… business unit in a related industry, and have really had a lot of growth opportunities as a result of having started Poda Foods.” -Kenny Cloft, Poda Foods Co-founder (Sabin Winner … Yessenia: We wanted to create a venture that focused on creating meat alternatives with a lower environmental footprint. It was inspired partly by my family’s background—they are … ingredients. CBEY: What was your inspiration to start? Victoria Shiriff (YSPH '19), Jonathan Simonds (YC '18), and Alexia Akbay (YSPH '19) in Symbrosia's new office space …
… (CBEY). Over $13,000 was awarded this year to help further innovative ideas to address climate change and its environmental and social impacts. CBEY has awarded these grants … wide variety of disciplines and approaches,” says Ben Soltoff, Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale Center for Business and the Environment and Tsai CITY. “It gives me hope to see … multi-faceted solutions to the climate crisis." -Ben Soltoff, Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale Center for Business and the Environment and Tsai CITY The 2019 recipients …
… It was hard to believe that, in just three months, those specks would become 52 pounds of restaurant-quality shellfish. To reach that size, they would need to double in size every … Genius Award . Over the summer, Alexia and Gracie participated in the Tsai CITY Summer Fellowship, where they focused on developing strategies to capture value. They also changed the … interns, and the team’s first full-time employee, a recent Yale engineering graduate named Jonathan Simonds (YC 18). When I visited Symbrosia in February 2019, Jonathan had been …
… Photo credit: Blue Forest Conservation Pay for Performance (PFP) Bonds, also known as Pay for Success Bonds or … Markets Conference (SOCAP15). Here’s how PFP deals work. At their core, these instruments allow private investors to fund a certain social intervention and earn a return based on its … government entities, is that these financings shift the social spending paradigm, allowing governments to pay for results instead of services. This ultimately shifts the risk …
… entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders who believe in an inclusive and socially responsible economy [that can] address the world’s toughest challenges.” The upcoming annual flagship event in San Francisco … has drawn over 10,000 people since its inception. That’s a lot of influence to catalyze a resilient economy. But why should this event just emphasize the double bottom line? What …
… year. Previous posts in this series detail how we got to this point and work underway to address the problem. Here we discuss critical further steps needed to solve the plastics … efforts undertaken by NGOs, private companies, and governments to reduce the massive flow of plastics into our oceans. This work is promising, but it is also insufficient. … essentially untraceable once it enters the informal sector; and without knowing material flows, it becomes all the more difficult to suggest solutions. Fortunately, organizations …
… Plastic Problem details how we got to this point. Here we discuss efforts underway to address the problem. Plastic enters the environment through several paths (see The Plastic … manufacturing, selling, or even using a plastic bag. Other East African nations like Rwanda , Tanzania , Burundi , and South Sudan are now traveling a similar path by banning … manufacturing, selling, or even using a plastic bag. Other East African nations like Rwanda , Tanzania , Burundi , and South Sudan are now traveling a similar path by banning …
… Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures. Hand Me Up , co-founded by Jatin Batra (SOM ‘19), Cyndi Chen (SOM ‘19) and Melissa … and ultimately minimize the resources used to produce new clothing.” "This grant will allow us to increase production, fulfill orders and continue to grow." - Monika Dharia, … a lack of funds and we have not been able to fulfill all current orders. This grant will allow us to increase production, fulfill these orders, and continue to grow,” says Dharia. …
… are well suited to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal 12 for responsible consumption and production, due to the complexity and expansiveness of their … shared value that promotes economic development, fair labor, and gender equity. The SDGs allow companies stuck in the traditional model of disparate charitable efforts to mobilize … and goals that all feed into a handful of high priority SDGs. This kind of reframing allows the company to understand how to leverage their supply chain for better development …
… , now in its second year. This grant program provides support for innovative ideas to address critical catalysts and solutions for climate change. Teams are made up of students from … across the entirety of Yale,” says Sophie Janaskie, the Environmental Innovation Fellow at Tsai CITY and CBEY. “We made concerted efforts to reach out to all corners of campus … across the entirety of Yale,” says Sophie Janaskie, the Environmental Innovation Fellow at Tsai CITY and CBEY. “We made concerted efforts to reach out to all corners of campus …