… In 2007, Peter Boyd found himself with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally discussing global issues that entrepreneurs ought to tackle. Climate change arose … something that we should be getting hold of as an entrepreneurial community, and as a business opportunity,” said Boyd, who at the time was CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa. So … Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Carbon War Room, which advances large-scale business solutions that reduce carbon emissions. “I don’t remember ever seeing a big …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, … Gronli worked at Enova, a Norwegian company that provides investment support to energy efficiency and renewable projects across the country. While there, Gronli managed a team …
… Frederick Hutson’s is an unusual career path: in 2005 he was arrested for trafficking marijuana. He was sentenced to nearly 51 months in federal prison. Once … those who will.” The gap between his personal experience—the imprisonment that inspired his business—and those on the other side of the table only compounded the challenge; he had to … come to realize that the job as CEO is not to understand all the nuts and bolts of how the business actually works, but to focus on the ‘what’: what can you actually build? Others can …
… of the markets or attributing these outcomes to the acts of agents such as governments, businesses, or even specific politicians, an astute observer might ask the following … to the whims of cyclical demand? To explore these questions further I will analyse two case studies, namely the history of the construction sector in the context of New Zealand, … 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 …
… Business students today are developing a new vision of what capital markets and our … should, look like. This was apparent at Yale School of Management’s Low Carbon Portfolio Case Competition and Responsible Investing Conference held this November. The competition, … governance-focused (ESG) investment product for university endowments. Nearly 50 students making up 10 teams from top MBA programs participated. These students represent a growing …
… out of the economy, finally, Yael Aflalo thought, she had a reason to close her clothing business. She had started it when she was 20 years old. The first five years were an … a Benefit Corporation dedicated to high-quality sustainable fashion. The company started by making its products from vintage clothes, but this quickly became impossible as the company … made from FSC-certified Eucalyptus fiber and requires 80 percent less water than cotton. In cases where the industry has no environmental alternatives, Reformation aims to develop …
… customers showed up on her stoop at 10pm, rang her doorbell, and, having heard about her business from friends, requested shampoo. In the beginning, as she mixed ingredients and … customer acquisition, but “let me not blow up this building.” Her entrance into the market for multicultural hair and skincare products came at an auspicious moment. In the early … 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 just …
… A business plan that aims to turn food waste into new products, and profits, won the 2016 … Sustainable Venture Prize. Renewal Mill, created by two members of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) community — Sumit Kadakia ’16 M.E.M./M.B.A. and … of okara, or soy pulp, into a form of flour. In addition to a $25,000 cash prize, the business receives automatic entry into the Yale Entrepreneurship Fellowship. Another prize …
… year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship to young … Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship to young …
… Yale’s Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technology initiative (FORTT), which 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 … some of these technologies,” said Matthew Gibbs, Eversource director of energy efficiency. “And this project helped accelerate and broaden the scope.” Both Eversource and …