… A business plan that aims to turn food waste into new products, and profits, won the 2016 … Sustainable Venture Prize. Renewal Mill, created by two members of the Yale School of Forestry & EnvironmentalStudies (F&ES) community — Sumit Kadakia ’16 M.E.M./M.B.A. and … for being much higher-value products,” she said. Other contests during the two-day Yale event included the Thorne Prize forSocial Innovation in Health or Education, sponsored by …
… Two promising new companies received $10,000 each from this year’sSobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship to young … ProgramsSustainable Venture Prize Sobotka Seed Prize forSustainable Ventures Related Events 2015 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 17th, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT — 10:00 AM …
… Minh Tsai was working at CharlesSchwab when the dotcom bubble burst. He weathered two rounds of … its bestness? He left his job and started working in small tofu shops around San Francisco, eventually setting off to start a company of his own, Hodo Soy. “To be honest with you, it … Tsai began by selling his tofu at local farmers’ markets—“a great place to launch a food business,” he said—eventually expanding to stalls at 12 markets across the city. When he’d …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grants to Yale students and faculty to … working on: Methods to increase the adoption of toilet usage in Kenya, critical to the prevention of disease [Judith Chevalier (Yale SOM), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Johann Caro …
… Perhaps a decade ago, it would have been almost unthinkable that non-profit organizations would … the development of corporate partnerships with non-profits is an important trend connecting businesses to sustainable growth. As a summer associate with the Corporate Partnership Team … back to two particular corporate partnerships that provided an interesting platform: the case of Coles and Tassal moving to sustainable seafood sourcing and production. Thisstory …
… “Sustainability professionals have to be polyglots, to shift gears and speak multiple … students during the GE Colloquium in Sustainability Leadership convened by the Center forBusiness and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) on February 18. Success in the sustainability … and move it all forward.” This article first appeared on Yale School of Management. Related Events GE Colloquium on Sustainability Leadership: McDonald's Corporation Thu, February …
… How do investment funds build social and environmental priorities into agricultural financing? Several … These trends are increasingly heightened by climate change impactssuch assevere weather events and rising temperatures. Investments in the Triple Bottom Line In response, new … land use. They included landscape bonds promoted through the Global Canopy Programme’sUnlockingForest Finance initiative, early-stage private equity investments by the Terra …
… The TowardsScience Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry … Studies culminated in a trip to Paris where we presented our group’s findings to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on … COP21. There was a lot of excitement about the potential impact of the platform during the event and Paul Lussier and the student team are continuing to work with IPCC to develop S2B. …
… I walked into Paul’s class, not really sure what to expect, but intrigued by the title of his class, “Towards … have more impact than rational scientific data, such as a two degree global warming of the Earth. For the first time as a student, I saw how my undergraduate degree in psychology, my … and equip with lessons learned from SOM and FES, I know this is just my beginning. Related EventsSustainability, Transparency, and Metrics in Business Wed, April 22nd, 2015, 7:45 AM …
… Yesenia Gallardo co-founded Poda Foods during her time as a student at F&ES. Headquartered in … Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found your business? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, … whether the venturessucceeds or not. Related ProgramsSustainable Venture Prize Related Events 2015 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 17th, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT — 10:00 AM …