… disclosure landscape. It reminds me of where sustainability began in most companies: through compliance and within the environmental health & safety function.” Nick Page … Spotlight on Food and Agriculture Without a doubt, the conference emphasized the need for a business case when it comes to sustainability, especially within food and agriculture. … Niehoff (SOM ‘24), speakers highlighted three ways to drive progress in the agriculture value chain: Technical assistance to growers, data collection, and aligned financial …
… dynamic discoveries and host coveted conversations. This past year at Yale’s Center for Business and Environment (CBEY), we flipped conventional wisdom on its head and turned our … Even Hillary Rodham Clinton recently wrote about the need to rebuild our communities through connection . Perhaps what our Fellows were in need of were not new concepts to … where they, too, belong. 8177 8176 Circularity Corporate Sustainability Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Lessons in …
… founder of Circularise . Its blockchain system allows various actors to verify product data throughout the supply chain. Thus, digital product passports back companies’ sustainability claims while allowing suppliers along the value chain to safeguard sensitive information. The flow of data enables a circular economy. … is an initiative by the City of Seattle that offers resources and rebate incentives for businesses to transition from single-use to reusable containers. This has enabled companies …
… The Sustainable Venture Prize was created in 2008 and awards $25,000 to a promising student … Sustainable Venture Prize was held on Friday, March 31st, 2023 and four teams pitched their businesses that advance sustainability. The 2023 Sustainable Venture Prize was awarded to …
… US consumer, this is ~82 pounds of clothing every year, disposed annually . This model is unsustainable, damaging to the both the environment and the workers involved in the industry - … not yet be perfect or completely eco-friendly, it is still a step in the right direction. Through the launch of Banofi, we have learned that brands have extremely high standards for … industry to change, we must try and reward transparency where possible, as consumers and as businesses. Another challenge is the price of synthetic vs. natural materials. Synthetic …
… and seeing leadership within ourselves (whatever our position), in our team and through to the system we operate in and want to improve. It breaks down traditional notions … and replaces them with a framework that is rooted in connection - to the things you value most, and to the world around you. Participants in the course will learn to identify … a Lecturer at Yale School of the Environment and a Resident Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. He began his career working with McKinsey & Company and Virgin …
… a for-profit idea can continue their journey by participating in the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures . About the recipients: BlueGreen Materials Marcelo Lejeune (Yale … impacts and practices using WhatsApp while providing access to sub-seasonal forecasts. Through this tool, they use behavioral elements to incentivize large-scale input from … in this process. Some of the judges included: Tory Grieves (MBA/MEM '18): is the VP of BusinessDevelopment at The Climate Service (TCS), a climate analytics startup that …
… generation did not align with Pierson’s love for the outdoors and care for the earth. "Throughout this entire process, we have tried to be good stewards of the land and natural … generation did not align with Pierson’s love for the outdoors and care for the earth. "Throughout this entire process, we have tried to be good stewards of the land and natural … generation did not align with Pierson’s love for the outdoors and care for the earth. "Throughout this entire process, we have tried to be good stewards of the land and natural …
… needs support to be scaled up. One way to provide that support - harnessing the power of business. For example, in the carbon removal space, companies like Stripe and Shopify are … from it all kinds of products including vodka, perfume and hand sanitiser, with the eventual goal of scaling up enough to produce jet fuel. These transformative innovations … companies. “Some dinosaurs will evolve and some will go extinct.” I attended a couple other events this day, including one on incorporating TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related …
… inspired to eliminate food waste by scaling up this method. Soon, TerraCycle was winning business prizes and scaling operations to where Szaky decided to leave Princeton to pursue … make a bigger impact in the world by using product and packaging waste deemed to have no value to create new raw materials that are sold to manufacturers to produce...new products. … noting that “In a perfect world, Loop’s sustainable packaging platform would overshadow and eventually render several...current business units, including many of our Sponsored Waste …