… Natalia Espinosa and Daniel Gonzalez A few weeks ago, 11 Yale University students attended GreenBiz , a corporate sustainability conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. This experience … the conference. Reporting, Accounting, Auditing. Thank You, Next? The most used acronym at GreenBiz? CSRD, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. It quickly became clear that the biggest focus of GreenBiz would be on compliance and disclosures. Navigating such changing discourse and …
… and reliable energy we deserve. I hope to work towards creating better policies to create green energy jobs and opportunities to make people want clean energy in their … and reliable energy we deserve. I hope to work towards creating better policies to create green energy jobs and opportunities to make people want clean energy in their … and reliable energy we deserve. I hope to work towards creating better policies to create green energy jobs and opportunities to make people want clean energy in their …
… at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and chair of this inaugural event. The panels and sessions are being organized by students, faculty, and staff across campus, … happening around the globe. We’re thrilled to share that panelists include a number of Yale alumni leading clean energy work nationwide: Ben Bovarnick ‘18, Expert Product Manager, Grid … Officer - East Bay Community Energy Ali Cooley ‘12, Chief Investment Officer - Nuveen Green Capital, Nuveen Services LLC Katie Dykes ‘99 & ‘06, Commissioner - Connecticut …
… the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in terms of ambition, represented the City of Ithaca’s … climate change. The IGND 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 … source of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a green building and electrification policy framework while assessing different technologies …
… me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong city kid, I grew up knowing only a few green places - my Mom’s garden and my local nature preserve, the North Park Village Nature … me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong city kid, I grew up knowing only a few green places - my Mom’s garden and my local nature preserve, the North Park Village Nature … me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong city kid, I grew up knowing only a few green places - my Mom’s garden and my local nature preserve, the North Park Village Nature …
… key subsector verticals, and summarizes its focus with the mantra of: (1) Winning the (Green) Home, (2) winning the (Green) Office, and (3) winning the (Green) Roads. These verticals represent a collective $3.7 trillion total addressable market, …
… is stepping up in real and unprecedented fashion. We have asset managers, asset owners, banks, bank alliances, all of which are coming together now with a combination of ESG … in the first few days of the summit, India disclosed their commitment to net zero by 2070. Immediately, many from the Western world hit back stating that this was … nations with the significant amount of funds and investments required to transition to a greener economy. Even with its limited resources, India, along with other nations that lack …
… to transforming the electricity and transportation sectors, which contribute 40% to global greenhouse gas emissions. Lithium-ion batteries in particular have contributed to the … climate change. Agriculture consumes 70% of global water supply and produces 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions. With the world population expected to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050, … ”) which involves growing food in closed and controlled environments (e.g. vertical farms, greenhouses, hydroponics). Some salient features of controlled environment agriculture are …
… one of the largest conservation NGOs in the world committed to moving the NGO to create a green energy finance organization in her home state and to work on a carbon sequestration project. A senior executive at one of the largest banks in the U.S. pledged to advocate for the bank to help structure and support the launch of a federal green bank. And a senior regulatory expert for one of the largest wind developers in the …
… goes through innovation. The world’s leading climate authority, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published a landmark 2018 report highlighting the urgency of … manufacturing techniques NOTE: Some of the language in this summary is drawn from this GreenBiz article , written by Ben Soltoff, CBEY Environmental Innovation Manager. … the Issue Summary as a starting point, but feel free to include others). Photo courtesy of GreenBiz Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG Independent Study Opportunity …