… a boost as they continued to move their venture forward. Michael and his team allocated the funds from the grant to web hosting and marketing of the platform and to travel expenses so they could meet with fishing guides directly. One of the hardest challenges the team faced was finding a work-study balance. Juniors at Yale College at the time, The GuideFinder team was shuffling their course load and their venture, which sometimes took a back seat. The fishing entrepreneurs …
… microwavable TV dinners, take-outs, and meal kit delivery services, which can compromise your health, time and finances. Zoni Foods has two further compelling characteristics within … minutes of stovetop preparation. Secondly, animal agriculture has a significantly larger impact on land, water, and the atmosphere, as opposed to a plant-based diet. Particularly … faced capital constraints in order to expand. Therefore, after recently winning the grant funding, Zoë and Nilofer are now thrilled by the prospect of being able to finance their …
… and successful execution of the carbon fee. How It All Began “The carbon fee is essentially our own corporate carbon tax, and it is putting us on a path to a net-zero-emissions world,” … plants, and employee business travel. To achieve this, Microsoft needed to make the impacts of energy consumption visible. Because tons of carbon reduction was a foreign metric … enabled investments in both renewable energy and carbon offset projects, and held groups responsible for their emissions. Procuring green power and purchasing carbon offsets, in …
… Grant , disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures. The first recipient is developing nutritious, … healthy meals and reduce food waste while building on their desire to cook,” said Lloyd. “Our plant-based meals are the perfect solution for that mid-week crunch, so people no longer … Entrepreneurship Consultancy, which allows current graduate students to serve as social impact consultants to start-ups run by their peers. Kitchen Table and Bike City will also …
… Warady and Rupal Patel for their entrepreneurial business idea, Maike Water. The grant funding helped catalyze a prototype and demonstrate Maike Water’s conceptual idea to … ideation stage. Besides winning the grant funding, Michael also leveraged the additional resources that the CBEY community offers. As Michael aptly put it, “It was invaluable meeting … creating a user-friendly interface and platform. Second - leverage all the human capital resources available at Yale. The vast majority of entrepreneurship throughout the USA is …
… We are pleased and honored to welcome Molnar back to F&ES as an Executive Fellow. We encourage you to say hello (and to take a look at her stunning photography )! Thriving Food … We are pleased and honored to welcome Molnar back to F&ES as an Executive Fellow. We encourage you to say hello (and to take a look at her stunning photography )! … When Jennifer … We are pleased and honored to welcome Molnar back to F&ES as an Executive Fellow. We encourage you to say hello (and to take a look at her stunning photography )! … CBEY Welcomes …
… who won the 2015 Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant . Since receiving the $10,000 in grant funding, Nathan has been able to accelerate the production of hemp through his co-venture, … long-time friends Todd Howard and Nathan Hall teamed up. Initially they had very few resources in terms of capital, land and equipment. However, through their tenacity they found a … at various times. Finally, Nathan’s advice is to make sure that you have an idea with true impact that at least has some form of partial validation in the marketplace. That need not …
… food. Bruce Friedrich , Founding Trustee at New Crop Capital and Executive Director at The Good Food Institute , likens the consumption of chicken to tossing eight plates of pasta in … for meat one of today's most important tech trends. And why? Friedrich identified four central reasons that conventional meat consumption must be reined in. First, food that … particularly pressing goal as global demand for meat grows. A number of startups (some funded by Friedrich’s own venture capital fund ) are developing highly realistic and …
… steer me to seek rational and professional solutions to save the Earth. As I began this journey, it seemed an uphill battle…unlikely that business was willing or able to consider … and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development. Participating in the Pathways to Impact conference in mid-June was, among other things, a justification of my career choice. … institutions, financiers and investors all in one room can provide a true roadmap to how responsible business can be conducted. Brainstorming and collaborating on common solutions …
… 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 … of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) by building an internet based INGO fund raising/market transformation model using big data. Whether it comes from emotional or …