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This report details a prioritization value model that was created for the use of Arizona State University and ASU LightWorks in determining and implementing appropriate sustainability projects for removing greenhouse gas emissions. A thorough review regarding the current project selection process, and an extensive analysis into the desired state of the process was conducted for this paper. The newly developed prioritization model includes multiple attributes that rank and prioritize projects based upon the highest value as determined by criteria set forth by the university. Encompassed within this report are the steps in creating the decision model, as well as the benefits and additional uses of the model for the end user. From the analysis and model created, the end user has the ability to choose carbon neutral projects that better align with the vision of the New American University.
ContributorsAmoroso, Nicholas (Co-author) / Lee, Betty (Co-author) / Brooks, Dan (Thesis director) / Johnson, Travis (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
Created2015-05
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An analysis of university flight emissions, carbon neutrality goals, and the global impact of university sanctioned flight.
ContributorsKoehler, Megan Anne (Author) / Halden, Rolf (Thesis director) / Driver, Erin (Committee member) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2021-05
Description2012年，《绿色信贷指引》发布，标志着成熟的绿色信贷政策体系的开始，该政策奠定了绿色信贷的基础。在绿色信贷政策的影响下，绿色企业是否能够扩大融资规模，降低融资成本，优化融资结构，使得资金向碳中和领域投入；通过该政策，银行信贷实现对社会投资的撬动，能否发挥积极作用；在双碳目标下，现行政策在实现碳中和方面能否起到新的关键作用，尤其是在清洁能源发电等碳中和重点行业；绿色信贷政策是否可通过技术升级推动高碳企业实现低碳转型尚未可知。
为回答上述问题，本文将2012年《绿色信贷指引》的颁布作为准自然实验，以上市公司为样本，运用双重差分模型考察绿色信贷政策对企业融资活动的影响。并就产权性质、行业特征、环境规制压力以及地区发展程度等维度，探讨绿色信贷政策对相关企业融资活动影响的差异性。并结合商业银行相关分行2014-2022年对公表内贷款数据，对绿色与非绿色信贷规模以及加权利率进行对比趋势分析。
最后以上述实证结果为依据，结合商业银行绿色信贷实践，得到本文的主要发现：一是绿色激励过低，绿色属性对于企业融资成本的降低，未能够超过融资期限对融资成本的降低；二是在碳中和重点行业，绿色信贷对社会融资总量的带动能力较弱，体现银行绿色信贷与其他融资此消彼长的现象；三是绿色信贷对重污染行业长期债务规模未有显著影响，反映该企业有其他融资方式的替代，向高成本融资转移；四是重污染企业可通过技术升级实现绿色转型。
在新的双碳背景下，对现行绿色信贷政策提出相关建议：一是完善政策体系，对绿色标准进行统一，企业绿色属性在融资端应给与更高激励；二是现行政策对两高一剩行业的限制与转型起到积极作用，但在推进碳中和领域中需要提升政策适用性；三是该政策后续要在推进转型金融领域发挥更重要作用。
ContributorsZhu, Xiaozhe (Author) / Huang, Shawn (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Tan (Thesis advisor) / Liang, Bing (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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Campus sustainability and the goal of reaching carbon neutrality have become a major trend among many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) globally, and many of them have taken public pledges to reach carbon neutrality as early as 2025. Despite this push and apparent eagerness to make campuses greener, the simple fact remains that HEIs account for very little of the global carbon footprint, and achieving carbon neutrality does very little to combat climate change in the grand scheme of things. It is widely held that HEIs seek to use carbon neutrality goals to demonstrate their strong commitment to sustainability and also to educate the next generation of thinkers and leaders in the hopes that graduates from these institutions apply these methods to higher levels of society thereby decarbonizing communities’ level by level. However, since carbon neutrality took center stage in campus sustainability goals, it is imperative to scrutinize and audit the past and current energy portfolio and analyze any meaningful changes to see their year-by-year progress and what methods have been most successful in reaching carbon neutrality. Not only that, but carbon neutrality seemingly means different things to different institutions. This research asks what is the role of a campus energy portfolio in terms of achieving carbon neutrality? Using the Institutional Analysis and Development framework, this research utilizes a case study analysis of Arizona State University which was one of the first universities in the United States to achieve carbon neutrality. The results of this study suggest that a campus energy portfolio is integral in understanding the role of carbon neutrality and that becoming carbon neutral is not always the “green standard” indicator many HEIs want others to think it is.
ContributorsSingh, Sukhmani Kaur (Author) / Shrestha, Milan (Thesis director) / Parker, Nathan (Committee member) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / School of Sustainability (Contributor, Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-12
The road to a carbon neutral Intermountain West: Arizona Stakeholder Workshop Report, September 2021
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Workshop report of general outcomes from stakeholder discussions regarding the planning of the decarbonization of the state of Arizona as part of a regional effort.
ContributorsJulie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory (Contributor) / Arcusa, Stéphanie (Author) / Center for Negative Carbon Emissions (Contributor)
Created2021-09