… in cookies, in chocolates, in soaps, in shampoos, and even in biofuel. This wide range of uses has stimulated cultivation and oil extraction; annual global production has increased … Responding to findings by scientists that linked palm oil plantations to deforestation, Greenpeace, a global environmental NGO, began campaigning in 2005 to save the Indonesian … leading palm oil firm and issued reports criticizing the practices of the company. Greenpeace’s campaign took off in 2010, when the organization targeted a GAR customer, …
… Want to have fun, get creative, and solve a REAL problem? GreenLight is a series of innovation workshops hosted by the Yale Center for Business and … up for our mailing list for more information and to hear about future workshops: bit.ly/YaleGreenLightInfo 2723 Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice GreenLight Workshop: Upright Oats … GreenLight Workshop: Upright Oats Friday, September …
… As the ConnecticutGreenBank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it has supported the design … from Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, yielding little economic development benefits to Connecticut. Decision makers saw the state’s approach needed to be retooled to incentivize …
… be served. Please register so that we may provide enough food and seating. Mainstreaming Green Bonds Through Better Standards The world’s governments have agreed to open the door to … of metrics, standards and ratings available for measuring the environmental performance of green or climate-sensitive investments across all asset classes including equity, fixed … (and associated revenue). If we are ever to get to scale in moving capital toward greener investments, we will need to establish these metrics, standards and ratings. One of …
… technologies. To inform such decisions, the International Resource Panel has written “ Green Energy Choices ,” a systematic assessment of the environmental benefits, trade-offs … and risks of low-carbon technologies for electricity generation . In this webinar, lead "Green Energy Choices" author, Edgar Hertwich, will provide an overview of the life cycle … and identify projects with high environmental impacts. 2553 Equity and Justice Clean Energy Green Energy Choices: An Environmental Assessment of Low-Carbon Electricity … Green Energy …
… and events. Previous winning pitches that have been implemented include: Bright Lights, Green Sights speaker series featuring unconventional entrepreneurials Student writing arm of the Conservation Finance Network Corporate Water Risk and Strategy Workshop Series GreenLight ideation workshops F&ES 894a Green Building Check out this video from past … Directions in Business and the Environment Pitch Competition & Social Tuesday, April 4th, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT — 5:00 PM EDT Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new …
… Hill, Tuckerman & Co., Kitchen Table Kits, and Solar Youth). Each of these amazing startups uses every part of a tree – from the nuts, sap, fruit, water, and timber – to make … Hoby: Locally crafted, sustainable furniture and home furnishings. Asarasi: Tree filtered sparkling water from sugar maple trees in New England. Walden Hill: Using acorns from New … The Life of a Tree: A Social Enterprise Market (1% for the Planet) Tuesday, May 9th, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT — 4:30 PM EDT You won’t want to miss this! Come join for an evening market …
… in point: a deep collaboration among a multidisciplinary set of partners (Yale, Duke, CT’s GreenBank, Smart Power) examined the uptake of clean energy by testing and proving the most … will help shape the next Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit planned for Nov. 3-4, 2017. The next iteration of this summit will be organized around three themes: catalyzing, …
… to Certified B-Corps and Benefit Corporations," a guidebook to be released in Spring of 2017 in partnership with Patagonia. During this three-hour workshop, participants will … with clear next steps! Facilitators: James Woulfe - Counsel, Government Affairs at the Connecticut Group, LLC Regina von Gootkin - Supervising Clinical Attorney, Intellectual … Finance and ESG B-Corp Boot Camp … On Campus B-Corp Boot Camp Friday, March 3rd, 2017, 4:00 AM EST — 8:00 AM EST The B Corp Bootcamp is a workshop based on "An …
… and events. Previous winning pitches that have been implemented include: Bright Lights, Green Sights speaker series on urban environmental leadership Student writing arm of the Conservation Finance Network Corporate Water Risk and Strategy Workshop Series GreenLight ideation workshops F&ES 894a Green Building How It Works and Timeline Develop Your Idea! Teams of 1-3 students should …