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… Yale Center for Business and the Environment, The Yale University Office of Sustainability and Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Entrepreneurial Solutions to Climate Change Seed Grants! Five student teams were recently awarded grants as part of a new program … their help determining the winners. To select among so many high-quality submissions was a challenge – support from our alumni was invaluable,” says Melissa Goodall, Associate …
… & the Environment ’s new grant program last week, Entrepreneurial Solutions to Climate Change , could not have been timelier. With the Yale Climate Conference taking place against … side of hope and leadership. Developed in partnership with The Yale University Office of Sustainability and the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies , the new grant program … the role Yale can play in researching innovative, creative solutions to complex global challenges,” says Melissa Goodall, the Associate Director of the Yale Office of …
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… In recent weeks, states have renewed their vows to mitigate the impacts of climate change by upholding the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets outlined in the Paris … viable under current pricing and market conditions. Why is this the case? And how might it change? To help answer those questions, it’s useful to understand the policies that got us … for new installation sites and customers.) Rhode Island’s renewable energy and climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts are guided most recently by Executive Order 15-17, …
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… IT, finance and real estate. The flagship company, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., is one of the largest tractor companies in the world and the market leader in India for utility vehicles. … managing director; Vijay Kalra, chief of manufacturing operations; and Anirban Ghosh, chief sustainability officer. A Sustainability Journey At an investor meeting in 2008, the issue … ‘Rise’: our core purpose is to innovatively use all of our resources to drive positive changes in the lives of our stakeholders and communities to enable them to rise.” In October …
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