… meals are the perfect solution for that mid-week crunch, so people no longer have to sacrifice health for convenience when they’re busiest.” Based on current progress, Kitchen Table … Nations, meat production is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that methane emissions from … alone account for 50 percent of agricultural greenhouse gases; replacing beef protein with pulses—the edible seeds of various legumes—would reduce carbon emissions by 630 …
… a conversation on Yale University’s carbon charge . Yale was the first university in the world to voluntarily introduce internal carbon pricing, doing so during the 2015-2016 … as an experiment and aims to share its experience and lessons learned as openly as possible with the public and private sectors,” said Polak. Yale’s legal structure permits the open … is a need to find new language to describe revenue-neutrality,” said Polak. Yale’s carbon price was set at the level of the social cost of carbon, or $40/ton of CO2-equivalent. While …
… ideas and is proud of its alumni. We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Nathan Hall (F&ES/SOM ‘17) who won the 2015 Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant . Since … miners will be able to accelerate ecological and economic restoration of the area with high-value markets and innovative growing techniques. “People in Appalachia are hungry … flexible with regards to the level of input each has at various times. Finally, Nathan’s advice is to make sure that you have an idea with true impact that at least has some form of …
… both residential and commercial customers is often the prohibitively high investment cost. Without innovative financing mechanisms and measures to bring down costs, renewable thermal … products and communication campaigns that can be borrowed from the renewable energy world to raise awareness about RTTs and their potential. Integrating best practices from successful campaigns, such as Solarize CT , can bring down high upfront costs and …
… of a new webinar series organized by the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition in partnership with the World Economic Forum and Yale University. The series aims to spotlight leading examples of … an open dialogue with corporate executives and sustainability practitioners on best practices and the business case. Setting the stage for the series, Dominic Waughray of the World …
… and formed an entire new generation of climate activists. This was my first encounter with climate change and the dire consequences it brings. This emotional experience would … hope for businesses to look beyond profit is inspiringly the core of existence at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the US Business Council for … to Impact conference in mid-June was, among other things, a justification of my career choice. The presence of diverse stakeholders from the private and public sectors, academic …
… In 2007, Peter Boyd found himself with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally discussing global issues that … experience, Boyd embraced a new career: Launch Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Carbon War Room, which advances large-scale business solutions that reduce … U.S., Cook Islands, Australia, Singapore, the Trans-Siberian Railroad. He circumscribed the world over the course of a year. Most recently, in another promising departure, he reduced …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired … border and settled along its longest river. Rena is also the starting line for one of the world’s largest cross-country ski races, the Birkebeinerrennet, which traverses more than 25 … finish in Lillehammer, host of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Gronli has completed the race twice. Her husband’s new position as the Director at the Center for Industrial Ecology …
… and final speaker in this year’s Bright Lights, Green Sights series. Keeping in touch with family and loved ones proved both difficult and expensive despite evidence that … this demographic.” Upon leaving prison he founded Pigeonly, which focused on providing services that keep communication open between inmates and their families. The company started with a very specific market opportunity: providing photographs to people in prison. Families …
… Group and sponsored by Commonfund, featured the work of student MBA teams from around the world who developed an environmental, social, and governance-focused (ESG) investment … Finally, John Streur, President and CEO of Calvert Investments, closed out the conference with an inspiring keynote address. As the head of a leading responsible investing firm, … the three pillars, ES and G, are too great and too pervasive to ignore. 2234 Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG MBAs and the Future of Responsible Investing … May 05, 2016 …