… an interesting platform: the case of Coles and Tassal moving to sustainable seafood sourcing and production. Thisstory clearly represented how corporate efforts to adopt more … The partnership also fostered many other ambitious changes across production, reducing environmentalimpacts related to the company’s activities. Today, Tassal isbenchmarked by seafoodintelligence.com as the world’s leading salmon farm with respect to social and environmental reporting. Following Tassal’s example, three New Zealand farms have …
… into action oriented organizations. I applied because at the age of thirteen I started an environmental organization in India, my home country. The WED event made me realize … part of the world we come from, women entrepreneurs face many of the same challenges: discouragement, household duties, financial dependence and maternal responsibilities. At UN … see the enthusiasm of these leading women and to listen to young students like myself share stories. It was also inspiring to hear the women there, with all of their accomplishments, …
… How do investment fundsbuild social and environmental priorities into agricultural financing? Several investment funds … water quality. This can also cause public health and social justice concerns. Depleted resources can then further reduce smallholder productivity and cause economic vulnerability. … investments are really made by the local smallholder farmers who bear the greatest risk. “Making it easier for farmers to earn a living while leaving soil and forests intact is what …
… The TowardsScience Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry & EnvironmentalStudies culminated in a trip to Paris where we presented our group’s findings … business knowledge, together with ourstudents’ passion and creativity, to help address the social and environmental challengesbeing brought about by climate change…” The S2B Platform …
… Why We Disagree about Climate Change , George Marshall’s Don’t Even Think About It: Why OurBrains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change , and Naomi Oreskes’, Merchants of Doubt as … what he calls “values-based humanistic communications” – the idea that compelling emotional stories that speak to peoples' core values have more impact than rational scientific data, … the elephant in the room; it’s the elephant we’re all inside of.” This means mapping out social, cultural, economic, political, and religious areas of people’s everyday lives that …
… the COP21 climate change negotiations. “We often talk about a transformational change of oursociety when we speak about climate action. This transformation will affect business, … nature of sustainability issues, and they need to be able to integrate solutions for social and environmental challenges with good financial results. This partnership providesour members …
… than 3,700 students at 29 top businessschools found that corporations unwilling to act on environmental issues are increasingly punished by the men and women they would like to … economic growth and provide new jobs. “We often talk about a transformational change of oursociety, when we speak about climate action. And that transformation will affect both … need to understand the complex nature of sustainability issues and integrate solutions for social and environmental challenges, with the need for good financial results. Today’s …
… Poda Foods raises and processes crickets into protein powder. Their powder is used by food entrepreneurs and restaurantsmaking delicious cricket-based products. We asked Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found yourbusiness? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, …
… Connecticut has a climate goal: reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 2001 levelsby 2050. … said Helle Gronli , associate research scientist at the School of Forestry & EnvironmentalStudies and director of the Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technologies in … spectrum of available technologies, from single building-scale interventions, like ground source heat pumps and solar thermal water heaters, to larger interventions that take into …
… to be “an enormous untapped investment opportunity.” A recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review found that, compared to all-male teams, female-run companies … a male dominated space. However, this is changing at Yale, starting with the Social and EnvironmentalEntrepreneurship (SEE) team at CBEY, where five out of six student team … “propel the space and inspire others,” according to Iliana Lazarova (F&ES ‘16). “It is encouraging and motivating to see women succeed as leaders in the environmentalbusiness …