Essays about: "Emissions Intensity"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 109 essays containing the words Emissions Intensity.

  1. 6. Constructing a Social Profitability Index: Socially Responsible Investing in Electric Utilities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Odessa Bäckfors; Ebba Jernmark Burrows; [2023]
    Keywords : Socially responsible investing; Social Profitability Index; Sustainability ratings; Shareholder activism; Renewable electricity;

    Abstract : Building on a theory about the Social Profitability Index (SPI), this paper is the first to construct an SPI in practice ranking investment opportunities based on social and financial returns within the electric utility industry. The social return is the investor-preference weighted social gain from avoiding carbon emissions by changing to renewable production technology in a firm. READ MORE

  3. 7. The effect of the California cap-and-trade on green innovation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Stina Åberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Green innovation; California cap-and-trade; policy evaluation; green technology patents; directed technological change; synthetic control method;

    Abstract : Current environmental policies have not performed effectively enough to mitigate climate change. Continuous evaluation of economic policy is imperative to close the gap between projected emission reductions and actual performance. READ MORE

  4. 8. Faktorer som påverkar livslängden hos svenska mjölkkor : effekter på metanutsläppen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Mikaela Walltin; [2023]
    Keywords : fertilitet; nkalvningsålder; kvigor; metan; mjölkkor; rekryteringsprocent;

    Abstract : Livslängden hos svenska mjölkkor är idag relativt kort då faktorer som en hög rekryteringsprocent, låg fertilitet, sjukdomar och skador, låg mjölkavkastning, hög inkalvningsålder och en önskan om bättre genetiskt material i nästa generations kvigor spelar in. Alla dessa faktorer påverkar i sin tur metanutsläppen då en mjölkko som lever länge och bidrar till besättningen med sin mjölkavkastning har lägre metanutsläpp än en ko som lever kortare tid. READ MORE

  5. 9. Techno-economic Assessment of Carbon Capture from Low Concentration Streams

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Prithvi Kiran Joshi; [2023]
    Keywords : Carbon capture; industrial emissions; low concentration; MEA; Benfield; absorption; Immobilised Amine; adsorption; Kolavskiljning; industriella utsläpp; låg koncentration; MEA; Benfield; Absorption; Immobiliserad amin; Adsorption vi;

    Abstract : Investments in carbon capture from industrial emissions have been on the rise in recent years, having reached over $200 million in 2021 as compared to 2015’s $13 million. The Paris Agreement, signed by 196 parties globally in 2015, is purported to be the primary driver for this, with its ambitious goal of limiting global surface temperature rise to 1. READ MORE

  6. 10. Can targeted disclosure regulations facilitate the environmental transition of the shipping sector? : a study on the effect of the EU MRV Regulation on ship emissions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Moa Lundkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : environmental disclosure regulation; maritime sector; shipping; targeted transparency; MRV regulation; EU; Regression Discontinuity Design RDD ;

    Abstract : This research examines the impact of the EU Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) regulation on ship emissions when calling at EU ports. The main question is whether ships that are required to report their emissions emit less due to the regulation. READ MORE