… Beyond the Buzzwords is a multimedia project in which Yale-connected experts break down some of the buzzwords … often used in sustainable innovation, via a carefully curated set of explanatory resources. The site is a collaboration between the Yale Center for Business and the Environment … Thinking at Yale (CITY). Go Beyond the Buzzwords! Circularity Clean Energy Corporate Sustainability Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG …
… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the products we buy. However, it is not something that consumers can easily spot or screen for. When, in June … was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, it is in our cookies, ourshampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of … In 2017, nearly 90% of the Connecticut Green Bank's operating funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both insulate itself …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining hallsserve more … and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). Within a few years the founding group had expanded beyond …
… Started in 2012, Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services is a webinar series that … and the environment. An array of public and private mechanisms exist to use payments to encourage responsible land management that preserves public benefits. So, what do ecosystem … and the environment. An array of public and private mechanisms exist to use payments to encourage responsible land management that preserves public benefits. So, what do ecosystem …
… On February 23, 2007, your investment banking firm receives an urgent call from James D. Marston, Regional Director of … Marston certainly knows TXU, given EDF's battles over TXU's proposed new coal-fired plants. However, there is much uncertainty in this new opportunity - Marston (and you) know none of …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a … being incorporated into a free, public, cloud-based website called Wildlife Insights. CI, however, anticipated that scientists, governments, NGOs, businesses, and landowners might … its costs. CI confronted a number of important questions in trying to implement their plan. Howshould CI determine pricing for the software while advancing its objectives as a …
… Do you believe clean energy can advance racial, economic, and environmental justice? We do too! That’s why the Yale Center for Business and the Environment is thrilled to … need and those who are under-represented in the field of clean energy are strongly encouraged to apply. These opportunities are open to returning Yale students. Graduating … of our eight host organizations to talk about their work, a challenge they are facing, and how this internship is helping, and open Q&A, likely Tuesdays, for 1 hour between 11 am – 2 …
… In August of 2014, Mark Gentry, the Chief Operating Officer of Gifford Pinchot State University … to do, but Gentry admitted that there was very little consensus among the new group about how to respond. This was not the first time Farrington had received such a call. Commonfund … divestment movement, the GPSU Foundation faced a set of dilemmas. The basic question washowshould they frame their investment policies regarding carbon and what should be the …
… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed … in their underwriting criteria. So the cost per project can be too low for significant resources to be dedicated to vetting each one. Plus, the methods of energy-efficiency upgrades … deployment of debt financing to help stand up large-scale generation projects, this case showshow a similar structure can be used for residential energy efficiency. Sustainable …