… Director & Investment Officer at Commonfund. She is also an Advisory Board Member, CBEY and Lecturer in Forest and Ecosystem Finance at Yale. Seating is limited, so please register to reserve … Spalding is a Managing Director & Investment Officer at Commonfund, an investment manager for endowments, foundations, and public pension investors. Prior to that, Spalding was …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United States and potentially rising as, simultaneously, young people are spending less time outdoors than ever before. These trends are especially pronounced for children of color and low-income urban youth, who face multiple barriers to accessing …
… most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Mas business group), GAR became the holding company for the family’s agribusinesses, including its Indonesian subsidiary PT SMART. The company … concerned environmentalists. Palm oil plantations had been carved out of precious rainforest and peat land, resulting in the release of carbon into the atmosphere and the loss of …
… On October 12th, Tsai CITY and CBEY is excited to collaborate with the Yale Schwarzman Center to host Snow Raven(Suor), a … Sakha culture and is truly an instrument. Her culture and identity have inspired her transformative music from America's Got Talent to Sundance Film Festival and Burning Man. The … will cover Snow Raven’s connection with the natural world and how that has informed her music and activism. Moreover, the discussion will talk about the innovative ways …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companies signed an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat lands and exploitation of locals not only with their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (as the agreement was named) represented a dramatic advance in their decades-long efforts to protect the Indonesian rainforest from further destruction. One year later the …
… Suzette Carty (MEM '04) is currently Senior Manager Environmental Sustainability at Brown-Forman , one of the largest American-owned spirits and wine companies (their brands include Jack Daniels, Old Forester and Finlandia). She is responsible for leading environmental sustainability … her current role and how she built a career in sustainability. Suzette is also a member of CBEY's 2018-2019 cohort of Alumni Visiting Experts . **This lunch event will be followed by …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is pleased to continue Nature's Returns: Investing in Ecoystem Services, a webinar … service valuation and investment. In 2014 the program will include mini-series on Domestic Forest Finance, International Ecosystem Services Projects, Universities and Payments for …
… To help celebrate our 10th anniversary, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment invites you to a unique event in San Francisco ! Alumni, … and Introductory remarks Dr. Indy Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Stuart DeCew '11 MBA/MEM, Director of the Yale Center for … Alumni Event Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice CBEY goes to San Francisco! … Alumni Event CBEY goes to San Francisco! Wednesday, March …
… this emerging community investment fund striving to create a more equitable food system for black farmers and food business owners. Olivia will join CBEY Resident Fellow Tagan Engel to discuss the Fund’s first year of community-designed investments, supports for regenerative practices, and the innovative ways they are working to address historical …
… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, programs and events at our: 6th Annual Future Directions in … Pitch Competition This pitch competition gives students the chance to share their ideas for shaping our future research, programs, and events. Previous winning pitches that have … (heather.fitzgerald@yale.edu) Pitch Competition & Social – Tuesday, April 4th, 6:00-9:00pm, CBEY space (Kroon Hall, G-31 suite) Plan to attend the entire Competition and Social Give …