… An ethical food system should promote public and environmental health, a thriving workforce, and nutritious products available to everyone. … Food Writer Tagan Engel , Resident Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment Stuart DeCew , Executive Director at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment Todd Cort , Lecturer at Yale and Faculty Co-director at the Yale Center for …
… Yale. Enter Tagan Engel, the newest Resident Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). Engel has over 25 years of experience in reshaping local and regional … Yale students who are looking at pathways where people, food, justice, business, and the environment intersect. “Tagan brings a unique set of expertise, experience and connections … deeper issues such as reparations, undoing white supremacy, honoring cultural heritage, environmental justice and regenerative agriculture. Within the Yale community, Engel has …
… Today, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) opened its new certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy. With a cohort of 75 online learners from 10 countries, the year-long program is … to a clean economy. Vero Bourg-Meyer, Program Director, Clean Energy and Conservation Finance, Brad Gentry, the newly appointed Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the …
… to the participants – both old and new – of a modern, smart grid. At the Smart Energy Summit in Austin on Feb. 18-19, energy professionals came together to explore the ways in which emerging technologies can … impact the utility-customer relationship. I attended the conference to find out how the energy industry is thinking about and planning for the proliferation of Internet of Things …
… and engage strong volunteer leadership (“solar ambassadors”) who are passionate about solar energy. The Yale Solar EnergyEvolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) II team has designed, implemented and studied … interact with adoption among these groups. In addition to Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, the SEEDS II …
… Now, a group called Blue Forest Conservation is exploring one of the nation’s first environmentally-focused impact bonds. A panelist described this bond last week at the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP15). Here’s how PFP deals work. At their core, these instruments … on whether social outcomes are reached. The first Social Impact Bond was launched by Social Finance UK in September 2010 to fund a prisoner-rehabilitation program. In August 2012, the …
… The Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference has traditionally emphasized the social side of impact investing since its inception in 2008. The curriculum has rarely covered the environmental aspects of the triple bottom line – instead, it has focused on financial and … Track was introduced, I had the honor of participating in the development of a conservation finance track that will be unveiled in a little over a week. This effort was spearheaded by …
… far less sophisticated than engineered landfills, which means waste often leaks into the environment. Generally, the global South lacks waste recovery infrastructure. Unless … Beach clean-ups and corporate commitments alone are not enough to solve the problem. Finance the opportunity The tools and technologies exist for the proper management of solid … and often governments, are in favor of waste incineration, which they say produces energy and helps countries that face an over-abundance of waste and a dearth of energy. …
… to this point. Here we discuss efforts underway to address the problem. Plastic enters the environment through several paths (see The Plastic Problem ). In early 2015, research led by … control over nor responsibility for ensuring proper waste management infrastructure in the markets where they sell their products. Governments tighten regulations Governments around … control over nor responsibility for ensuring proper waste management infrastructure in the markets where they sell their products. Governments tighten regulations Governments around …
… the grants who share their experience and perspective. The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is proud of its alumni and aspires to build a robust entrepreneurial community … start a platform called Stake , where shareholders can band together to support social and environmental causes. “We created Real Impact Tracker and Stake to help individual investors … that people would love to use,” said Reed. 2621 Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Sobotka Stories: Real Impact Tracker/Stake … Dec 04, 2018 …