… the newly appointed Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy and Ron Smith, Damon Wells Professor at Yale University Geology & Geophysics and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, kicked-off the program with partners and key contributors at CBEY’s … was built by faculty from CBEY's two home institutions —the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management— along with professors in Yale …
… the value proposition of increasing connectivity for improved customer engagement and grid management, they also revealed concerns within the industry about the challenges and slow … load disaggregation, marketing platforms, customer service interactions, and demand management monitoring. There is agreement that plenty of untapped value remains hidden in … forward-looking utilities, voice assistant device companies, and third-party home energy management firms (for example, AEP + Google + Tendril ) have so far focused on customer …
… interact with adoption among these groups. In addition to Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, the SEEDS II … residential solar installations in LMI communities. These straightforward findings can be incorporated into future Solarize campaigns to improve their effectiveness in spurring solar … Learned from Solarize Campaigns in Connecticut Maggie Yuan Yao (Master of EnvironmentalManagement '19) Lucy Shim (Master of Environmental Science '20) Introduction of Solarize and …
… side of impact investing since its inception in 2008. The curriculum has rarely covered the environmental aspects of the triple bottom line – instead, it has focused on financial and … use larger levers. We have to move away from treating “big” investing as synonymous with “corporate” or “mainstream” investing. The SOCAP conservation finance curriculum is divided … community recognize the importance of the interplay between sustainable natural resource management and positive social impact – which ultimately gives the impact community a …
… Now, a group called Blue Forest Conservation is exploring one of the nation’s first environmentally-focused impact bonds. A panelist described this bond last week at the Social … generated interest in Australia as well as several developing nations. This attempt at an environmental-impact bond (called a Forest Resilience Bond ) aims to measure and monetize … exciting about pay for performance instruments is their applicability to a wide range of environmental and social problems. These models shift the risk of solving these issues from …
… promoted by so many companies will still land in the environment. Beach clean-ups and corporate commitments alone are not enough to solve the problem. Finance the opportunity The tools and technologies exist for the proper management of solid waste. The critical bottleneck lies in paying for them —which makes … every year. What steps are needed to solve the plastics problem? Satwik Mudgal (Master of EnvironmentalManagement '19) Eight million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every …
… file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]] Source: Green Alliance Corporate Commitments: Growing understanding among the public and the growing threat of NGO … but most companies have neither control over nor responsibility for ensuring proper waste management infrastructure in the markets where they sell their products. Governments tighten … enters our oceans every year. What is being done to clean it up? Satwik Mudgal (Master of EnvironmentalManagement '19) Eight million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every …
… start a platform called Stake , where shareholders can band together to support social and environmental causes. “We created Real Impact Tracker and Stake to help individual investors … Impact Tracker to move forward in several key areas. First, it enabled the company to incorporate as a Benefit Corporation . Second, it helped the company to expand its … Sobotka Stories: Real Impact Tracker/Stake Ben Soltoff (MBA '19, Master of EnvironmentalManagement '19) The Sobotka Seed Stage Success Stories will introduce you to former …
… but keeps garments for half as long. Fabric production and consumer use account for 60% of environmental impacts associated with apparel. Not to mention, the fashion industry is also … annual Sustainable Textiles conference hosted by Textile Exchange. Integrating SDGs into corporate social responsibility strategy was a core focus area, and will only become more … last year, making commitments that span safe working conditions and responsible resource management. Some breakout discussions around this topic stressed that companies should …
… September, a group of more than 400 leaders from across the entrepreneurship, investment, corporate, academia, non-profit, and public spaces came together to discuss a growing new … Blog . Looking Forward The conference closed out with a session dedicated towards the environmental and social impacts that the plant-based foods and clean meat industry are … of food is seriously thinking about plant-rich diets. Maki Tazawa (Master of EnvironmentalManagement '19) The future of food is seriously thinking about plant-rich diets. In early …