… In 2007, Peter Boyd found himself with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally discussing global issues that … business solutions that reduce carbon emissions. “I don’t remember ever seeing a big departure from my current job which looked interesting and exciting, and not taking it,” … heartily reinforced through his work at Yale. “What I love about coming here is the energy, passion, intelligence and lack of silos,” he said. “As an institution, the …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired … district heating infrastructure. Originally from Norway herself, Gronli hails from the small village of Rena, not far from the country’s eastern border and settled along its … like getting a bank account and a Connecticut driver’s license. But there are cultural changes too, of course. What New Haven lacks in cross country skiing, it hopefully makes up …
… and final speaker in this year’s Bright Lights, Green Sights series. Keeping in touch with family and loved ones proved both difficult and expensive despite evidence that … that keep communication open between inmates and their families. The company started with a very specific market opportunity: providing photographs to people in prison. Families … that inspired his business—and those on the other side of the table only compounded the challenge; he had to spend as much time explaining the problem as he did the solution. As an …
… current staff, which in certain cases was now facing almost ten times as many projects in a calendar year as they had in the year preceding the Solarize campaign in their town. This … sector notes that, “The New Zealand Building and Construction industry is dominated by small to medium enterprises. Most residential structures are constructed by self-employed … are discouraged from investing in their human capital given the turnover; this necessarily results in reduced quality and continued over and underemployment (depending on where we are …
… Finally, John Streur, President and CEO of Calvert Investments, closed out the conference with an inspiring keynote address. As the head of a leading responsible investing firm, … the competition, are only one piece of the puzzle. He suggested that the real motivating challenge at hand is to “connect global capital markets to the business of moving society … moves assets in their direction. Streur said that in order to do this we must work within our “democratic global capital system” to ensure that these costs are incorporated …
… on urban environmental entrepreneurs. The time felt right and Aflalo shut the doors. Without the company, she wasn’t sure what to do. Her parents were both entrepreneurs and … unexpected cascade of events—environmental documentaries on Netflix, a design partnership with Urban Outfitters, a dinner party conversation about the environmental footprint of … to source and develop sustainable fabrics and dyes, paying good wages, using renewable energy whenever possible—is precisely the way it should be. She said that sustainability …
… used to straighten their hair. Instead, they were opting to wear their hair natural. But, with this decision, they faced a dearth of hair-care products. In 1993, stores offered, … dirty, and the products were on the bottom,” said Price. As she set out to fill this niche with a business of her own, she realized “how deprived I was for my own hair, how much I was … appeared on the Oprah show; in 2005, she opened a flagship store in Harlem and partnered with celebrity investors, including Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Soon after …
… co-led by Nathan Hall ’16 M.E.M. ’17 M.B.A, won the audience’s choice award. Hall, along with partner J. Todd Howard, is developing technologies to grow sustainable hemp in regions … has risen steadily,” said Ralph Earle III ’84 M.P.P.M., managing director of the Clean Energy Venture Group, who has served as a judge for all eight Sabin Prize contests. “And … addressing food-related challenges. “When you are trying to stem climate change or make a big environmental impact it’s really impossible to do that without changing the food …
… Warady and Rupal J. Patel (F&ES ‘16), CTO of Maike Water, plan to address this gap with end-of-pipe sensors and big data software designed to read and predict natural fluctuations in ocean salinity, … has long been dependent on extraction of natural resources, and to bring opportunities to small farmers and unemployed miners,” said Hall. The company has already forged strong …
… is developing financial models and strategies to advance renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. “Along with the Connecticut Green Bank and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, these are the two most important partners we could …