… year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship to young … the desalination market has grown 57 percent; by 2025, it is expected to provide freshwater for up to 14 percent of the world’s population. While offering a nearly limitless supply … of brine discharge is just beginning to be understood,” said Warady, “and the delay in information dissemination has led to this issue being overlooked.” Warady and Rupal J. Patel …
… How do investment funds build social and environmental priorities into agricultural financing? Several investment funds showcased their strategies for investing in smallholder value chains at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on Dec. … social benefits, and other ecosystem services. This way, they can more effectively pay forconservation while also addressing the drivers of landscape conversion or degradation via a …
… of regular expectations; Carried an extreme impact; and Made us concoct explanations for their occurrence after the fact, making them explainable and predictable. When we … and social benefits; in fact, Black Swan events, by definition, provide a useful lens for the analysis of environmental and social sustainability impacts. The Black Swans of … international impacts, their final repercussions were invariably global in nature. For example, in a number of countries (including the United States), the Bhopal tragedy …
… Science , the Science Blog of The Nature Conservancy . Mention engineering to a typical conservationist, and thoughts turn to concrete. And lots of it. Certain images come to mind: … coastlines. Even when these projects help communities, there are often consequences for natural systems. The dams interrupt fish runs. Seawalls hold back sediment that starve … directly with engineers – not just to reduce their impacts, but to jointly find solutions for both people and nature. The Conservancy is partnering with engineering firms like CH2M …
… a switch, or that water will flow from a faucet. When Paul Lussier introduced the panel for CBEY's "Sustainability, Transparency, and Metrics in Business" event on April 22nd, he … fare particularly well in many countries. Instead of looking to economic uncertainties for answers, Becker said that this dropping trust reflects a lack of institutional … to trust our institutions less, and instead rely more and more on our friends and family for information. As a PR firm, Edelman seeks to help clients tackle these concerns by …
… bottom line by discovering additional resource efficiency opportunities. Preparing for graduation next month, I am just as excited about a career in corporate sustainability. However, it is now generating top line growth that fuels my enthusiasm for working in corporate sustainability. Corporate sustainability is evolving in its … server systems. Another game-changing product that HP developed in collaboration with Conservation International is HP Earth Insights . This solution uses HP’s access to big data …
… students are heading back from spring break adventures while polishing cover letters for the job and internship hunt. The cold certainly hasn’t let up here in New Haven, but before we know it, exams will be wrapping up. With the constant hubbub of the academic calendar, sometimes we forget to take stock of everything that happens here through CBEY. We … energy efficiency http://cbey.yale.edu/events/unlocking-energy-efficiency-market-how-better-financing-smart-technology-and-aggressive A panel discussion of the impacts and risks of …
… 17 th . But, the March 25 th application deadline is fast approaching! Mark your calendars. Every year, the Sabin Prize awards $25,000 to the most promising Yale venture at … Other past winners include SilviaTerra , which identifies and quantifies trees in a forest using smartphones and satellite imagery. This year, as Yale entrepreneurship … grant winners must participate in the Sabin prize competition, so the four winning groups, Conservation Matrix, Poda Foods, Tuckerman & Co, and Grovio, have been honing their pitches …
… in Health Care. Last year, faculty at the School of Management and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies set out to add two additional tracks - sustainability and asset management - in order to further advance Yale’s mission to educate leaders for business and society. Faculty and staff at the School of Management and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies crafted the integrated sustainability curriculum based on …
… to talk about what drives Patagonia's decision-making, as well as the roads he's excited for the company to travel. Missed Stanley's panel discussion with Jill Dumain, Patagonia's … Marian Chertow? Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFLaz6OEOQE Q: For those of us going into careers where we want to make a difference in business and the … go adventuring. Could you talk a bit about some of the initiatives you've started on the conservation front? A: In the early 1980's, we decided to tax ourselves in order to help …