… Two promising new companies received $10,000 each from this year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale … challenge, Nathan Hall (F&ES/SOM ‘17) received a Sobotka grant for his Kentucky-based company, Appalachian Roots – Hemp 2.0. “People in Appalachia are hungry for new … Kentucky Hemp Industries Association and with Fibershed, a partner of outdoor apparel giant Patagonia. By May of 2016, Appalachian Roots plans to have seeds in the ground on an …
… over the next 10 years targeting smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. First, smallholder farmers—450 million and counting globally—produce the majority of food that is from developing countries. Yet they often struggle with limited income from inefficient, … of naturals purchasing at Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned perfume and flavor company. Firmenich sources 180 natural ingredients across 40 countries. “We rely 90 percent …
… Swan events, we tend to see them in the global socio-economic headlines of the past 20 years. But such events increasingly bleed into concerns over issues of environmental … just a few. Though a disparate list, all of these events have two common characteristics. First, they had significant impacts. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring had enormous positive … This fear is not unfounded. (Consider the North Atlantic cod fisheries, which collapsed from overfishing between 1950 and 1990.) The effects of a resource system or ecosystem …
… Full disclosure here: while I’ve been a conservation scientist for over a dozen years at the Conservancy, I began my career as an environmental engineer cleaning up … Evidence Base for Nature-based Solutions “Engineers are too risk averse.” I’ve heard that from our scientists working to incorporate nature in engineers’ designs. But it is natural … the Conservancy’s glasses.” I was struck by this statement by a partner at an engineering company after a productive meeting about bringing ecosystems into her team’s water scenario …
… Our trust that the lights will turn on when we flip a switch, or that water will flow from a faucet. When Paul Lussier introduced the panel for CBEY's "Sustainability, … voices from public relations (Gail Becker and Carol Cone of Edelman ), industry ( Patagonia 's Vincent Stanley), science ( IPCC 's Jonathan Lynn), and assessment ( Yale … breaks. It's another if your rope or caribiner fails while rock climbing. So, as a climbing company that was making products for its employees, friends, and friends of friends, …
… benefits that corporate environmental programs had, I was excited to contribute to a company’s bottom line by discovering additional resource efficiency opportunities. Preparing … definition, scope, and impact. We have witnessed the emergence of corporate sustainability from the first wave of opposition and ignorance to the current tail end of its second (and … issue ( Nest ) or strongly embed a sustainability ethos into the company culture ( Patagonia ). Companies that have proven this model successful include Seventh Generation , …
… Somehow we’re nearing April, and on campus, students are heading back from spring break adventures while polishing cover letters for the job and internship hunt. … 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 … We continued to post blogs about a variety of subjects. I profiled the Tuckerman clothing company team as they got their successful kickstarter campaign off the ground. Marissa gave …
… 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 … Grant competition in the fall. In past years, two $10,000 winners have been selected from a large pool of applicants. However this year the field was so strong that two … us to really jump in and start experimenting and growing. We just started building our first prototype at Yale'e West Campus and hope to have our first harvest in 8 weeks.” To …
… rest of the admissions team recruited 10 professionals who have held leadership positions from industries as broad as China’s garment industry to the forensics practice at PwC. Four … Vice President of Product Development for DePuy Synthes Spine, a Johnson and Johnson company Marc was formerly head of US Product Development for Synthes Spine prior to the … ripple effect. Dulith Wijewardene , Worldwide Business Operations Manager at IBM Duli is responsible for assisting Executive Leadership in managing day-to-day operations of the …
… the Yale campus. The nephew of Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, Stanley is the outdoor company's longest-serving employee, and since his visit to campus last year to discuss his book (written with Chouinard) , "The ResponsibleCompany," he has been instrumental in helping CBEY find effective ways to … it can't have one right now. Also the pressures since I started in business have increased from customers and NGOs to actually do the right thing. Businesses primarily try to …