… new senior director of solar ambassadors, spoke to students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management as part of the GE Colloquium on Sustainability Leadership , a lecture series presented by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment . Frances Beinecke, YC ’71, FES ’74, former president of …
… 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 20 percent – and for renewable energy and/or combined heat and power, projects should produce at least 10 kW, said Lizana Pierce, project manager at DOE’s Office of Indian Energy. For community-scale installations, there is no minimum source-energy percentage, but the …
… - Slides Instead of Learning Opportunities, and it’s something you may have experienced before. During lunch time break, several dozen audience members gather in a lecture hall. They … everyone’s time. The convening power of a place like Yale creates tremendous opportunities for students and visitors to learn from one another, so we created GreenLight to capitalize … instead bring a challenge they are facing in their work at the intersection of business and sustainability. A GreenLight workshop is a structured innovation session where students get …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and reflect on their time as student entrepreneurs at Yale. Building on the synergies of an undergraduate in computer science and graduate expertise in forest management, Max Nova, YC ‘12 and Zack Parisa, FES '09 started SilviaTerra in 2010 and …
… Will 2015 prove to be a historic year for climate and sustainability? There is reason to hope, according to Peter Bakker, president and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. “The spirit of cooperation that has opened up is truly new,” he …
… of the latter and cases featuring the US energy company’s massive financial fraud are therefore taught in business schools around the world. Here are seven reasons why the Volkswagen … … Sep 28, 2015 Seven reasons Volkswagen is worse than Enron Yale SOM's David Bach writes for the Financial Times David Bach It has only been a week since the stunning revelation … disease. Read the full story on Financial TImes Related Events GNAM Faculty Webinar on Sustainability Leadership Tue, October 21st, 2014, 4:30 AM EDT — 5:30 AM EDT Online Related …
… At a panel discussion on September 15, Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES) joint-degree students shared some of the lessons they … different organizations and were able to observe varying aspects of the growing role that sustainability plays in corporate enterprises today—and its challenges. Read the full story … At a panel discussion on September 15, Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES) joint-degree students shared some of the lessons they …
… The boy from Sierra Leone was 10 or 11 years old. He was quick to learn, though never formally schooled. William Warshauer (‘86 BA) met and befriended him while a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in the north of the country, and one day it hit him “full force between the eyes” that if their situations had been reversed—if Warshauer had instead … ever since,” Warshauer said on September 17 , presenting as part of CBEY’s GE Colloquium in Sustainability Leadership series. Talent is universal, but opportunity is not, New York …
… The problem, Jenkins says, is that fund managers and fund selectors have no single standard for analyzing or ranking Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors or Socially … The problem, Jenkins says, 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 Events Sustainability Metrics Monthly Seminar: Robert Jenkins Tue, September 1st, 2015, 7:45 AM EDT …
… This piece was originally published on Environmental Leader. The most recent California drought is in its fourth year. Although some point to the potential savior of El Niño … enormous pressure on water conservation statewide. The latest controversy — a legacy of California’s agricultural roots and antiquated water law — centers on senior water rights … 2015 Water to Wine: The Case for Wine amidst the California Drought Todd Cort, Lecturer in Sustainability and CBEY Advisor writes for Environmental Leader Todd Cort This piece was …