… Meat makes for curious math: about 25 calories is required to create just 1 calorie of beef. The ratio for pork is nearer 15-to-1. Even the most efficient meat, chicken, requires 9 calories of input to produce just 1 calorie of food. … of 40 institutional investors with a valuation of $1.25 trillion is making a businesscase to several multinational food manufacturers for the adoption of alternative proteins …
… Ten years ago I attended a premiere viewing of “ Inconvenient truth ” – a movie that created a … Water Synergy Project , championed by USBCSD, can scale private investments in green infrastructure and resilience. --Last, but not least, the academic community has the role of … Water Synergy Project , championed by USBCSD, can scale private investments in green infrastructure and resilience. --Last, but not least, the academic community has the role of …
… Sustainability is a matter of economic survival for business, especially in the Asia-Pacific … embedding ESG practices across their portfolios through green alpha. Leading global banks disclose an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) framework covering their client … 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 …
… Two promising new companies received $10,000 each from this year’sSobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship to young eco-ventures. The first of these companies …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grants to Yale students and faculty to … management settings [Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Andres Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)]; and Casestudies around challenges and best practices of bringing sustainability into day-to-day … Krosinsky (Yale College), Logan Yonavjak (Yale SOM/FES), Patrick Reed (Yale College)]; A study analyzing whether product ‘reuse’ is actually environmentally sound [George Newman …
… Perhaps a decade ago, it would have been almost unthinkable that non-profit organizations would … 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 … over 500 seafood products being offered by Colessupermarkets. With the results from that study, they showed the level of ecological risk associated with each species, prioritizing …
… How do investment funds build social and environmental priorities into agricultural financing? Several investment fundsshowcased their strategies for investing in smallholder value chains at the Global Landscapes … bottom line. Early adopterssuch as Livelihoods Venture, Althelia Ecosphere, the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund focused investments in forest carbon offset projects. The sole returns …
… The TowardsScience Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry … will have the opportunity to continue working on the S2B Platform project by pursuing a casestudy with one of the WBCSD member companies. This presentation was timely given the recent …
… currently manages conservation-oriented timberland and organic farmland investments at New Island Capital--an impact investment firm based in San Francisco. Patrick Hook (MF/MBA '13) … Research grant, Patrick and Spenser studied the risks inherent in wetland mitigation banking for investors; their white paper wassubsequently adopted in the U.S. Army Corps of … rigorous research projects that can be published in relevant academic journals, books, casestudies or articles. The application for the 2015-2016 Sobotka Research Fund grant …
… This weekend amongst the crowds and high profile names at the Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit, you’ll find Conservation Matrix – an innovative crowdfunding platform started by two current joint degree students, ThomasSelby (MEM/MBA ’16) …