… How can a global company build innovative business models that create shared value for both the business and the community? Ask Vijay Sharma. Over the course of his career he has successfully created large scale Base of Pyramid (BOP) operations for multiple organizations in India; Project Shakti embodies this model. Project Shakti … Pond’s. Since its inception in 2000, this initiative has not only increased market share for HLL, it has given 50,000 women in rural India an increased sense of self-worth as well …
… service science “will remain unrealized” until there are standardized operating procedures for making it happen. Next week, the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) will host a panel discussion on the state of … a professor of ecological/environmental economics at the University of Minnesota; Bradford Gentry, Professor at Yale F&ES and the Yale School of Management and Director of the …
… from Professor Paul Anastas and Urvashi Bhatnagar ’17 provides companies with a methodology for creating inherently sustainable products and processes and driving sustainable practices … conversation, they talk with Vincent Stanley of Patagonia and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. Speakers: Paul Anastas, Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment Urvashi Bhatnagar ’17 Vincent Stanley, Director of Philosophy, Patagonia …
… fund Grupo Trimex : Developing a farmer-centered regenerative agriculture framework for the largest wheat miller and distributor in Mexico Yolélé Co : Building an operations and business model for climate resiliency and local economic development through an agroforestry farm in Mali starting with the indigenous grain, fonio. *Snacks will be provided. …
… Elizabeth Teague will speak to Root Capital's experience designing loan products for the renovation (replanting) of smallholder coffee farms, with benefits for farmers and the agroforestry farms and broader landscapes in which they work. Root … $1.2 billion to improve the lives of six million people in farming communities. Location Webinar Related Programs Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services … Elizabeth …
… Mike Higuera , the Director of Resource Investments, will discuss the company’s strategy for investing in farms and ranches and advancing creative ways to meet increasing demands for water while protecting productive agricultural lands. Water is extremely scarce in the western United States and is the lifeblood of the area for both people and nature. Increased demand for this limited resource comes primarily from …
… Trimex’s Sustainability and Social Responsibility Manager, Mar Gutierrez (MEM ‘16) for a conversation on wheat growing practices in a diversity of lands and business models. … 4th generation family farm in Montana in the1980’s; a journey in organic farming and care for community that has had a big impact in the industry. Mark Bomford Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Program (YSFP) will facilitate this conversation …
… This is a panel discussion with three experts on hydraulic fracturing, hydrology, and energy markets. For background Information, see this article from National Geographic. This event is hosted by the FES …
… The Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize supports student and faculty efforts to start a sustainable for-profit business through cash prizes totaling $25,000. The competition provides feedback … Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Circularity Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize - Info session … On Campus Sabin …
… based in San Francisco Patrick Hook (MF/MBA '13) decision support manager at Conservation Forestry, a timberland investment management organization based in Exeter, NH While at Yale, … and Patrick were also part of a student team that received first prize in the National Forest Foundation’s Business Concept Challenge for a proposal focused on financing restoration-based forest products businesses in rural …