… 120 people attended the conference, with 11 student teams participating, to examine options for institutions and investment managers and consultants to consider reducing the carbon … asset allocation strategy. The runner-up team from the Yale School of Management recommended a phased divestment approach where fossil fuel companies would have to meet a … to channel the capital markets into investments that have positive financial, social and environmental outcomes.” For more information please visit: …
… Change Capital (not the director) addressed a packed auditorium at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as a part of CBEY's Sustainable Economy Week. He delivered an articulate, if controversial, vision for the next steps in …
… to talk about what drives Patagonia's decision-making, as well as the roads he's excited for the company to travel. Missed Stanley's panel discussion with Jill Dumain, Patagonia's … the outdoors, so we were able to branch out in the product line to different sports. The second thing that's made Patagonia successful is a very strong ownership. With the … with one step leading to the next. We really didn't even think about the environmentalimplications of what we made until we had been in business for 20 years. Then once you …
… inaugural low carbon case competition In September, the public showed it was engaged on environmental issues of the day: 310,000 marchers protested at the largest climate rally in history. While they gathered to champion different causes - fossil fuel divestment, reforestation, environmental justice, etc. - on the whole, they were demanding effective … have enormous agency with regard to climate action, in their portfolio strategies. Recognizing this, the Responsible Investing Group at the Yale School of Management …
… hear a lot about on the news and in our classes at FES and SOM. And, we know that, in order for business to really move toward sustainability, we're going to have to tackle these … other? Jones thinks it could. He imagines a system that pinpoints leaks in water mains in seconds while flagging exactly where a tree might have fallen, cutting off power. It's not … framing of a problem. We often think about the challenge of commanding price premiums forenvironmentally beneficial goods and services, and frankly, the cost of trying to transition …
… crises,” presented by Martin Cobern, ’74 PhD. His talk was particularly timely given record breaking prices for gas and heating oil. Mr. Cobern began his discussion by explaining the difference … increases. In other words, primary extraction is possible due to high pressure and allows for small investments for relatively high value. As extraction stages progress through …
… and resource-intensive industries – leverage the technology of the 21st century to become more green? The innovative thinkers behind BigBelly Solar have a few ideas. BigBelly … has relied on individuals spending hours driving around to check or empty every container for a particular municipality, university or corporation. Now - through BigBelly’s … Benjamin Butterworth is a first year master’s student at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Prior to Yale, he worked at Efficiency First, a nonprofit trade …
… Drew Lerer (Yale F&ES 2013) was walking through an electronics store looking for a part to fix his mother’s computer when it hit him – he could use common household … picking up the part he needed for his mother, he went home and tapped into the open source ecology community and the open source electronics community . Like the more widely known … Economy – an economy that optimizes both production and distribution – while promoting environmental regeneration and social justice.” With the help of the open source community, …
… By Tommy Hayes As a Californian, I’ve spent a lot of time in the car. Whether it was those family road trips around … and developed a love of driving machines by the time I departed for college. There, as an environmental science major, I discovered how beastly my driving carbon footprint is, and … backtracking and searching for your destination, and maybe you failed to put the Leaf into “Eco” driving mode to extend its range. OK, imagine you did all of these things (maybe I did, …
… in my previous blog about driving electric vehicles (EVs) around Norway, a big takeaway for me was the importance of an easily available and predictable system of charging … of EVs, I discovered. Recent studies in California reveal even more benefits to growing the ecosystem of charging infrastructure and switching from gasoline to electricity. Figure 1: … is a second year student in the joint degree program between the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management. Clean Energy A Cleaner Way From A …