… consumer now purchases 60 percent more clothing, compared to 2000, but keeps garments for half as long. Fabric production and consumer use account for 60% of environmental … However, integrating SDGs into business strategy should dispel this belief. Instead, publically aligning with the SDGs can be a source of competitive advantage. D - Dedicate … However, integrating SDGs into business strategy should dispel this belief. Instead, publically aligning with the SDGs can be a source of competitive advantage. D - Dedicate …
… gas emissions, habitat loss, pollution and animal welfare abuses. It also comes with a hope for food security and food safety. The New Meat Half of the conference took place around clean meat, the term that has been used recently for cultured or lab-grown meat. What makes the meat clean is that it is grown in sanitary … companies and regulators, many of clean meat companies decided at the conference to move forward with the name cell-based meat. Regardless of the name, this field will bring …
… Funding program, students can apply to receive up to $3000 in funding to help move an idea forward. From a community movement to a communications strategy to a for-profit solution, … Prize during Startup Yale. Symbrosia is developing a saltwater aquaponic system to drastically reduce the environmental impacts of both the seafood and beef industries. The system … Prize during Startup Yale. Symbrosia is developing a saltwater aquaponic system to drastically reduce the environmental impacts of both the seafood and beef industries. The system …
… Each year the Yale Center for Business and the Environment gives teams applying to the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize … 4th, will have the chance to pitch 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":"7"}}]] Bo Hopkins Lecturer, Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and Yale School of Management …
… the process, encouraging high rates of adoption. (See the Solarize Your Community guidebook for more information.) Solarize South Kingstown group. Image courtesy of SmartPower. Given that, how is … Bristol, and South Kingstown. Table 1 shows the program dates and contracted capacity for the 2017 Summer and Fall Solarize Programs for each town. Table 1: Contracted Capacity …
… thing she needed was the right idea, and she found it when she learned about the potential for households to benefit from a sort of “energy arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of … look ahead to the hardware side. The consulting team worked on the project through a class called Social and Environmental Consultancy (SEC), now known as Sustainable Entrepreneurship … her prior work as a journalist to land a role in business development at Vox Media. She calls herself a “re-emerged journalist” but has not abandoned her more recent identity as an …
… with five swimming pools and a lazy river in the middle of the desert may seem an odd place for path-breaking conversations on sustainability, the three-day conference yielded a wealth … to climate action. Companies like Microsoft, Walmart, and L’Oreal have joined a network called We Are Still In , which emphasizes that along with state and city governments, they … sustainability, and it is a relatively new trend. Yale has been at the cutting edge of research and innovation on this topic through the newly created Yale Initiative on …
… firm, recently noted that long-term corporate prosperity requires not just financial performance, but “a positive contribution to society.” He does not stand alone with this … to know? In partnership with Patagonia and wealth advisory firm Caprock , the Yale Center for Business and the Environment has released a new publication to answer this question. … motives that drive and excite people, B Corporations provide a significant new opportunity for investors,” says Robert Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale and 2013 Nobel …
… this year’s $10,000 Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant, disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures, … Patrick Reed (YC ‘16), Pei Hua Chen (YC ’21), Cary Krosinsky (Yale SOM) “In these politically activated times, people are asking: ‘How can I do the most good through my … with Yale’s newly launched Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF), which aims to further research on collaborative approaches to innovation in sustainable finance. Krosinsky, …
… Wherever he is, whomever he’s with, Amarjeet Sohi likes to tell the story of a phone call he once received from a Canadian mother of three. Sohi was a member of the Edmonton City Council at the time, and the woman called to explain that mental health and addiction issues had her on the verge of eviction … if she hadn’t had that housing,” he said in a recent conversation at Yale. “What a loss for her, a loss for her children, a loss for society.” Now positioned as Canada’s Minister …