… Ecology and Green Chemistry group is delighted to welcome renowned speaker William McDonough, Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation. Mr. McDonough will discuss the role of design - at all scales and in … the fundamentals of Cradle to Cradle Design and Circular Economy. We hope you can attend this sure-to-be engaging and informative talk! About William McDonough : William McDonough …
… driving change and making a positive impact. Students across Yale are eager to join this movement, as they seek to launch careers in the private sector that focus on doing good … In addition to bringing professionals to engage in discussion, the Pathways program is building a series of guides that offer insights and resources about key industries, such as … driving change and making a positive impact. Students across Yale are eager to join this movement, as they seek to launch careers in the private sector that focus on doing good …
… palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades that this tropical product has taken off in the international market. An invisible component of … the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Mas … hectares of plantation lands to running extraction and refining mills and marketing its own brand of cooking oil. While GAR is headquartered in Singapore, the company’s palm …
… Join us as we welcome Bob Langert (Editor at Large, Green Biz Group; retired McDonald’s VP of Sustainability) and Jenny McColloch , SOM '12 (Director, Restaurant Sustainability, McDonald’s Corporation). This guided discussion will center around intrapreneurship and approaches to affecting …
… their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (as the agreement was named) represented a dramatic advance in … land rights. Indonesian land-use laws were ambiguous and land ownership unmapped. This indeterminate state of affairs had led to widespread corruption, as companies … (they own about 15% of the oil palm land in Indonesia and three own their own consumer brands of palm oil), they had vast influence on growers. If they could be convinced to …
… 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 … in the global economy. And, as fires set to clear land for palm oil plantations blazed in Indonesia throughout the fall of 2015, covering the region in haze, the ubiquitous commodity … in 2013 according to Bloomberg ) industry that supplies 39% of the world’s vegetable oil. This growth has occurred largely in the last 20 years (see graph below) – which has …
… has arrived! The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is pleased to continue this exciting webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. This year CBEY is joined by co-sponsor Island Press and the Conservation Finance Network in presenting a new round of webinar mini-series. Building on the previous years' webinar series, this season we will explore current …
… web presence is produced in partnership with Yale Center for Business and the Environment. This web presence is a leading resource for practitioners, investors, conservationists, … Institute of Land Policy in 2006 and held at Yale School of the Environment in 2007. This initial training course – nicknamed the “Boot Camp” for its intensity – tackled the art … momentum for additional workshops, provided a clear rationale for backbone support in this emerging field, and spurred the eventual creation of CFN at Island Press with seed …
… (CBEY) for the 2014-2015 season of "Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services". In this upcoming webinar, Kai Chan, Canada Research Chair (tier 2) and associate professor at … will present his talk on Cultural Ecosystem Services: the Keys to Sustainability. During this webinar, Chan will present his research on building frameworks to conceptualize ecosystem services. With an emphasis on cultural …
… Austin Holsinger. Austin is Founder and CEO of Great Lakes Proud , a sustainability branding company using stickers to promote conservation of the Great Lakes region. He will … its 15% “give back” campaign and 1% For The Planet membership, Great Lakes Proud has donated nearly $100,000 in cash and in-kind donations to support Great Lakes education, protection, and preservation to date. Building on Great Lakes Proud’s success, Austin has branched out, starting subsequent “state …