… Join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment for an engaging discussion on sustainability metrics with … space? What initiatives are already in place and how do they interact and complement each other? Most importantly, what are the gaps in our current ability to measure sustainability … of the investment, type of investor, type of issuer, type of investment vehicle, type of market e.g. (primary or secondary), etc. Second, within each specific use case, we seek to …
… Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the 2014-2015 season of "Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services". We are … second half of this mini-series will feature a talk on Protecting Nature: Landscape Scale Conservation in the United States by Peter Howell of the Open Space Institute (OSI). In …
… there’s one thing voters of all political stripes seem agree on: local and state funding for parks and conservation. On November 6, voters approved 46 of 54 measures -- an 85 percent passage rate -- creating over $2.8 billion for the protection of water quality, new parks, natural areas and working farms and ranches …
… recording on YouTube here! Grasslands and shrublands across the U.S. offer unique potential for climate change solutions. Carbon markets offer an innovative approach for landowners to leverage these climate benefits to … newly updated mechanism for creating carbon credits in grasslands and shrublands by using conservation easements to avoid conversion to crop production. In addition, our speakers …
… Join Blueprint for Efficiency and Kris Bowring TODAY to discuss what Best Buy is doing in the energy … in consumer-facing industries like retail. Kris Bowring is Senior Director and Platform Lead for the home and energy management business at Best Buy Co., Inc. In this position, Bowring …
… or Merely “Greenwashed” Fixed Income? In the last 3 years, the labeled green bond market has seen tremendous growth and has emerged as a viable option in the global … overall best practices. Can green bonds be a potent decarbonization investment alternative for institutional investor portfolios, while also contributing to investment flows required … it compare then, in terms of risk/return and cost of access, and can it be a complement to other decarbonization investment alternatives such as low-carbon equity (listed/unlisted; …
… Cradle Design and Circular Economy. We hope you can attend this sure-to-be engaging and informative talk! About William McDonough : William McDonough is a globally recognized leader … Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program. He has been active with the World Economic Forum for 25 years and served as the inaugural chair of their Meta-Council on the Circular … such as Google, Ford Motor Company, Unilever and Walmart. Bill is the author of two other widely influential books: The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability (1992),) …
… Watch the full recording here! Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the 2015-2016 season of Nature’s Returns: … Fishing Centers) and Dan Whittle (Senior Director of EDF’s Cuba Program) will discuss the conservation finance model that has resulted in the successful protection of Jardines de La … ecosystems. Given its outstanding success, this model is being now implemented in six other marine reserves in Cuba, as well as in Ecuador and Brazil. The free online event will …
… Join us for a discussion with social entrepreneurs Jessamyn W. Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen and Brahm Ahmadi, co-founder of People’s Grocery and People’s Community Market. Event moderated by Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Program. … urban agriculture, and nutrition education that include the nation’s first Mobile Market. In 2010, Brahm founded People’s Community Market to create a fresh food retail …
… opportunities together in one place, describe what they are and how to apply. Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education : This $25,000 cash prize is awarded by … education. Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize : The Sabin Prize, managed by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, awards cash prizes totaling $25,000 to students and/or faculty with the best ideas for products, services, projects, or programs that advance a more sustainable way of life. …