… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate responsibility (CR) as well. … CR, and Public Affairs functions together, to further integrate CR into the core of the business. AXA’s business had grown rapidly over the previous decades. The company was formed … strong returns. In 2010, the company announced Ambition AXA, a five-year strategic plan to grow the company. The plan called for harvesting slow-growing businesses in mature …
… developing world's leading problems – open defecation in crowded urban settings. Initial planning and surveys began in 2011. With an official kickoff meeting in April 2012, the Sammaan team planned to begin work with city officials in two Indian cities, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, to … research in 2014. However by the late fall of 2013, not a single community toilet had its plans approved, much less built. Various partners believed that the initial vision of the …
… Wolf Capital Management in New York. “What we’re looking for is something that has a solid business at its core, but that has enough other extraneous problems that most people at a … and it had put the mill up for sale. Due diligence suggested that the mill had a good core business. The mill also presented some significant problems: financial, environmental, … Wolf Capital Management in New York. “What we’re looking for is something that has a solid business at its core, but that has enough other extraneous problems that most people at a …
… of the Climate Innovation Intensive, a dynamic collaboration between the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) and Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking. The event's … on the fundamentals of climate entrepreneurship - starting with the ideation stage, to the business components and scaling factors of ClimateTech. Julie Zimmerman, Vice Provost on Planetary Solutions kicked off the intensive with a session on “How to think like a climate …
… sustainability is usually considered a ‘nice to have’. Shoppers do not proactively plan their clothing purchases. Instead, customers generally purchase items on a whim or to … tech start-ups. I am in pursuit of a role that will leverage my engineering experience and business education to scale a novel solution that addresses a large-scale environmental … Fellowship, a program of the ClimateCAP Initiative led by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and supported by the Hearst Foundations. Thank you to Yale School of Management …
… The Sustainable Venture Prize was created in 2008 and awards $25,000 to a promising student business venture that advances environmental sustainability. As part of Startup Yale, the … 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 … focuses on making mass-market chemicals from sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to supplant petrochemistry and demonstrate that biology can be scaled as a technology - in other …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winner of the 2023 … The Sustainable Venture Prize , created in 2008, awards $25,000 to a promising student business venture that advances environmental sustainability. As part of Startup Yale , the … (YC '23) seek to make mass-market chemicals from sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to supplant petrochemistry and demonstrate that biology can be scaled as a technology - in other …
… Venture Prize. The Sustainable Venture Prize has been awarded by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) since 2008. It was created to support Yale’s most innovative ideas and businesses that advance a more sustainable way of life through a $25,000 cash prize. … Venture Prize. The Sustainable Venture Prize has been awarded by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) since 2008. It was created to support Yale’s most …
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