… In partnership with Patagonia and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, we have published An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Certified B … Corporation You’re Past Debating: Tell Me How the Process Works The Unchartered Legal Landscape of the Benefit Corporation Additional resources Corporate Sustainability … Fast Company : " Should Your Company Be A Benefit Corporation, A B Corp, Or What? " - March 2017 Areas of Focus Corporate Sustainability Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance …
… About the program Private corporations have increasingly stepped forward as leaders in the realm of social and environmental sustainability. By re-thinking … movement, as they seek to launch careers in the private sector that focus on doing good for communities, ecosystems, and the planet. The Pathways in Business and the Environment … in their careers. By sharing their stories, speakers provide a set of possible roadmaps for students to follow (or avoid). From the outside, roles at the intersection of business …
… schools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, finds that: Corporations unwilling to act on environmental issues … would like to recruit. 44 percent of students are willing to accept a lower salary to work for a company with better environmental practices. Conversely, about one-fifth of …
… This prize provides seed funding for start-up ventures in the field of business and the environment. The goal of the funding … of impact, as long as there is potential for impact and the idea is viable. 1 We looked at three frameworks to identify these key areas of impact and action. Project Drawdown’s … (2020) Cambium Carbon (2019) Floe (2019) Hand Me Up (2018) GreenGear (2018) DroneFlow (2017) Real Impact Tracker (2017) Bike City (2016) Kitchen Table/Zoni Foods (2016) …
… attention to greenhouse gas mitigation and resilience. Globally, health care is responsible for nearly 5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Nationally, US health care is … unaddressed. As mandatory carbon reduction looms on the horizon for all sectors, this three-part symposium provides an overview of the current state of health care sustainability accounting, and seeks global lessons that can be adopted by the US health care delivery sector to guide mitigation and …
… The Sustainable Venture Prize supports Yale's most innovative ideas for businesses that advance a more sustainable way of life. Past winners include an online … On April 4th - 5th, 2024, this event will virtually bring together Yale’s entrepreneurs in three days packed with pitches, prizes, and world-changing ideas. Over $135k of prizes will … EcoPackables (2021) Floe (2020) GreenGear Supply Co. (2019) Symbrosia (2018) PowerHouse (2017) Renewal Mill (2016) Poda Foods (2015) Alpha Screen (2014) Weave (2013) RedOx (2012) …
… we are navigating similar questions about how to understand the world and change it for the better. We gather to build community—and have the kind of meaningful and generative conversations that transform our work, our lives, and our world. Convened by Patagonia Director of Philosophy and … academic year, we will financially and administratively support additional gatherings for students including dinners, hiking, happy hours, and other social occasions. While not …
… to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This will have … infrastructure, energy, agriculture, fisheries, sea levels, natural ecosystems, and more. For many, the consequences have felt distant and theoretical — until now. Unprecedented … the Paris Agreement on November 4, it is up to corporations to take direct responsibility for their impact on climate change. While many corporations, investors, regulators, and …
… Reception: The Yale Clean Energy Conference is thrilled to be partnering with ClimateHaven for this year’s reception. ClimateHaven will officially launch on November 9th, and is a non-profit innovation hub created to empower climate tech entrepreneurs in their efforts to develop innovative technologies that will enable their companies to scale and drive significant changes for our planet. Special Keynote: Creator of Volts, a podcast and newsletter about clean …
… on clothing and packaging waste mitigation to events on current policy, the group aims to inform students while also preparing them for the budding careers in this space. This year we look forward to partnering with CBEY to host: Moving the Needle, a series of events, panels, …