Yale University, USA; Concordia University, Canada; the University of Maryland, USA; and Brown University, USA; and Co-founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative and Real Impact Tracker.Todd Cort is Lecturer in Sustainability at the Yale School of Management and Faculty Co-director of Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment, USA.

"Sustainable Innovation and Impact is a terrific read for anyone interested in break-through thinking and solutions for the 21st century. You’ll be drawn in by the topics and quality writing -- and emerge with a renewed sense of optimism about where we are and where we can go in an age of sustainability, sustainable finance and investing. Innovation and Impact, together, allows us to deliver socio-environmental and economic growth, and justice, in our own backyard and across the nations of the earth. A "must read" for all practitioners, funders and policymakers, investors, faculty, students and citizens." -- Nancy Degnan, Senior Advisor, Education, Columbia Water Center, Columbia University, USA"Sustainable Innovation and Impact by Krosinsky and Cort has arrived just when it was needed most. Sustainability has been on a twenty-plus year journey, and has reached the point where concepts once regarded as on the fringe of financial markets are becoming mainstream. But for sustainability to truly transform society we need to unlock new ideas. Krosinsky and Cort have brought together a collection of writers that challenge us to think differently. The ideas in this book are powerful and have the capacity to deliver meaningful benefits, but perhaps the most important thing this book does is to encourage us all to look for solutions in new ways." -- Gordon Noble, Principal Adviser at the John Grill Centre for Project Leadership, University of Sydney, Australia"This book informs, educates, and inspires, with proposed solutions highlighting the necessity for individuals everywhere to discover their own paths for creating impact in their own lives and for the world including through collaborations. To meet our biggest social and environmental challenges today and in the future, we must support and encourage just this type of innovation." -- Jenny Chan, Senior Investment Officer, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, USA"From his first book a decade ago, Cary Krosinsky has consistently proven his keen ability to foresee the evolution of sustainable investing. Now in this latest work with Todd Cort, he again proves he has his fingers on the pulse, making a convincing case for Innovation and Impact solutions as catalysts of the ongoing evolution of investing. Their work offers an informative and actionable overview on how to navigate this critical stage of a dynamic and rapidly evolving field." -- Amr Addas, Lecturer, Sustainable Investing, Concordia University, and Vice President, External Relations for the Finance and Sustainability Initiative (FSI) in Montreal, Canada.

• 1. Introduction Cary Krosinsky and Todd Cort 2. What is Innovation? Arthur Matuszewski Part 1 Corporate Perspectives3. Searching for Sustainability in Human Capital Alex Kappes 4. The potential of multi-stakeholder engagement: Argentina's Ledesma as a case studyNora Moraga-Lewy 5. Up in Smoke: A Study of Palm Oil Related Deforestation in IndonesiaPek Shibao 6. Sustainability Frameworks: Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering in Pharmaceuticals Susan Wang Part 2 Investment PerspectivesIntroduction7. To Divest or Not to DivestLaila Gamaleldin 8. Shareholder Activism 2.0 Melanie Condon 9. Financing Mechanisms for Sustainable InfrastructureElla Warshauer 10. Carbon Market SolutionsJeff Schwartz 11. Investing in the Context of China’s Green Transition Lillian Childress 12. Sustainable Private Equity and Venture CapitalMatt Dittrich 13. Islamic Systems FinanceAlizeh Maqbool 14. Forest Resilience Bonds: A Case For Investing in Forest HealthZach Knight and Chad Reed 15. Financing the Future: Free Market Solutions for an Energy TransitionEric Esposito Part 3 Regional InnovationsIntroduction16. New England’s Winter ChillsSteven Castano 17. Innovation and Impact from a Brazilian PerspectiveAndreia Marin Martins, Courtnay Guimaraes, Mauricio Neves dos Santos 18. An Exploration of Landfill Tax as a Waste Management StrategyJason Mazzella19. Germany's Simple Solution to Complex Waste ChallengesReilly Witheford 20. Infrastructure and the Future of New York CityMarvin Krosinsky21. African Impact InvestingMasengo Kapanga Part 4 Technological innovation and the future22. Smart MicrogridsSarah Brandt 23. Effective Disruption: How Blockchain can transform the Energy SectorPascale Bronder 24. Artificial Intelligence as a Solution to Sustainability ChallengesTiffany Chen 25. The Potential for High-Speed Rail in the USCayley Geffen 26. Shared SolarGabe Rissman 27. Renewable Energy TechnologiesKristina Krasteva 28. The Future of the Electric CarReilly Witheford29. Aquaponics in Canada’s North: Food Supply for Remote CommunitiesChristopher Codina-Lucia and Richard Frazao 30. Innovation in Materials and EnergyPascale Bronder 31. GeoengineeringPeter Mahony