… in 2015. Being selected as one of the 20 teams is no small feat - the competition is stiff, with many of the best specialized graduate programs fighting for spots. The Yale Center for … in 2015. Being selected as one of the 20 teams is no small feat - the competition is stiff, with many of the best specialized graduate programs fighting for spots. The Yale Center for … in 2015. Being selected as one of the 20 teams is no small feat - the competition is stiff, with many of the best specialized graduate programs fighting for spots. The Yale Center for …
… inaugural Energy in Emerging Markets case competition, two teams of FES students came away with wins at the DOE Better Buildings Case Competition in Washington, D.C. While most students were enjoying exotic spring break vacations, the two teams went head to head with other schools on the subjects of energy use in public buildings and utility solar … inaugural Energy in Emerging Markets case competition, two teams of FES students came away with wins at the DOE Better Buildings Case Competition in Washington, D.C. While most …
… Council for Sustainable Development have aligned to directly connect business leaders with future sustainability leaders of tomorrow. In addition to the natural synergies between … sustainability issues, and more importantly, action that can be scaled up. We’re partnering with Yale University to better leverage the worlds of science and management schools to … Energy Circularity Expanding Connections … Sep 30, 2014 Expanding Connections Yale partners with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development Minna Brown Running a successful …
… For students interested to gain international experience, we have developed a partnership with WWF for students to work with WWF’s Asia Pacific Growth Strategy team on corporate engagement programs to advance … programs such as Payments for Ecosystem Services. In 2014, placements will be based with WWF China, WWF Singapore, WWF Mongolia and WWF Vietnam. In collaboration with the …
… experts, the teams pitched their ideas for new sustainable ventures, hoping to walk away with 2014's $25,000 Sabin Sustainability Venture Prize. After careful deliberation, the … blood. Right now, it takes multiple days for water samples to come back from a lab. Armed with patented chip technology developed at Yale, the Alpha-Screen team brings that timeframe … and social media, Sage is a smartphone app designed to use competition to motivate fresher, healthier food choices. Inspired by Opower and Strava's models of social comparisons-based …
… their MBA finance skills to work at firms dedicated to investors seeking financial returns with lasting social and environmental impact. Meaghan McGrath and Heather West will focus on … San Francisco to work at Sonen Capital , where she will support the private markets team with an emphasis on environmental investment strategies. Heather West will be working for … her peers and gives her “credibility for being part of a select, frontier thinking group. With this credential and network, I that I have the ability of connecting with really …
… will address the successes, disappointments, and lessons learned from decades of experience with precisely this challenge. Conference discussions will range from the top-level keynote … Forestry and Environmental Studies, will discuss transformative innovation after a session with Professor Karen Seto on sustainability and urbanization, also of F&ES and a lead author … and Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, will describe how to influence without authority. The interdisciplinary richness at this year’s conference is sure to push …
… and rebirth through recovery. It is the spiritual juncture in the life of materials. With each decision in favor of recycling, energy is saved; a virgin material is spared; and … the world of recycling, I have difficulty associating the act of dropping a bottle in a bin with such grand impacts. No doubt, others face the same challenge. This point in the … stream—aluminum cans and plastic bottles—are still recovered at rates below 30 percent. The benefits of recycling are often not understood in any detail, and misperceptions about what …
… West went from writing final papers to participating in real world sustainability planning with Nespresso. CBEY is proud to announce that, as runners-up in the Nespresso MBA Sustainability Challenge , the team went from submitting their carbon reduction proposal this spring, to being selected as Challenge finalists in … Filling a new capsule with shade grown coffee and marketing its social and environmental benefits Implementing an on-farm polyculture biomass strategy with built-in climate change …
… towards redefining their brands and the way that customers derive value from their products withhealth and sustainability in mind. Some companies were just further along than others. Front … and they were echoed in speeches and conversations all week long. I got to sit down with Winston between two sessions to ask him about some of the challenges leaders and …