… How might one go about preparing students for the immediate and future realities of climatechange? At an institution like this, it makes perfect sense to hire world-class scholars to teach cutting-edge courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art buildings to facilitate … required of us to maintain a healthy, stable environment upon which we live, move, and have our being. While using the frameworks of business and the environment to help guide …
… speaker, Mesbah Sabur, is the founder of Circularise . Its blockchain system allows various actors to verify product data throughout the supply chain. Thus, digital product passports … at end-of-life. It is unclear if and when the adoption of digital product passports will become commonplace. However, wide adoption could be a boon to sustainability … take-back systems? The myriad of frameworks, methodologies, and disclosure requirements have been challenging for companies to decipher. Recognizing the challenge, the Circular …
… needed to produce one cotton t-shirt is equal to one human’s drinking supply for 900 days. Facts like this are daunting, combined with atrocious working conditions like those of the … sourced in the Atlantic to being woven in Bangladeshi factories, to making it you in New Haven, CT, to all the places you wear it, to its end of life in the landfills of Ghana, … to be transparent. On the brand and company side, it seems some policy intervention may have to be made to be successful. For a 3 trillion-dollar industry, there’s not too much …
… involved in the industry - many face poor working conditions and low wages. Given these facts, it is needless to say that we must start looking at sustainable alternatives as a way … for buying and selling second-hand clothing, extending the life of garments that might have otherwise gone to waste. Rent the Runway also promotes circular design by encouraging … to the high cost of producing sustainable products, which consumers are often not willing to bear. As a founder of a sustainable fashion venture in the plant-based leather …
… and implementation. Ryan Dings is a venture partner for Connecticut Innovations’ new $100M ClimateTech Fund and Founding Executive Director of ClimateHaven, the new climate incubator based out of New Haven. Justin Freiberg (MESc '10) is … Development Corporation (BNYDC), overseeing a 300-acre economic hub for innovative manufacturers and creative makers shaping the future of the industry and tackling big problems of …
… Recently, 23 teams presented their application to the Climate Innovation Grant , a program that provides independent feedback and seed funding for … over $19,000 in grants to seven environmentally-focused ventures. From here, ventures will continue to receive support from CBEY to bring ideas to reality. Ventures with a … of Engineering and Applied Sciences) created BlueGreen Materials, a company seeking to manufacture carbon-negative building materials from the ocean that are stronger, more durable, …
… returned bags in partnership with Lo & Sons . Over the course of the semester, the students will participate in interviews with key stakeholders including CEO Jan Lo and others, … that’s on a mission to inspire and empower people to go places, while leaving a positive impact on people's lives and the planet. They create thoughtfully and sustainably designed … (urvi.talaty@yale.edu). In the statement, please list any relevant experience you may have and why you are interested in this opportunity and how it will benefit your …
… to Alex Payne of the TerraCycle media team, Szaky realized he could make a bigger impact in the world by using product and packaging waste deemed to have no value to create new raw materials that are sold to manufacturers to produce...new … Ecology at the Yale School of the Environment, points out that elsewhere, people are “willing to sort their waste...and separate it themselves.” This behavior isn’t common in the …
… 200 SPACs went public, raising a total of US $64 billion in funding. This year, 330 SPACs have to date raised in excess of $105 billion in funding . But what exactly are SPACs? In brief, SPACs are shell companies (i.e. not commercially operational) … projected to grow rapidly by 2030, from US $46 billion to US $197 billion. Demand for EVs will drive the majority of this growth (US $125 billion by 2030). The midstream segment …
… and made through a process that also sequesters carbon, took the $25,000 prize. The Impact According to the United Nations Environment Programme , people around the world produce … during manufacturing and shipping.” ClimateChange & COVID-19 These days, Dharia and Heller have been working diligently to scale the company to be able to fulfill big orders and build … ‘What are we trying to do here? What is the point of this? Is this actually viable?’ … will answer whether or not something is worth doing and that process is valuable in and of …