… products we buy. However, it is not something that consumers can easily spot or screen for. When, in June 2015, France’s Ecology minister, Segolene Royal, called on her country to stop eating Nutella to avoid palm oil, she inadvertently … remains to be seen. About this case In the following case materials, we focus specifically on the Indonesian palm oil context due to the major role Indonesia plays in …
… and conversations happening among people working in fashion who want to see real change for the better...in materials, policy, workers' rights, entrepreneurship, and beyond. Our goals are to: Inform - host events and create resources that inform students about the various types of … interesting things we've found! Please suggest others that you've found useful! Selected papers/articles/resources Below are papers from Moving the Needle program co-leader Dr. …
… The Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize supports student and faculty efforts to start a sustainable for-profit business through annual cash prizes of $25,000. The competition provides feedback from professional judges, extensive mentoring from faculty, and opportunities for participants to meet and pitch their ideas to venture capitalists and industry leaders. …
… their shoes and are doing the work. Since its launch in the spring of 2018, the Yale Center for Business and Environment has facilitated hundreds of student engagements with Yale … Visiting Mentor series. The series seeks to sponsor alumni back to campus as a resource for students. Each academic year, a cohort of professionals across different industries … Management 2006 rkuppalli@gmail.com Kevin Ogorzalek Sustainable Sourcing Manager at Barry Callebaut Master of Environmental Science 2006 Agata Smeets Sustainability Sourcing Strategy …
… About the program Private corporations have increasingly stepped forward as leaders in the realm of social and environmental sustainability. By re-thinking … movement, as they seek to launch careers in the private sector that focus on doing good for communities, ecosystems, and the planet. The Pathways in Business and the Environment … in their careers. By sharing their stories, speakers provide a set of possible roadmaps for students to follow (or avoid). From the outside, roles at the intersection of business …
… this era of climate change, climate data is an increasingly important decision-making tool for individuals, governments, and corporations. For instance: a farmer whose family has grown coffee on the same property for generations might now wonder when she should plant and harvest this year's crop, given a …
… two pieces of legislation through the Idaho Statehouse: the first authorizing Pay For Success Contracting and the second awarding legal status to businesses structured as Benefit Corporations. Quoted in Forbes, Weatherley-White explains, "I find the notion that capital markets should not be … reflect our morals. The question is 'What morals do we want them to reflect.’” Join us for a lively discussion on geophysics, tsunamis, future-proofing your portfolio and how the …
… moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming … of the data. Project Outcomes An additional $50,000 was also received from the World Bank Research Committee to help support this project. Related Presentations The results of this research were presented at the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Washington, D.C., which …
… Will corporate sustainability play a larger role for businesses seeking to emerge and grow in the post-COVID economy? After the experience of … chronic water shortages, and loss of ecosystem services, should become mainstream concerns for corporate financial planning, and the value of human capital, equality, and community … Lecturer in Sustainability, Yale School of Management; Faculty Co-Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment Panelists: Marian Chertow, Associate Professor of …
… Considering the joint degree? Join us for this informational session with SOM & YSE admissions, CBEY staff, and current joint degree students … at different stages of the experience. Stuart DeCew, Executive Director at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, will moderate a panel of current joint degree students as …