… experience and perspective. The Yale Center for Business and the Environment aspires to build a robust entrepreneurial community around sustainability ideas and is proud of its … half-acre treatments on two distinct sites (2 acres each). The team successfully proved that hemp could grow on mined lands with low-cost organic inputs, and subsequently received a $12,000 grant from Patagonia to support the …
… technical and economic potential of renewable thermal while investigating market mechanisms that can streamline investments. (FORTT is based at the Yale Center for Business and the … for both residential and commercial customers is often the prohibitively high investment cost. Without innovative financing mechanisms and measures to bring down costs, renewable … generation, most RTTs are not visible and the behavioral diffusion effect of solar has far less influence on consumer decisions. Despite these barriers, there are many policy …
… Setting the stage for the series, Dominic Waughray of the World Economic Forum emphasized that “systemic issues such as carbon pricing” are needed “to advance the agenda for climate … 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 … or offering tax credits for renewable energy, changes the accounting. By including the true cost, or at least a portion of it, in financial calculations, more carbon-intensive assets …
… Ten years ago 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 … solutions 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 … projects that quantify the value of nature is a key milestone toward incentives alignment. Building on positive examples such as the Louisiana Water Synergy Project , championed by …
… with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally discussing global issues that entrepreneurs ought to tackle. Climate change arose repeatedly. “We all thought it was something that we should be getting hold of as an entrepreneurial community, and as a business … 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 departure from my current …
… 2050. Before starting at Yale this September, 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 that both tracked the progress of existing thermal projects and designed support for new … Haven, and, along with two children, the family of four is settling in. “We’re starting to build up our identity,” said Gronli, which mostly entails the simple things, like getting a …
… in touch with family and loved ones proved both difficult and expensive despite evidence that maintaining these connections reduces recidivism. “Technology was at a point where this could be solved,” said Hutson. “But no one was building solutions for this demographic.” Upon leaving prison he founded Pigeonly, which … mission became more ambitious. Today, Hutson said, Pigeonly intends to make poverty less expensive. “There is an insane amount of opportunity that people are missing—which I’m …
… 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 class of future investment advisors, analysts, and policy makers who recognize that integrating ESG considerations into capital allocation decisions will help define the … expectations through demand for an end to externalities; people no longer accept the costless imposition of environmental or social costs by businesses. Ultimately, he said, SRI …
… She traveled to one of fashion’s manufacturing centers. “The pollution was on a scale that’s hard to understand unless you see it,” she said—hazy air, sludgy waterways splitting … a Benefit Corporation dedicated to high-quality sustainable fashion. The company started by making its products from vintage clothes, but this quickly became impossible as the company … have encouraged and reinforced this expectation. “But when I see a $12 blazer, I see a cost sheet, and I realize there is human misery on the other side.” It’s this insight into …
… on one concern—not marketing, not customer acquisition, but “let me not blow up this building.” Her entrance into the market for multicultural hair and skincare products came at … hold: women, typically African-American, were avoiding relaxer, a potent chemical compound that they used to straighten their hair. Instead, they were opting to wear their hair … with celebrity investors, including Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Soon after that, she launched on the Home Shopping Network, where Carol’s Daughter became the number …