Essays about: "Responsible investment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 167 essays containing the words Responsible investment.

1. 1. An Environmental and Health Benefit and Cost analysis of Renewable Energy in Nigeria : A comparison between the investment in solar energy plant and hydropower plant

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Ruth Ashibuogwu; [2024]
   Keywords : Environment; Health; Solar Energy and Hydropower;

   Abstract : This study analyses the environmental and health benefits associated with the use of renewable energy sources, focusing on the costs and savings involved. The research employs a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis approach, comparing the costs associated with generating energy from a 10 megawatts solar energy power plant versus a 10 megawatt hydropower plant. READ MORE

3. 2. Taking Climate into Account - Carbon Management Tools for Investment Decisions and Progress Tracking at an Energy Company

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

   Author : Rebecca Ahlin; Anna Malmberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Carbon accounting; carbon disclosure; carbon management; carbon management tools; environmental change management; internal carbon price; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Background: Climate change is becoming a more urgent issue, where global agreements and regulations are putting pressure on companies to calculate and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions to combat the problem. Other driving forces of carbon disclosure for companies include social, economic, and financial pressure, as well as firm specific internal factors. READ MORE

4. 3. Transmission expansion planning considering Probabilistic Risk Assessment : Implemented at Swedish National Grid

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Jakob Björns; [2023]
   Keywords : Probabilistic risk assessment; PSS E; Transmission expansion planning; National grid; Probabilistisk riskbedömning; PSS E; Transmissionsnätsutveckling; Stamnät;

   Abstract : Svenska kraftnät (Swedish National Grid) is the transmission system operator in Sweden and is responsible for maintaining and developing the Swedish transmission grid. One of the tasks included in this responsibility is transmission expansion planning, which means analyzing and planning the capacity in the future transmission grid for the requested load and generation. READ MORE

5. 4. Preferences for carbon information : a Discrete Choice Experiment with Swedish non-professional investors

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Mahesh Kumar Shrestha; [2023]
   Keywords : discrete choice experiment; investment preference; GHG target; carbon information; target progress; carbon disclosure; non-professional investors; impact investing; sustainable and responsible investments; SRI;

   Abstract : GHG targets, an aspect of carbon disclosure are an integral part of corporate carbon management and overall carbon accounting. GHG targets and the target-related attributes – including target difficulty, target progress, and external validation of target as a science-based target, along with past GHG emission performance are attributes related to carbon information that is increasingly included in the corporate carbon disclosures. READ MORE

6. 5. 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