… By: Natalia Espinosa and Daniel Gonzalez A few weeks ago, 11 Yale University students attended GreenBiz , … Spotlight on Food and Agriculture Without a doubt, the conference emphasized the need for a businesscase when it comes to sustainability, especially within food and agriculture. According to …
… How might one go about preparing studentsfor the immediate and future realities of climate change? At an institution like … dynamic discoveries and host coveted conversations. This past year at Yale’s Center forBusiness and Environment (CBEY), we flipped conventional wisdom on its head and turned our … future of food sovereignty and designing new commons to disrupting traditional extraction models and deepening our sense of time. As our group met once a month over an extended lunch …
… (CBEY-supported student volunteers (left to right, Sofía John (MEM/MBA ‘24), Cicy Geng (MEM ‘23), … is an initiative by the City of Seattle that offers resources and rebate incentivesforbusinesses to transition from single-use to reusable containers. This has enabled companies … be crucial for companies progressing towards circularity by supporting internal businesscases and holding companies accountable to “circularity” washing. Chemical Recycling …
… The Sustainable Venture Prize was created in 2008 and awards $25,000 to a promising student business venture that advancesenvironmentalsustainability. As part of Startup Yale, the Sustainable Venture Prize was …
… The fashion industry is one of the most environmentally damaging industries globally, accounting … average US consumer, this is ~82 pounds of clothing every year, disposed annually . Thismodel is unsustainable, damaging to the both the environment and the workers involved in the … industry to change, we must try and reward transparency where possible, as consumers and asbusinesses. Another challenge is the price of synthetic vs. natural materials. Synthetic …
… Are you a rising professional looking to accelerate your career? Maybe you’re already leading your … of all the course material, but is not required. Connected Leadership is an integrated modelfor understanding and seeing leadership within ourselves (whatever our position), in … a Lecturer at Yale School of the Environment and a Resident Fellow at the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment. He began his career working with McKinsey & Company and Virgin …
… Recently, 23 teams presented their application to the Climate Innovation Grant , a program that provides independent feedback and seed funding for early-stage innovative solutions addressing climate change. The proposed solutions … in this process. Some of the judges included: Tory Grieves (MBA/MEM '18): is the VP of Business Development at The Climate Service (TCS), a climate analyticsstartup that …
… When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Southwest Montana, the resulting economic downturn caused thousands of Montanans to … his neighbors to donate spare cattle, which were then processed out-of-state due to the dearth of Montana-based USDA-inspected facilities. Despite the expense and effort of the … 2022 Yale Students Design an Off-Grid Renewable Energy System for a Montana Ranch Studentsmodeled an affordable, 100% off-grid wind-solar-storage system for The Producer Partnership …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of … needssupport 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 …
… TerraCycle is not a typical recycling company—it’s a marketing company that develops recycling solutions and serves as a modelfor circularity, demonstrating a pathway to a new type of consumer economy. … noting that “In a perfect world, Loop’ssustainable packaging platform would overshadow and eventually render several...current business units, including many of our Sponsored Waste …