… in the world to set a voluntary carbon price on its operations: all business units pay for the carbon they emit, and the revenues are invested in energy efficiency, renewable … from the Private Sector” series. The webinar was opened by Emily Farnworth of the World Economic Forum, and featured a conversation between TJ DiCaprio , Microsoft’s Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability and the chief architect behind the carbon fee, and Peter Boyd , …
… from this year’s 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. The first recipient is developing nutritious, plant-based frozen meals that … Tasty, healthy food from the freezer aisle. Helping companies help their employees embrace a bike commute. Two promising start-ups each received $10,000 from this year’s Sobotka …
… space. The alignment with Yale’s core educational mission also helped generate support for the carbon charge. “At Yale, even skeptics of the carbon charge want to see our … A case study on the carbon charge is being developed by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and will be published on the SESYNC Case Study Collection in January … Online Best Practices on Integrating an Internal Price on Carbon: Featuring Unilever and Ecofys Wed, February 7th, 2018, 5:00 AM EST — 6:15 AM EST Online Related News Yale Becomes …
… carbon future Connecticut is one of several New England states that hold lofty ambitions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Achieving this low-carbon future will … heat sources, such as surplus heat from industrial processes and data centers . Being a latecomer in district energy allowed Norway to begin with third- and fourth-generation thermal … Integrated thermal technologies benefited from this. Innovators across the value chain embraced certification systems like the passive house standard, Energy Certification, and …
… southern half. They camped in national parks. They watched the landscape change—deciduous forest gave way to Great Plains, which ascended slowly, then precipitously, to become the Rockies. Her father, a high school science teacher, answered questions about the … how they changed,” said Molnar (F&ES ’04). This curiosity led to an undergraduate degree in environmental engineering and a job right out of college in environmental remediation. From …
… Sobotka Stories will introduce you to former recipients of the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture grants who share their experience and … of hemp, local mountain farmers and unemployed miners will be able to accelerate ecological and economic restoration of the area with high-value markets and innovative … Stage Venture Grant Success Stories. 2596 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG Circularity Equity and Justice Sobotka …
… Meat makes for curious math: about 25 calories is required to create just 1 calorie of beef. The ratio … with the need to address global poverty and support 9.7 billion people by century’s end. Second, raising livestock is, “one of the most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global,” according to a report [pdf] by …
… though, is only one part of the energy system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a largely unrecognized energy hog—offers another important avenue. The use of energy for heating water …
… Royal DSM executives highlighted internal carbon pricing as an important financial tool for driving business growth in the first of a new webinar series organized by the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition in partnership with the World Economic Forum and Yale University. The series aims to spotlight leading examples of … Sijbesma. The carbon price allows DSM to determine which investments make financial and environmental sense, according to CFO Geraldine Matchett. It also helps to create a “common …
… I attended a premiere viewing of “ Inconvenient truth ” – a movie that created a legacy and formed an entire new generation of climate activists. This was my first encounter with … To help move companies in that direction, Sustainable Leadership Purchasing Council and EcoVadis presented their initiatives at the conference, which will be instrumental in … at events such as the “Pathways to Impact” conference. The growing expectation to fully embraceenvironmental, social and governance aspects into the DNA of business comes through in …