… When the financial crisis hit and the floor dropped out of the economy, finally, Yael Aflalo thought, she had a … alternative to rayon. For Aflalo, all of the effort required on her end—working to source and develop sustainable fabrics and dyes, paying good wages, using renewable energy whenever possible—is precisely the way it should be. She said that …
… In May of 1993, Lisa Price founded the hairand skincare brand, Carol’s Daughter, in the kitchen of her … things could be worse,” said Price. Internalizing her mother’s optimism gave Price the courage and the persistence to work through failure, through uncertainty. “That’s the most … things could be worse,” said Price. Internalizing her mother’s optimism gave Price the courage and the persistence to work through failure, through uncertainty. “That’s the most …
… Sustainability is a matter of economic survival for business, especially in the Asia-Pacific … to ally with corporations to wage a war for sustainability. My initiative to effectively encourage Asian Brands to lead the mainstream of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and … to realize sustainable market transformation in Singapore in order to reduce the overall impact of deforestation, water/energy consumption, over-fishing, illegal wildlife trade and …
… won the 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize. Renewal Mill, created by two members of the YaleSchool of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) community — Sumit Kadakia ’16 … Their first goal is to commercialize the conversion of okara, or soy pulp, into a form of flour. In addition to a $25,000 cash prize, the business receives automatic entry into the … challenges. “When you are trying to stem climate change or make a big environmental impact it’s really impossible to do that without changing the food system,” said Kadakia. …
… each from this year’sSobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship … discharge of a concentrated saline brine solution. “The literature on environmental impacts of brine discharge is just beginning to be understood,” said Warady, “and the delay … a value-added industry in a region that has long been dependent on extraction of natural resources, and to bring opportunities to small farmers and unemployed miners,” said Hall. The …
… renewablethermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. … “And this project helped accelerate and broaden the scope.” Both Eversource and UI joined the project in November of 2015. The hope is that FORTT represents the beginning of …
… across campus are coming together April 14-15 at Evans Hall for Entrepreneurship AcrossYale , an event featuring Yale’s biggest entrepreneurship prizes with live pitching … Yale. Stuart DeCew, Program Director at CBEY, says they are continuing to build resources around social ventures in the environmental space, from a speaker series to bringing … goal is to provide support and resources to ventures that have the capacity to have a real impact on people and the planet.” Two Forestry & Environmental Studiesstudents won the …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former finalists of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and reflect on their time asstudent entrepreneurs at Yale. “When we found out we were finalists for the Sabin prize, we were thrilled! It was huge for us! It wasso validating to have this well-respected competition recognize our efforts and encourage us to dream big.” Becky Gallagher , SOM & FES’16 and Jessie …
… Minh Tsai was working at CharlesSchwab when the dotcom bubble burst. He weathered two rounds of … buck don’t go into food.) The company works with only organic farmers in the U.S. and encourages them to experiment with soybean types; though more than 200 varieties existed, not … this is the moment,” 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 …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grants to Yalestudents … Hake Fish, whose population is nearing collapse. Findings will be generalizable to other resource management settings [Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (YaleSOM), Andres Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)]; … will support three other projects: The exploration of current measurements of environmental impacts of various fixed income instruments, including green bonds [Todd Cort (YaleSOM), …