… and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of corporate responsibility (CR) as well. In 2014, the French-based insurer led the industry on a number … AXA, a five-year strategic plan to grow the company. The plan called for harvesting slow-growing businesses in mature markets, investing in emerging markets, and reducing the … her group had constructed were adapted from outside ratings agencies, notably using the Dow Jones Sustainability Index methodology created for investors. As part of the company’s …
… “What we want is the book that every vice president threw in the trash because he would be embarrassed to show it to a partner.” In … Blumenthal was looking to invest in companies that were in financial and operational distress and had difficult relationships with labor and government. In early 2008, as the … up for sale. Due diligence suggested that the mill had a good core business. The mill also presented some significant problems: financial, environmental, political, labor, and …
… Sammaan brought together a stellar group of designers, architects, and social science researchers to tackle one of the developing world's leading problems – open defecation in … toilets in city slums by February 2013. Furthermore, the project team hoped to develop research from the effort to create a model that could be used by other communities, completing the research in 2014. However by the late fall of 2013, not a single community toilet had its …
… Innovative Thinking. The event's grand finale was a showcase highlighting a series of impressive climate tech pitches. Featuring a cohort of 27 students selected from Yale College, … their visionary projects: 1. White Beetle Roofing (David Kilroy, Harshit Agrawal, Sofie Andal, Annie Jiang) - creating ceramic roofing tiles, inspired by nature, to construct … … Nov 28, 2023 Green Entrepreneurs Unleashed Yale's Climate Innovation Intensive InspiresLow-Carbon, Equitable Futures Grace Ferguson (Master of Environmental Management '25) The …
… One of my recent experiments was testing the hypothesis: I want to be a startup founder. Below is a summary of my experimental procedure and findings. Step 1: Find time and resources to pursue your experiment To give my hypothesis a fair shot, I needed time and … MGT 421 Innovator. As well as my classroom team members Samantha Cao, Hiroki Kawamura, Jonah Kelly, Marc Mazzucco, and Kiana Mendes. [1] More than 100 billion according to …
… 9th, and is a New Haven-based incubator that assists startups building solutions to address climate change by decarbonizing our economy and building resilience. They assist … the northern hemisphere experienced one of the hottest summers in recorded history , followed by extreme rain this fall. Institutions like ClimateHaven, which are able to provide … the northern hemisphere experienced one of the hottest summers in recorded history , followed by extreme rain this fall. Institutions like ClimateHaven, which are able to provide …
… Abhinav Godavarthi, David Sozanski (YC '23), and Julian Rubinfien (YC '23). Their research focuses on making mass-market chemicals from sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to … Abhinav Godavarthi, David Sozanski (YC '23), and Julian Rubinfien (YC '23). Their research focuses on making mass-market chemicals from sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to … Abhinav Godavarthi, David Sozanski (YC '23), and Julian Rubinfien (YC '23). Their research focuses on making mass-market chemicals from sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to …
… Finalists : Carbon Loop : Creates a circular economy by cheaply sequestering carbon at low-temperatures from industry and produces high-value byproducts General Biological : Makes mass-market … products The teams pitched their ideas and answered questions from the judges. Following deliberations, the judges awarded General Biological the $25,000 prize. Carbon Loop …
… year’s prize are: Carbon Loop: Creates a circular economy by cheaply sequestering carbon at low temperatures from industry and produces high-value byproducts General Biological: Makes mass-market … year’s prize are: Carbon Loop: Creates a circular economy by cheaply sequestering carbon at low temperatures from industry and produces high-value byproducts General Biological: Makes …
… changed? I fractured my ankle (all better now), and as I healed I began to appreciate the present, as cliched as it sounds, and this mindset shift helped me transition from ideation … to force a founder to get clarity on the problem and solution, get feedback, which then allows you to iterate and refine your idea, and forces you to commit and to hold yourself … for past company being McKinsey, and current function as procurement. (Yes, LinkedIn allows you to do this!). Now, I have a list of people I want to speak to but who are equally …