… 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 … started after he graduated from Oxford University and set out westward—the U.S., Cook Islands, Australia, Singapore, the Trans-Siberian Railroad. He circumscribed the world over … to talk about achieving a net-zero economy. From his work in public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Boyd has come to believe that “change only happens when these three sectors …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired associate research … starting at Yale this September, Gronli worked at Enova, a Norwegian company that provides investment support to energy efficiency and renewable projects across the country. While …
… 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 … was at a point where this could be solved,” said Hutson. “But no one was building solutions for this demographic.” Upon leaving prison he founded Pigeonly, which focused on providing … explained. “You spend so much of your time ruling out people who are not going to move forward so that you can spend time with those who will.” The gap between his personal …
… Obama’s Green Jobs plan was centred on the fact that it promised two things: (1) support for the fledgling green sector of the economy; and (2) a source of relatively high-paying … of all such political promises, there is no doubt that the solar photovoltaic energy landscape has changed dramatically since 2008. The industry has experienced unprecedented … 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 …
… from around the world who developed an environmental, social, and governance-focused (ESG) investment product for university endowments. Nearly 50 students making up 10 teams from top MBA programs … There are upwards of 1,400 financial institutions that are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment . In addition, in 2014 the US Sustainable Investing Forum tallied …
… entrepreneurs and she’d never bent toward a traditional career path. She took two years for self-directed study, which resulted in an unexpected cascade of events—environmental … a trip to China to work on a new line of shoes. Aflalo had visited Hong Kong and Shanghai before, but never the interior industrial regions. She traveled to one of fashion’s … amount of accountability.” After that, she was sure what to do. In 2009, Aflalo founded Reformation , a Benefit Corporation dedicated to high-quality sustainable fashion. The company …
… 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 … 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 settling” for sub-standard products. Carol’s Daughter grew quickly. In 1999, she opened a storefront …
… A business plan that aims to turn food waste into new products, and profits, won the 2016 Sabin 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 … foods. Their first goal is to commercialize the conversion of okara, or soy pulp, into a form of flour. In addition to a $25,000 cash prize, the business receives automatic entry …
… year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship to young … the desalination market has grown 57 percent; by 2025, it is expected to provide freshwater for up to 14 percent of the world’s population. While offering a nearly limitless supply … Roots hopes to develop carbon-negative hemp growing techniques on mining-impacted lands, which currently host little more than invasive grasses. The company will then develop …
… 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 … comprehensive research and analysis of renewable thermal prospects across Connecticut, FORTT is clarifying the role that thermal technology could play in the state’s aggressive …