NorthStar Initiative

The NorthStar Initiative is redefining how knowledge is created and used to solve global sustainability challenges. A key program of the Institute on the Environment, the NorthStar Initiative helps industries, governments and individuals move beyond marginal greening efforts to more meaningful, systemic change.

Through collaborative, stakeholder-driven research, the NorthStar Initiative catalyzes the creation of new ideas and solutions while leveraging the market’s power to innovate. Projects focus on three primary areas:

  • collaborative asset valuation and exchange - investigating more efficient ways to use, reuse, share and exchange assets.
  • sustainable demand drivers - examining the role of end-use demand in creating and promoting more sustainable production systems.
  • linked energy, water and environment systems – exploring how private organizations can help provide global access to energy and water with reduced ecological and social impacts.

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