… Spenser Shadle (MF/MBA '13) currently manages conservation-oriented timberland and organic … to identify an appropriate discount rate to use in a wetland mitigation bank financial model, primarily because very little information on the risks inherent in wetland mitigation … be accessed on the Sobotka program page (download form from "Get Involved" tab). Related EventsSobotka Research Grant Information Session Thu, November 12th, 2015, 6:45 AM EST — …
… This weekend amongst the crowds and high profile names at the Yale EnvironmentalSustainability … ’16) and Sumit Kadakia (MF/MBA ’16). Supported through a grant from the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment, Conservation Matrix enables high net worth investors and … support this initiative and donate to the New Haven Land Trust by clicking here . Related Events Yale EnvironmentalSustainability Summit (YESS) Fri, November 6th, 2015, 6:00 AM EST …
… In the Navajo Nation, electricity may be a fragile commodity as climate change intensifies. Other tribes in the United States face similar energy quandaries. The United States … funding is estimated to total around $4-6 million. Applications are due by Dec. 10. For facility-scale installations, the amount of the source energy that must be displaced is …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and reflect … came up with an innovative tree- counting approach that became the foundation of the business. Today it helps improve forest management and increases ROI (return on investment) …
… At a panel discussion on September 15, Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry & EnvironmentalStudies (FES) joint-degree studentsshared some of the lessons they … enterprises today—and its challenges. Read the full story on the Yale SOM website. Related Events Joint Degree Summer Internship Presentations! Thu, October 12th, 2017, 7:45 AM EDT — …
… The boy from Sierra Leone was 10 or 11 years old. He was quick to learn, though never formally schooled. … who currently leads the nonprofit TechnoServe , strives to align the tremendous engine of business with social need in a way that universalizes opportunity alongside talent. … “The action is, and will be, around business and investment.” Watch the video: Related EventsBusinessSolutions to Poverty: How shared value is revolutionizing corporate thinking …
… As global head of research at Thomson Reuters Wealth Management/Lipper, Robert Jenkinsspends … The problem, Jenkinssays, is that fund managers and fund selectors have no single standard for analyzing or ranking Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors or Socially … (SRI) factors in funds. Read more on the Yale School of Management website . Related EventsSustainability Metrics Monthly Seminar: Robert Jenkins Tue, September 1st, 2015, 7:45 …
… This piece was originally published on Environmental Leader. The most recent California … companies are using water in California to grow almonds, which represent a classic economic case of environmental externalities: the almonds have a high profit margin because the cost … According to the website, the association represents about 1,000 wineries and affiliated businesses, responsible for over 85 percent of the nation’s wine production. The association …
… This piece was originally published on Environmental Leader. The terrorist attacks of 2001, … crisis of 2008 — these sudden shocks neatly represent the three hallmarks of a “ Black Swan event .” They: Took place outside of regular expectations; Carried an extreme impact; and … across the globe, just as exploitation of constrained natural resources like rare earth metals could profoundly impact the development and availability of technology, and …
… This blog was originally published on Cool Green Science , the Science Blog of The Nature … coastlines. Even when these projects help communities, there are often consequencesfor natural systems. The dams interrupt fish runs. Seawalls hold back sediment that starve … evidence needed. This often starts with pilot analyses in specific places. For example, a casestudy by Conservancy scientists and Dow engineersshowed that forests could be an …