… The Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize supports student and faculty efforts to start a sustainable for-profit business through annual cash prizes of $25,000. The competition provides feedback from professional judges, extensive mentoring from faculty, and opportunities for participants to meet and pitch their ideas to venture capitalists and industry leaders. …
… Information and communications technology (ICT) has significant potential to solve current … innovations in the tech sector can impact global sustainability issues and to share ideas for how to scale up and spread these innovations. Attendees will identify and address key barriers to sustainability, brainstorm opportunities for ICT to help overcome them, and imagine emerging technologies that could provide a …
… has spurred a reinvention of global commerce, but will this evolution be more sustainable for people, the planet, and profits? E-Commerce platforms like eBay and Etsy have unique business models that empower small businesses, … and collaborative consumption. While these trends have the potential to dramatically reduce resource use, they also bring additional sustainability challenges. As the industry …
… Featuring Yvon Chouinard , Founder of Patagonia and Vincent Stanley , Writer and editor for Patagonia Moderator: Yale Divinity School alumnus Robert Massie , an author, … Institute - an author, environmental leader and Episcopal priest. Patagonia, named by Fortune in 2007 as the coolest company on the planet, has earned a reputation as much for its ground-breaking environmental and social practices as for the quality of its …
… Considering the joint degree? Join us for this informational session with SOM & YSE admissions, CBEY staff, and current joint degree students at different stages of the experience. Stuart DeCew, Executive Director at the Yale Center for …
… new book, The Future of the Responsible Company . Written with Yvon Chouinard, founder and former owner of Patagonia. This book draws on 50 years of experience at Patagonia to … the current impact of manufacturing, commerce, and traditional capitalism on the planet’s natural systems and human communities, and how that impact is forcing business to change its ways. The Future of the Responsible Company shows companies …
… private sector and institutional investors to the table to help fund additional transformational infrastructure projects. From green energy transmission to trade and … with Minister Sohi and Professor Brad Gentry, we will learn more about the overall plan for the Canada Infrastructure Bank, best practices for countries considering tools such as … LIVE ! Location Evans Hall, Beinecke Room Related Events Master Class: The Importance of Natural Infrastructure Wed, October 4th, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT — 4:00 PM EDT Grand Hyatt NYC, …
… oil company PEMEX had to find ways to implement this policy. Nevertheless, in spite of efforts by various government agencies as well as PEMEX, by mid-2014 no ethanol had been incorporated into Mexico's gasoline supply. As Mexican policy makers looked at the country's energy supply, they expected that substituting bioethanol for some portion of gasoline fuel would meet a number of the country’s needs. First, it …
… meant diesels. The company designed, manufactured, distributed, and serviced diesel and natural gas engines, for transportation, construction, and power generation. In addition to the engines, it … Cummins had prided itself on value-driven ethical standards. It operated worldwide under a formal Mission Statement: "We will demand that everything we do leads to a cleaner, …
… Join us for a conversation with Katie Cava, Sustainability Manager at Weyerhaeuser. Katie will talk about her role at Weyerhaeuser, her career journey and advice for students as they consider a career in business and the environment. Weyerhaeuser is an American timberland company that owns nearly 12,400,000 acres of timberlands in the U.S. and manages …