… from this year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures. The … stovetop. The second recipient leases conventional and electric bikes to companies in an effort to boost the number of urban bike commuters. ] Kitchen Table , cofounded by Zoë Lloyd … Kitchen Table is expected to produce its first run of 500 meals by early January. From an environmental perspective, the benefits of plant-based meals are tremendous: according to …
… 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 university as a place forlearning,” said Polak. Nonetheless, designing and implementing the program proved a complex … Basics Rather than generate revenue, the Yale carbon charge was designed to purely create financial incentives for energy and emissions reductions. As a result, one of the four …
… Sobotka Stories will introduce you to former recipients of the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture grants who share their experience and perspective. The Yale Center for Business and the Environment aspires to build a robust entrepreneurial community around … Stage Venture Grant Success Stories. 2596 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG Circularity Equity and Justice Sobotka …
… though, is only one part of the energy system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a largely unrecognized energy hog—offers another important avenue. … there is a general shortage of installers who offer a suite of technologies. The removal of financial incentives for ground-source heat pumps, as well as low public awareness about …
… Royal DSM 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 … With hundreds of others slated to join in the next few years, becoming acquainted with the “learning by doing” approach will be critical to turning private sector commitment into …
… 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 … that business was willing or able to consider much beyond profit. Today, as a Master in Environmental Management graduate from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental … meet and exceed the COP 21 Paris agreement commitments. Building upon recent progress and learning from missed opportunities around us, I boldly dream that after another ten years, …
… 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 … Virgin Mobile South Africa. So after a solid decade working at Virgin, and with no direct environmental experience, Boyd embraced a new career: Launch Director and Chief Operating … Mischief Maker, or Associate for Thinking Things Differently—Boyd guest lectures in select courses, helps accelerate social and environmental entrepreneurship across campus, offers …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired associate research …
… 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 … for you,” he advised. Hutson found six backers and, from there, began to build his team, learning how to be a CEO as he went. “I’ve come to realize that the job as CEO is not to … products for underserved markets, building things that solve problems,” he said. He named financial service products and job search engines as two examples. “I want to create …
… Business students today are developing a new vision of what capital markets and our financial system could, and should, look like. This was apparent at Yale School of … Commonfund, featured the work of student MBA teams from around the world who developed an environmental, social, and governance-focused (ESG) investment product for university endowments. Nearly 50 students making up 10 teams from top MBA programs …