… Center. The Nature Center has been my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, eventually working my way up to lead my own beekeeping … The swarm of bees surrounded me, and I listened to the low hum as they made a box of frames their new home. With any luck, they would build a whole new world of honey and comb … 2022. Photo credit: North Park Village Nature Center Park 7991 Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Nature, Community, and Energy – Why I wanted to join the FDCE Program … Feb …
… Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 … in a presentation to Lo & Sons leadership, with the opportunity to also publish a related blog post/article/report. Issue Summary Lo & Sons is a minority-owned family business … designed travel products sold direct-to-consumer. Earlier this summer, Lo & Sons created a prototype for upcycling one of their most popular designs - the Catalina Tote - made …
… or emerging startups that are changing the world. During my week at COP26, I wanted to investigate what was happening there with this lens, and see what insight I could … to Yale. Between the halls of the official negotiation plenaries and the pavilions of each party, here’s what I found. Reflections from Day 1 I got off my train from Edinburgh to … Nature+ Pavilion, one immediately caught my eye. The World Resources Institute’s Land & Carbon Lab was developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system for the world’s land and its …
… on green chemistry, That put him, me and three Yale students on the stage with Martin Lundstedt, CEO of Volvo Group during a panel on green chemistry solutions and innovation for a … up. One way to provide that support - harnessing the power of business. For example, in the carbon removal space, companies like Stripe and Shopify are investing in new startups to … Innovation and accelerating its impact requires one to harness the power of business and finance, but without critically assessing the current landscape, and working with …
… of the Parties after the historic COP21 in 2015, when the Paris Agreement was adopted, which not only required countries to come up with their Nationally Determined … action. Several side events were closed to an in-person audience, with only organizers and speakers allowed into the room. This meant that I had to find a good spot to stream the … and system resilience.’ Speakers on the panel talked about the inadequate share of climate finance that countries most vulnerable to climate change are able to access. They also spoke …
… the focus is on how we think of and understand ourselves as part of a complex system. In a series of slides, Ms. Milan talked about the need for effective action and making an … for the acceleration of clean energy. Green hydrogen featured heavily on the agenda, with speakers talking about how innovation in its production and falling costs meant that a … to develop was being increasingly adopted in sectors deemed as those with hard to abate carbon emissions. The common thread across these conversations talked about how strong …
… Decarbonization and a net zero future will require transformative leaps in clean energy … for an event on Day 5 of COP26 at the Business Pavilion. The Business Pavilion was hosted by the We Mean Business Coalition , a group of seven non-profit organizations like BSR, … excited to learn that the afternoon’s official stock-taking plenary would feature prominent speakers like Vice President Al Gore, Wanjira Mathaai and Professor Johan Rockström. …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures. CBEY supports students in building sustainable, for-profit businesses. A huge part of this has been via the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures. Since 2011, … Sustainable Venture Prize Related News Upright and Ecopackables Win Sobotka Prize Cambium Carbon and Floe win 2019 Sobotka Seed Stage Grants Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant: The …
… with forward projections on innovative business models that are profitable but have limited access to capital, and (b) allow said companies to obtain permanent financing via public … transformative positive impact. These focus areas include the following: Issue Summary Decarbonization of the global economy, and adoption of more sustainable means of consumption, … encouraged to juxtapose such “mature” capital solutions with those found in sustainable finance, including green bonds, property-assessed clean energy (“PACE”), government and …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome three new members to its Advisory Board . With these additions, CBEY will add … sustainability, forest products, energy justice, entrepreneurship, and clean energy finance—key areas of interest among the center’s students and partners. CBEY’s Advisory Board members are called upon to pr ovide advice and guidance in …