… In November, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment launched its new website: cbey.yale.edu . The redesign not only provides an aesthetic update, but gives our audiences—internal and external—more ways to engage with the work that we do and the people involved. Since our founding in 2006, we have grown to serve twice as many students and dramatically …
… for a great many companies, and that disruption in availability or quality due to climate change, competition, or the local social and political environment can materially … water backgrounds, she from water efficiency standards and I from large-scale water resources management, but we both view water stewardship and risk mitigation as a business … and water risk was an important new resource for the business and environment community at Yale. Working with CBEY, we turned this pitch into three workshops last fall for which …
… The Executive MBA program at Yale launched in 2005. Less than a year ago, the program was designed to cater to … for Business and the Environment was founded back in 2006 in large part to serve as a resource for students pursuing a joint degree between the full time MBA and FES. The School of … nonprofit and government sectors. Yale’s full time MBA program also offers a plethora of courses and clubs in clean energy finance and other sustainability issues. However, until now …
… are expected from strong sustainability reporting. As part of "Sustainable Economy Week" at Yale, a series of industry speakers addressed these issues. In the next section, I offer … by transparency. A recent study by Heinsz et al (2014) in the Strategic Management Journal showed that stakeholder support for operations on the ground increases the valuation … rather than just managing risks. This is most evident in the power sector where changing climates require energy generation firms that can withstand increased natural disaster and …
… Notes from Yale's Inaugural Low Carbon Case Competition On the heels of the US-China Summit and two … implied that the stock prices of these companies were overvalued, and the risks from climate impact, regulatory policy and technology were being discounted by the market. Their … the portfolio’s risk. “Thanks to Yale hosting such a fantastic event, we were able to share our view that endowments and pension funds shouldn't try and time the market re-pricing of …
… Cross-posted from the Global Network for Advanced Management The name of the course was “Natural Capital: Risks and opportunities in global resource systems,” and it … had chats, discussion boards, multiple sharing tools (academic and social) and even online office hours, with the objective of making this investment of time well worth it for all. … Dow Chemical with natural areas, GAR with food and Swiss Re and finally Oxfam America with climate change. But performing an academic exercise was thought to be not enough engagement …
… Cameron advocated a bottom-up approach. The British lawyer, entrepreneur and Chairman of Climate Change Capital (not the director) addressed a packed auditorium at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as a part of CBEY's Sustainable Economy … and inspiring others in their fields to do the same. Growing this base of leaders will of course help the cause on many fronts, including providing notional power to international …
… Vincent Stanley isn't new to Patagonia, or to the Yale campus. The nephew of Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, Stanley is the outdoor … skills are related now. It's interesting how things will come full circle. The reality of climate change on everything that we grow, drill for, or mine, and the certainty of adverse … top down management is probably not going to be as useful as the model of getting your people doing the work to be involved in business improvements. Q: Going back to what …
… idea is another. As Jonas and Amanda prepared to hit the books at SOM, they spent the summer of 2013 running through what they'd most want to spend their days working on and … assembly. No detail went unnoticed - even the buttons and collar linings are sustainably sourced. In thinking through how they'd pull together their first production run, … their shirts come off the line. Related Events Sustainability Marketing: The Power of True Stories Wed, November 20th, 2013, 3:30 AM EST — 2:00 PM EST Yale Club of New York City, 50 …
… was engaged on environmental issues of the day: 310,000 marchers protested at the largest climate rally in history. While they gathered to champion different causes - fossil fuel … Institute . There are a plethora of areas for institutional investors to invest in resource optimization for low carbon opportunities: energy, water, waste infrastructure, food … panels with experts such as Bob Litterman, Chairman of Kepos Capital and former Chief Risk Officer of Goldman Sachs, Verne Sedlacek, President and CEO of Commonfund, and Nancy Pfund, …