… Royal DSM executives highlighted internal carbon pricing as an important financial tool for driving business growth in the first of a … and is interested in sharing its experience, please contact us at cbey@yale.edu Related Events Practical Experiences from the Private Sector: Royal DSM Mon, July 18th, 2016, 5:30 …
… Development and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development. Participating in the Pathways to Impact conference in mid-June was, among other things, a justification of my … impact, although there is still a long way to go. Some key insights I took away from the event: --It is certainly an exciting trend that in many companies, the C-suite is on board with combating climate change and operationalizing sustainable practices. However, creating company-wide awareness and engaging employees is challenging, and so is …
… In 2007, Peter Boyd found himself with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally discussing global issues that entrepreneurs ought to tackle. Climate change arose … 2016 CBEY Welcomes Peter Boyd as Executive Fellow Peter Boyd helps Yale entrepreneurs think aggressively about business opportunities present in solving climate change In 2007, Peter … at Yale, contact Cass Walker . Related Programs Planetary Solutions Generator Related Events 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 15th, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT — 7:30 AM EDT …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired … cross-country ski races, the Birkebeinerrennet, which traverses more than 25 miles west to eventually finish in Lillehammer, host of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Gronli has completed the …
… America by storm, and with it comes the incessant quadrennial refrain from candidates about creating jobs. Politicians in all quarters are once again professing that their plans … Obama’s Green Jobs plan was centred on the fact that it promised two things: (1) support for the fledgling green sector of the economy; and (2) a source of relatively high-paying … everything from providing continued maintenance services to existing panels (plumbers, electricians, and roofers are more likely to provide continuing maintenance services to …
… Yale’s Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technology initiative (FORTT), which is developing financial models and strategies to advance renewable thermal … partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. “Along with the Connecticut Green Bank and the Department of Energy and … analysis by the end of May. Learn more about the project at cbey.yale.edu . Related Events [Private Event] Regional Renewable Thermal Technology Effort Thu, June 23rd, 2016, …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former finalists of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and … resources around Yale. Besides mentorship, the YEI collaboration also brought them together with the third team member – Jie Pan, PhD candidate at the time. The Center for Engineering … – to be in a dynamic, fast passed environment where she “gets to run the show." Related Events 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 15th, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT — 7:30 AM EDT …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grants to Yale students and faculty … working on: Methods to increase the adoption of toilet usage in Kenya, critical to the prevention of disease [Judith Chevalier (Yale SOM), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Johann Caro … (Yale FES), Chelsea Judy (Yale FES)]. “Students and faculty at Yale are pushing the global conversation on sustainability through cutting-edge applied research on the world’s most …
… women they would like to recruit. The study, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, shows that 44 percent of students are willing to accept a lower …
… Water levels in the Long Island Sound are rising while stronger and more frequent weather events are threatening $570 billion worth of insured properties on Connecticut’s shoreline. … against climate change. “Thermal technologies may not seem as exciting as new technologies, for instance, offshore wind. Nor are they as visible as something like solar photovoltaics,” … Connecticut’s residential sector alone accounts for about 20 percent [ pdf ] of the state’s carbon dioxide emissions, much of which is generated through heating and cooling; about half …