… innovative startup ideas from across campus are coming together April 14-15 at Evans Hall for Entrepreneurship Across Yale , an event featuring Yale’s biggest entrepreneurship … judging and prize presentations. At stake are three $25,000 prizes—the Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, sponsored by InnovateHealth Yale; the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize, sponsored by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY); and the Miller Prize, sponsored by the Yale …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former finalists of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and … Sustainable Venture Prize finals. homE was meant to be a battery backup system that is cleaner and smarter than diesel generators and provides grid security by keeping essential … was faced firsthand with the “valley of death” – the financing gap for capital-intensive energy technologies. The team also had to solve a myriad of technical challenges and account …
… burst. He weathered two rounds of layoffs. He watched hardworking and capable colleagues forced out while others who he felt were not as competent stayed on. He recognized politics … first pangs of disillusionment with American meritocracy. Shouldn’t the best be recognized for its bestness? He left his job and started working in small tofu shops around San … to make it taste good again,” he said. “It was introduced as a vegetarian food—well, let’s forget about that. It was introduced as an Asian food—let’s forget about that, too.” This …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grants to Yale students and faculty to help support their research at the intersection of business and the environment. Two programs have funded these … Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG CleanEnergy CBEY Funds Six Cutting-Edge Research Projects on Sustainability … Mar 22, 2016 …
… across the organization,” Jenny McColloch ’12, director of restaurant sustainability for McDonald’s Corporation , advised students during the GE Colloquium in Sustainability Leadership convened by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) on February 18. Success in the … sustainably in their everyday business operations simply by following the corporation’s energy and recycling guidelines. Establishing that feeling of connection organization-wide …
… by Riddhima Yadav, YC '18 Consider: women perform 66 percent of the world’s work but earn 10 percent of the world’s income. At the same time, they account for 85 percent of consumer purchases and control $20 trillion in worldwide spending. Surely, … from all over the world and, most importantly, simply delighting in the room’s wonderful energy. It was heartening to see the enthusiasm of these leading women and to listen to …
… priorities into agricultural financing? Several investment funds showcased their strategies for investing in smallholder value chains at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on Dec. … smallholders. Peter Holmgren, director general of the Center for International Forestry Research, said the key investments are really made by the local smallholder farmers who bear … smallholders. Peter Holmgren, director general of the Center for International Forestry Research, said the key investments are really made by the local smallholder farmers who bear …
… Towards Science Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies culminated in a trip to Paris where we presented our … Yale FES and Yale SOM) and myself were excited to work with WBCSD to develop a digital platform that would help businesses use applied science to address their toughest sustainability … and powerful business leaders. This idea became the Science to Business (S2B) platform. Throughout the semester, we worked with recent Yale FES Alum, Emily Grady, who is now …
… title of his class, “Towards Science Communications with Impact: Environmental Engagement for a Changing World.” The posted syllabus included works from Mike Hulme’s Why We Disagree … has had a colorful and impressive career, ranging from roles as Executive Director/Writer for Time-Warner Television, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, HBO, etc. to founding … impact than rational scientific data, such as a two degree global warming of the Earth. For the first time as a student, I saw how my undergraduate degree in psychology, my MBA at …
… Yale University and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development announced a new “Knowledge Partners” collaboration at the … in Paris, during the COP21 climate change negotiations. “We often talk about a transformational change of our society when we speak about climate action. This transformation … covers finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, operations, and strategy on issues involving energy, water, carbon, food, natural areas and society. www.yale.edu About the WBCSD: The …