… business to step up and make bold changes to help create a better future. A key framework for these necessary changes is becoming “net positive”—in short, courageous companies will thrive by giving more than they take from our communities and … sustainable business expert and graduate of Yale’s School of Environment. By telling stories of how Unilever navigated the fight for their Sustainable Living Plan as well as …
… How should a nonprofit timber and forest company use its land in the 21st century? Join Yale GreenLight as we welcome Great … been achieved, there is an opportunity to use the land in new and creative ways. Bring your boldest, strangest, and most unique ideas, and we’ll bring lunch. Who will … been achieved, there is an opportunity to use the land in new and creative ways. Bring your boldest, strangest, and most unique ideas, and we’ll bring lunch. Who will …
… Join Pathways in CSR and IEME SIG for a conversation with Ran Tao (MEM 2013). Ran is the Director of Sustainability at the … and China at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), The Coca-Cola Company, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other global organizations. In this interactive session, Ran aims to dispel any ambiguity as to …
… what the climate will look like years from now. Understanding a system as complex as our climate, however, is easier said than done. For the last five decades, scientists have been using supercomputers to model the future of the Earth using collected data and our understanding of physics, in an attempt to understand climate change. So how can we …
… Professor of Environmental Health at UMass Lowell as he discusses the role of supply chain networks in shifting the marketplace toward safer chemicals and products. There are … on the part of chemical companies, consumer product companies and retailers to produce and source safer chemicals and products. While important, these efforts have not yet caused a fundamental change in chemical production and use in products. …
… After a day of WornWear repairs, join us for an evening talk with Rick Ridgeway, Adam Werbach and Scott Briscoe. They’ll be discussing how we move forward in a world facing the environmental crisis – including why we need personal activism, the new paradigm for responsible business and how we make these movements inclusive of all people. They’ll …
… have Zoe Chance, Senior Lecturer at Yale School of Management and author of Influence is Your Superpower, sit in conversation with Vincent about his new book, The Future of the Responsible Company . Written with Yvon Chouinard, founder and former owner of Patagonia. This book draws on 50 years of experience at Patagonia to … sign books after the talk. Please join us for lunch. *We are committed to reducing waste at our event. Therefore, we ask that when you register, you commit to doing your best to …
… Information and communications technology (ICT) has significant potential to solve current … of this interactive workshop is to explore how innovations in the tech sector can impact global sustainability issues and to share ideas for how to scale up and spread these … of this interactive workshop is to explore how innovations in the tech sector can impact global sustainability issues and to share ideas for how to scale up and spread these …
… look like in America? As technology and innovation disrupts industry, and with ever-growing global options for sourcing, how can America keep up and support a new generation of businesses? Tanya Menendez … Maker’s Row. After quitting her job at Goldman Sachs, Menendez turned to entrepreneurship - building Maker's Row, an online directory assisting emerging and established designers in …
… Join us for a conversation with Carol Lobel , Senior Director at Closed Loop Partners’ Center for … Procter and Gamble and also helped found and scale Loop by TerraCycle, a first-of-its-kind global platform for reuse. Carol will talk about her career journey, what she loves about the work she does, what frustrates her, trends she is seeing, …