Daniel C. Esty

Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University; Co-Chair, SDSN USA

Daniel C. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University with appointments in both the Law and Environment Schools, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and co-director of the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance. He is also Co-Chair of SDSN USA. Professor Esty has written or edited 14 books (including the prizewinning volumes Green to Gold and A Better Planet) and dozens of articles on environmental protection, regulatory reform, and sustainability - and their connections to corporate strategy, competitiveness, and trade. He served in various leadership roles at the US Environmental Protection Agency from 1989-93 and as Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection from 2011-14.

Articles by Daniel C. Esty

1. Remaking capitalism for a sustainable future

   Daniel C. Esty

   Climate — Global

   Capitalism and sustainability are on a collision course, one that threatens to destroy both the market system and the planet. To head off the impending crash, we must end environmental externalities and make polluters pay for the harm they cause. Standardizing corporate ESG reporting offers a path toward clarity on the environmental harms that need to be addressed

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   21 October 2021

   SDGs: 7 9 13 14 15 17

   

2. America recommits to climate action and sustainability: can it get the world back on track?

   Elena Crete, Helen Bond, Daniel C. Esty, Gordon C. McCord

   Climate — US and Canada

   The US is once again committed to tackling climate change. Can it succeed, and take the rest of the world with it?

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   16 June 2021

   SDGs: 9 11 13 17