… on urban environmental entrepreneurs. The time felt right and Aflalo shut the doors. Without the company, she wasn’t sure what to do. Her parents were both entrepreneurs and … hard to understand unless you see it,” she said—hazy air, sludgy waterways splitting rice fields. Fashion, in fact, is the third most polluting industry in the world. “I had this moment with an incredible amount of empathy, and then this other thing: …
… In May of 1993, Lisa Price founded the hairand skincare brand, Carol’s Daughter, in the kitchen of her Brooklyn … used to straighten their hair. Instead, they were opting to wear their hair natural. But, with this decision, they faced a dearth of hair-care products. In 1993, stores offered, … $100. I cooked stuff on my stove. And I sold to the largest beauty company in the entire world. And I had to defend myself.” This 23-year passage—from stovetop to L'Oréal—was …
… for the water to become hot enough to let the frog boil, we need to get ready to ally with corporations to wage a war for sustainability. My initiative to effectively encourage … over-fishing, illegal wildlife trade and biodiversity loss in the Asia-Pacific area. Without any doubts, the biggest industry in Singapore is the Wholesale & Retail Trade … it is exciting to see that international investors are increasingly embedding ESG practices across their portfolios through green alpha. Leading global banks disclose an ESG …
… co-led by Nathan Hall ’16 M.E.M. ’17 M.B.A, won the audience’s choice award. Hall, along with partner J. Todd Howard, is developing technologies to grow sustainable hemp in regions … awarded during Entrepreneurship Across Yale , a two-day series of contests that invited world-changing ideas from across the Yale community. The prize is managed by the Yale Center for …
… severity and frequency of droughts is leading to the development of desalination plants worldwide. Over the past five years the desalination market has grown 57 percent; by 2025, … Warady and Rupal J. Patel (F&ES ‘16), CTO of Maike Water, plan to address this gap with end-of-pipe sensors and big data software designed to read and predict natural … success including product R&D, incorporation, market surveying, and product or service prototyping. In addition to funding, Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant Recipients receive …
… to advance renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. “Along with the Connecticut Green Bank and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, … analysis by the end of May. Learn more about the project at cbey.yale.edu . Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Eversource and UI join Yale’s Renewable Thermal …
… Entrepreneurship Across Yale , an event featuring Yale’s biggest entrepreneurship prizes with live pitching competitions, judging and prize presentations. At stake are three $25,000 … of Public Health and Director of InnovateHealth Yale. Last year’s Thorne Prize winner was StoryTime , an educational technology startup that brings early literacy to low-income … General Semantics, a software package that visualizes data from Internet-connected devices developed by students from Yale College and SOM, won the Yale Venture Challenge Prize …
… resources around Yale. Besides mentorship, the YEI collaboration also brought them together with the third team member – Jie Pan, PhD candidate at the time. The Center for Engineering … homE to help bring to market lithium-ion stationary storage technologies for Mercedez Benz. The entrepreneurial experience has revealed to Becky her true inspiration – to be in a … she “gets to run the show." 2531 Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Sabin Stories: HomE … Apr 04, 2016 Sabin Stories: HomE Iliana Lazarova (Master of …
… risen into the ranks of a white-collar profession, felt his first pangs of disillusionment with American meritocracy. Shouldn’t the best be recognized for its bestness? He left his … Francisco, eventually setting off to start a company of his own, Hodo Soy. “To be honest with you, it was a crazy idea,” Tsai said on November 10th as part of the Bright Lights, … he thought out loud, looking at the audience. “I mean, I’m talking at Yale!” Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions The Tofu …
… SOM), Andres Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)]; and Case studies around challenges and best practices of bringing sustainability into day-to-day business strategy in emerging markets … whether economic globalization has constrained domestic social and environmental policies [Ben Cashore (Yale FES), Michaela Foster (Yale FES), Chelsea Judy (Yale FES)]. “Students and … the global conversation on sustainability through cutting-edge applied research on the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges," said CBEY program director …