… Two promising new companies received $10,000 each from this 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 first of these companies promotes sustainable growth of the seawater desalination industry. The second looks to accelerate ecological and economic restoration of Eastern …
… returns, investors are supporting and measuring a broader set of environmental, social, and commodity-based outcomes tied to supply chain sustainability. Strategic Decisions to Boost … The organization's new Fund for Family Farming is investing 120 million euros over the next 10 years targeting smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The new fund … Related Events Investing for Impact: Matthew Weatherly-White, CAPROCK Wed, October 25th, 2017, 12:30 PM EDT — 1:30 PM EDT Evans Hall, Classroom 4410 … Spencer Meyer … Daphne Yin … …
… 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 … this period reveals a series of news stories, beginning with Silent Spring, that have become household names — the crash of the Exxon Valdez, chemicals released at Union Carbide’s … Good News, Bad News Sustainability challenges and Black Swan events go hand in hand. This suggests that sustainability challenges will continue to arise in those places least …
… to a typical conservationist, and thoughts turn to concrete. And lots of it. Certain images come to mind: Big dams. Levees that strait-jacket rivers. Hardened 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 …
… Business" event on April 22nd, he reminded the audience that it's that kind of trust that companies and organizations live or die by. In fact, he said that the "absence of trust is … to terms with trust." In other words, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. In the next quick hour, Marissa Galizia (MEM/MBA '15) moderated a robust panel covering the various … look at how people across the globe place trust in governments, companies, media, and NGOs suggests, according to Becker, that we're living in an "era of skepticism." Worldwide trust …
… benefits that corporate environmental programs had, I was excited to contribute to a company’s 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 …
… 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 … the things that the team has worked hard to organize recently. As always, there’s more to come. Keep an eye out on the events calendar , social media , blog , and newsletter for … the helm of GreenBiz and other clean tech blogs. Read all of the team’s great work at www.cleanenergyfinanceforum.com. While this is a long list, it represents just a fraction of the …
… Other past winners include SilviaTerra , which identifies and quantifies trees in a forest using smartphones and satellite imagery. This year, as Yale entrepreneurship … finalists to ensure they put their best pitch forward. Through expert mentorship, communications training, and a variety of Sabin-specific workshops , our applicants prepare … and refine ideas. For prospective students, as well as first years and joint-degrees, keep next year in mind to take advantage of the Sobotka grants, and all of the other resources …
… 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 … of innovation and that it actually broadens, not constrains the opportunities available to companies,” says Paul Anastas , the Faculty Director of the Sustainability Curriculum. To … For more information about the Executive Sustainability curriculum, please visit: http://som.yale.edu/our-programs/emba/curriculum/areas-focus/sustainability Clean Energy …
… 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 … Strategy and moderated by FES Professor Marian Chertow? Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFLaz6OEOQE Q: For those of us going into careers where we … them. Everything else that happened, happened gradually, with one step leading to the next. We really didn't even think about the environmental implications of what we made …