… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companies signed an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat lands and exploitation of locals not only with 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 their decades-long efforts to protect the Indonesian rainforest from further destruction. One year later the …
… 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, and socials. Please join us …
… The application for the WBCSD summer internships is open...deadline to apply is February 19th! Interested in … We'll talk about the opportunities with the WBCSD team as well as with representatives from CBEY and the offices of careers and professional development from YSE & SOM. The 2024 Summer … Climate Drive Education Equity Action Healthy and Sustainable Diets Partnership for Carbon Transparency Redefining Value: Corporate Transitions We hope you join us to learn …
… After a day of WornWear repairs, join us for an evening talk with Rick Ridgeway, Adam Werbach and Scott Briscoe. They’ll be discussing how we move forward in a world facing the environmental crisis – including why we need personal activism, the new paradigm for responsible business and how we make these movements inclusive of all people. They’ll …
… Join us for a speaker event as part of our Career Pathways in Business and the Environment! This … so far, what it was like leading the Circular Economy Program at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and much more! *We are committed to reducing waste at … 23rd, 2023, 11:45 AM EDT — 12:45 PM EDT Edward P Evans Hall - Room 2400 Clean Energy - CBEY Summer Internship Panel Series Tue, October 24th, 2023, 11:45 AM EDT — 12:45 PM EDT …
… How should a nonprofit timber and forest company use its land in the 21st century? Join Yale GreenLight as we welcome Great Mountain Forest Corporation to campus to think about redesigning their mission and activities. Great Mountain was started to restore New England forest land in the 20th century, and now that the mission has largely been achieved, there …
… global warming in the absence of immediate action. The U.S. signed—and then left, before rejoining—the Paris Agreement. In this survey of 2,035 global business students, conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication , our key … business students state that they would accept a lower salary to work with a sustainability-forward employer. Our students will soon be at the helms of such impactful organizations, …
… In early 2014 Alcoa announced that Ford's F-150 pick-up trucks, the best-selling vehicles in the U.S., would use … planned another $150 million on facilities in Tennessee to meet the demand generated by the Ford contract. The aluminum industry's growing success in the automotive sector reflected … the response of auto manufacturers to the increasingly rigorous fuel economy standards for U.S. vehicles and consumer preferences for high mileage vehicles. To meet those …
… trusting relationships with your suppliers and partners. Ben will also discuss techniques for taking an idea and making it a reality quickly and efficiently. After the talk, you'll have the opportunity to form working groups and discuss what steps you would need to take if you needed to make your … to Maine, to make custom, sustainable, and locally crafted furniture more widely accessible for commercial clients such as restaurants, offices, hotels, universities, and developers. …
… all over the world have started to pick up on the concept of “circular economy” which transforms the “take, make, waste” economy into one where outputs become inputs and products are … global disruptions. This talk from Accenture will focus on WHY it is a business advantage for the forest products industry to “pivot to the new” and what it takes to get there. We … Discussion with Accenture Tue, April 9th, 2019, 9:45 AM EDT — 10:30 AM EDT Kroon Hall, CBEY conference room (in G-31 suite on ground floor) … Businesses all over the world have …