… Featured speaker Laurie Wayburn will discuss how her organization, The Pacific Forest Trust, is currently exploring ecosystem services markets and payments as a tool to promote forest conservation in the West. She will review how private forest landowners are currently engaging in these markets, and project current and future …
… ecosystem service valuation and investment. In 2014 the program will include mini-series on DomesticForestFinance, International Ecosystem Services Projects, Universities and Payments for … and Ecosystem Services and Human Health. To begin the 2014 season, we will address Leadership in DomesticForestFinance through three webinar presentations. Thriving Food …
… companies. Signaling this commitment is a trend that has been catching on quickly, both domestically and abroad; to date, there are Certified B Corporations in 50 countries … Additional resources Corporate Sustainability Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Going "B" … Research An Entrepreneur’s Guide to … The Atlantic and Forbes. She is a graduate of Vermont Law School, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and Kenyon College. Photo taken in front of the Chouinard …
… Carbon markets are a promising mechanism to help finance sustainable forest management practices and conservation projects, yet transaction costs and market structure have limited improved forest management carbon offset projects to large scales. In this webinar, Brian Kittler , …
… Watch the full recording here! Urban trees and forests are often overlooked in our fight against climate change and yet they cumulatively … and new financing mechanisms are urgently needed. Join our webinar to engage with City Forest Credits ' Executive Director, Mark McPherson, as he walks us through promising new … projects, and the outlook for expanding this critical branch of conservation finance. [Note: this webinar was originally scheduled for Friday, May 1st, but has been …
… social platform to expand the adoption of solar power, a software package for improving forest inventory data, and a sustainable protein producer. The competition provides … problem solving; Generate ideas that are scalable, achievable, quantifiable, and financeable; and Educate about how entrepreneurs turn a concept into a successful reality. … and not necessarily within the USA? Yes, ideas can be anywhere globally. Therefore, both domestic and international. What are my chances of winning? Every application is considered …
… The Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF) is delighted to host the 6th Annual Conference of the Global Research … an engaging program that brings together the best of cutting-edge research and thought leadership focused on some of the most critical issues of sustainable finance. The … an engaging program that brings together the best of cutting-edge research and thought leadership focused on some of the most critical issues of sustainable finance. The …
… coordinated by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Conservation Finance Network, a program Island Press. Our second featured speaker Joe Short , Vice President of Northern Forest Center, will continue the Ecosystem Services and Community Development mini-series by discussing community forest management and regional economic development. Email invitations for …
… was the predominant funder of land conservation projects, creating national parks, national forests and wildlife refuges in countries around the world. More recently, inventive conservation finance practitioners have discovered myriad ways to bring private capital to the effort – … banks and providing impact capital to fund the acquisition and stewardship of working forests and farmlands. The webinar will explore several of these private and civic funding …
… Sustainable Forestry and Environmental Markets Please join us for a special edition of the webinar … and the Environment. Featured speaker Radha Kuppalli , Director of Investor Services, New Forests will discuss the growing timberland asset class. Specifically, Radha will highlight New Forest’s international approach to research, innovation, and responsible investment in the …