… from this year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , disbursed annually by the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures. The … this year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , disbursed annually by the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures. The …
… space. The alignment with Yale’s core educational mission also helped generate support for the carbon charge. “At Yale, even skeptics of the carbon charge want to see our … to the group’s average performance also makes it difficult for planning and decision-making. In the target scheme, a specific reduction target of 1 percent was given. Units … on major investment decisions across the university, which is the utmost priority,” said Casey Pickett, the current Carbon Charge Director. For more details on the Yale’s carbon …
… Sobotka Stories will introduce you to former recipients of the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture grants who share their experience and perspective. The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment aspires to build a robust entrepreneurial community around … Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant was critical in helping them to flesh out an abbreviated business model. Prior to the application, the team had not considered various critical …
… system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a largely unrecognized energy hog—offers another important avenue. … market mechanisms that can streamline investments. (FORTT is based at the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment and is part of a larger coalition that includes the Connecticut … solar thermal hot water and biomass heating. Building codes, retrofit rates and energy efficiency measures all proved key in the transition to a clean energy future. While climate …
… executives highlighted internal carbon pricing as an important financial tool for driving business growth in the first of a new webinar series organized by the Carbon Pricing … corporate executives and sustainability practitioners on best practices and the businesscase. Setting the stage for the series, Dominic Waughray of the World Economic Forum … experience with internal carbon pricing as a means to supporting internal decision-making and driving the company’s sustainability goals. Watch the full webinar here: THE …
… I attended a premiere viewing of “ Inconvenient truth ” – a movie that created a legacy and formed an entire new generation of climate activists. This was my first encounter with … to save the Earth. As I began this journey, it seemed an uphill battle…unlikely that business was willing or able to consider much beyond profit. Today, as a Master in … of Forestry and Environmental Studies, I feel truly empowered. My once improbable hope forbusinesses to look beyond profit is inspiringly the core of existence at the World Business …
… 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 … something that we should be getting hold of as an entrepreneurial community, and as a business opportunity,” said Boyd, who at the time was CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa. So … Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Carbon War Room, which advances large-scale business solutions that reduce carbon emissions. “I don’t remember ever seeing a big …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, … Gronli worked at Enova, a Norwegian company that provides investment support to energy efficiency and renewable projects across the country. While there, Gronli managed a team …
… 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 … those who will.” The gap between his personal experience—the imprisonment that inspired his business—and those on the other side of the table only compounded the challenge; he had to … come to realize that the job as CEO is not to understand all the nuts and bolts of how the business actually works, but to focus on the ‘what’: what can you actually build? Others can …
… Business students today are developing a new vision of what capital markets and our … should, look like. This was apparent at Yale School of Management’s Low Carbon Portfolio Case Competition and Responsible Investing Conference held this November. The competition, … governance-focused (ESG) investment product for university endowments. Nearly 50 students making up 10 teams from top MBA programs participated. These students represent a growing …