… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome Xavier Rolet to our Advisory Board! … Thirty years ago Xavier founded La Verrière , a previously abandoned Provencal Priory transformed into the home of the premium organic wine brand, Chêne Bleu. Xavier’s experience and enthusiasm for working with students have already been in action, as he’s been engaging in CBEY’s work …
… to prominence as a core focus of many corporate sustainability roles. Companies are bracing for the growing number of climate-related financial disclosure regulations —CSRD, SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rule, California’s S.B. 261 and S.B. 253, ISSB IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, among others —and many … practitioners at large organizations are working hard to navigate the emerging disclosure landscape. It reminds me of where sustainability began in most companies: through compliance …
… The Yale Center for Business and Environment (CBEY) today announced the release of two new reports examining … report, Bridging the Regenerative Agriculture Financing Gap, proposes a new foundation for financing regenerative farms that takes into account the three factors that make … partner for their goals. Through this research, the report seeks to inspire this thoughtful investment, and help finance professionals discover new partnerships to help farmers, the …
… How might one go about preparing students for the immediate and future realities of climate change? At an institution like this, it … dynamic discoveries and host coveted conversations. This past year at Yale’s Center for Business and Environment (CBEY), we flipped conventional wisdom on its head and turned … students across Yale’s campus. These meetings encouraged students to imagine and prepare for the resilient societies and responsible economies required of us to maintain a healthy, …
… black smoke billowing from a power plant in Houston one fateful road trip was all it took for Yale rising senior Marc Gonzalez to discover he wanted a future in clean energy. That … decision, coupled with the understanding of how our current energy system does not work for many low-income and BIPOC communities, led him to pursue a degree in Environmental … to clean energy. “With CBEY, I’m working with Elevate Energy this summer. Elevate is a nonprofit group out of Chicago and they do a lot of really amazing things. I work with the …
… their inspiration, goals, and plans through the program. Policy is the name of the game for Pratima Garg . A first-year candidate pursuing Public Policy with a focus on clean … the PSiCE program is clear: How can policy be leveraged to create and support solutions for clean energy? Prior to joining Yale, Pratima worked with a Member of Parliament and … the world, energy access is critical. Access to energy is improving and hence the demand for energy will only increase. Still annual per capita consumption stands at about 1.2 kWh …
… Do you want to enact change and justice for the environment? Are you interested in collaborating with like-minded individuals, … share ideas and inspire equity in the transition to clean energy futures through a more informed and inclusive clean energy community. “We want to form connections and share … Howard Chang ‘12, Chief Operating Officer - East Bay Community Energy Ali Cooley ‘12, Chief Investment Officer - Nuveen Green Capital, Nuveen Services LLC Katie Dykes ‘99 & ‘06, …
… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube videos trying to … I’m completely lost. I’ve been working in renewable energy policy and managing projects for a little over a decade, navigating the complex and evolving world of innovative … struggling with a homework assignment or a professional endeavor. I’ve appreciated and profited from my peers’ curiosity and knowledge-sharing and have been able to build …
… I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in … was very explicit about its climate goals: mitigate 100% of the greenhouse gas emissions before 2030. Before joining the City of Ithaca as director of sustainability, I had … something like that. It required a completely new way of defining policy, attracting investment, and developing partnerships. Fortunately, a lot of what we covered in the Policy …
… the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. " Maybe IP attorneys score low on the charisma scale because they—like … it—and that I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy … issues and made connections that I had never thought of. And this has been the case for the 16+ other live sessions since then. It’s also been true for the dozens of times I’ve …