… We’ve all read the stats. The average consumer now purchases 60 percent more clothing, compared to 2000, but … the SDGs, though they may address them behind the scenes. However, integrating SDGs into businessstrategy should dispel this belief. Instead, publically aligning with the SDGs can … While I’m sure they’re not opposed, access to education doesn’t fit into their businessmodel. Now entering the food space with Patagonia Provisions ® they are, however, poised to …
… The future of food isseriously thinking about plant-rich diets. In early September, a group of more than 400 … amount of time for its market presence and in addressing the replacement of foodsfor prevention of more damage from animal agriculture. The hopeful road ahead will also lie in … Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions How Plant Rich Diets are Taking Off forBusiness and the Environment … Sep 24, 2018 How Plant Rich Diets are Taking Off forBusiness …
… Attention innovators! Did you know that funding is available to students thinking about creative solutions to … Funding program, students can apply to receive up to $3000 in funding to help move an idea forward. From a community movement to a communicationsstrategy to a for-profit solution, … Yale College,” saysSophie Janaskie, Environmental Innovation Fellow at the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment (CBEY). “We were delighted to get so much excitement in its …
… Each year the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment gives teams applying to the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize the … their ideas in front of a panel of judges and compete for the prize of $25,000. Visit our event website for more details. … file-default","data-delta":"17"}}]] Casey Pickett Director of Innovation, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community …
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… Katrina Barlow (SOM ’17) came to Yale interested in starting a company. “There’s no better time to start a … In thissituation, Katrina saw the opportunity for a viable and environmentally sustainable businessmodel. Over the next year and a half, she developed this idea into Powerhouse, which won the …
… This past February, professionals from the world’s most influential companies gathered in … communicating their activities to a global audience. By connecting to a global framework, businesses can integrate sustainability issues into their strategies that they otherwise … environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into overall risk management. The event wasstanding room only, with almost every inch of space occupied. The tremendous …
… Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of the world’s largest investment firm, recently noted that long-term corporate prosperity requires not … in each other common cause and a helping hand in the great work that needs to be done to restore our communities, heal our planet, and create an economy that worksfor all.” This … Good Business: An Investor’s Guide to B Corps An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Going "B" Related Events Investing in B Corps Launch Party Tue, March 20th, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT — 5:00 PM EDT …
… The two winners of this year’s $10,000 Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant, disbursed annually by the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures, include … better understand the impact that their investment options can have." Now in itsseventh year, the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant hassupported over 20 startups to help …
… Wherever he is, whomever he’s with, Amarjeet Sohi likes to tell the story of a phone call he once … if she hadn’t had that housing,” he said in a recent conversation at Yale. “What a lossfor her, a lossfor her children, a lossforsociety.” Now positioned as Canada’s Minister … to succeed, then infrastructure is the foundation for that.” Watch the video: Related Events A Conversation with Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and …