… NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York City Harris Feldman , MEM 2019 Responsible Business Alliance, Washington, DC Alli Chlapaty , MEM-MBA 2020 Bigelow Tea, … and recycling policies across member companies and conducting research on e-waste to inform company strategies. Alli worked on coordinating data collection for sustainability … sustainability goals, and participated in Bigelow’s Green Team to create a monthly theme calendar of activities and social media opportunities. She also learned about how tea is …
… “net positive”—in short, courageous companies will thrive by giving more than they take from our communities and ecosystems. But…what would it take for companies to actually create more environmental and social benefit than harm? What does a net positive company look like? This is the premise of Net Positive , a new book from Paul Polman , the … stories of how Unilever navigated the fight for their Sustainable Living Plan as well as lessons learned from other pioneering companies, they share how business can profit from …
… Table Kits, and Solar Youth). Each of these amazing startups uses every part of a tree – from the nuts, sap, fruit, water, and timber – to make sustainable products in New England. … sustainable furniture and home furnishings. Asarasi: Tree filtered sparkling water from sugar maple trees in New England. Walden Hill: Using acorns from New England oak trees to raise acorn-fed hogs served in restaurants across the region. …
… to kick off the third year of our Pathways in Business and the Environment Series! Our first guest is Muireann Gibbons-Neff, Senior Manager at South Pole , a global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. Muireann will talk … particular focus on climate change and energy. Muireann holds a BA in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University and MSc in Environmental Economics from LSE. Career …
… is the Co-Founder and President of Green Coast Enterprises (GCE), a sustainable real estate company focusing on community renewal projects in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Mr. Bradshaw will be speaking about his experiences starting a “triple bottom line” company in the highly uncertain environment post-Katrina, while highlighting some of his … Community Development, Masters Degrees in City Planning and Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and degrees in Physics and Cross-Cultural …
… at the intersection of business and the environment. Travelers is an insurance company with over 30,000 employees and 13,500 independent agents across the world protecting … agents assess damage and help customers build their lives back. Throughout its over 165 years of existence, this company has made sustainability a prominent value. Travelers has … for our help in how to make disaster cleanup more sustainable. Currently, wreckage from insurance claim events, such as natural disasters, is brought to landfills. To reduce …
… design and development. He has written and lectured extensively on design as the first signal of human intention. He co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make … Cradle Certified™ Products Program. He has been active with the World Economic Forum for 25 years and served as the inaugural chair of their Meta-Council on the Circular Economy. Bill has advised senior leadership at companies such as Google, Ford Motor Company, Unilever and Walmart. Bill is the author of two other widely influential books: …
… water and those who can invest in environmental improvement. These incentive programs range from markets, to payment structures, to an array of other options. The Willamette … worth onto the market. Public and private mechanisms exist to use payments to encourage responsible land management in order to preserve public benefits. Currently, … worth onto the market. Public and private mechanisms exist to use payments to encourage responsible land management in order to preserve public benefits. Currently, …
… at Credit Suisse, will begin the 2016 line-up with his talk on Conservation Finance: From Niche to Mainstream – as the Building of an Institutional Asset Class. In January 2016, Credit Suisse released a new report, “Conservation Finance – From Niche to Mainstream,” which examines the recent development of the conservation finance … this topic. Interested in reading more before our webinar? Access the Conservation Finance From Niche to Mainstream: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class report here . …
… This is the first edition of the three-part webinar series, "Nature's Returns: Investing in Ecosystem … Ecosystem Marketplace, will provide a primer on Ecosystem Services before taking questions from the audience. The Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) is pleased to … provided by nature — so called ecosystem services. The benefits that human populations gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems are vast, yet traditionally difficult to quantify in …