… How can a global company build innovative business models that create shared value for both the business and the community? Ask Vijay Sharma. Over the course of his career he has successfully created large scale Base of Pyramid (BOP) operations for multiple organizations in India; Project Shakti embodies this model. Project Shakti … has given 50,000 women in rural India an increased sense of self-worth as well as a living income. This well-regarded BOP business grew exponentially in a very short time, proving …
… We will then discuss the lessons learned from each model and compare their potential for scale and replication in different types of geographic settings. Ashley Allen Jones (i2 … and then transfers such reductions to municipal entities and water companies as a mechanism for water quality compliance. In so doing, the Revolving Water Fund creates a sustained pool … collaborative and water fund serving the Greater Portland, Maine region in an effort to secure permanently the forests that naturally filter the drinking water for 1/6th of …
… more about this new initiative. Melanie will discuss the ways the Fund is building and redefining wealth and manifesting their values in their ways of working in a reciprocal … and the natural environment. The Black Farmer Fund aims to serve as a bridge for black communities to participate in creating a food system that benefits those within … black farmers among the over 57,000 farmers in New York State, and a total net cash farm incomefor Black farmers in NYS at -$906, while for white farmers it was $42,875. The Black …
… the world’s most tech-savvy, high-impact organizations to show how we can make real gains for the environment. The principles of his approach, dubbed “quantified conservation,” will … across the United States. The stories in his recently published book “Quantified: Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy” highlight the most precious of resources – water … across the United States. The stories in his recently published book “Quantified: Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy” highlight the most precious of resources – water …
… Love for the Land is a moving exploration of presence and place told through the stories of small … Wendell Berry, Lamb cultivated honest, trusting connections with the farmers he interviewed for the book, yielding raw and powerful insights. Time and again, their stories and experiences reveal that connections to and affection for place encourage people to live and act as devoted caretakers, despite the difficult and …
… Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the next webinar of the 2017-2018 season of Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem … . Eric Letsinger '96 MBA, Founder and CEO of Quantified Ventures, will discuss how impact bonds can be used to address a multitude of environmental problems. The program will include …
… Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the 2015-2016 season of Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services. In this … land in Chilean Patagonia – as a case study part of Initiative 20x20 (country-led effort to restore 20 million hectares of land in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2020). The …
… based in San Francisco Patrick Hook (MF/MBA '13) decision support manager at Conservation Forestry, a timberland investment management organization based in Exeter, NH While at Yale, Spenser Shadle and Patrick Hook received a grant from the Sobotka Research Fund to write a paper titled "Navigating Wetland Mitigation Markets: A study of … Exeter, NH While at Yale, Spenser Shadle and Patrick Hook received a grant from the Sobotka Research Fund to write a paper titled "Navigating Wetland Mitigation Markets: A study of …
… Join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the 2015-2016 season of "Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services" as we … the world's most tech-savvy, high impact organizations to show how we can make real gains for the environment. The principles of his approach, dubbed “quantified conservation” is …
… Join us for a conversation with Helen Crowley, Head of Sustainable Sourcing Innovation at Kering. … Crowley will discuss sustainable sourcing in luxury supply chains, and the opportunities for innovative financing approaches. Kering’s Environment Profit & Loss Accounting … Evans Hall, Classroom 4400 Related Initiatives Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF) … Join us for a conversation with Helen Crowley, Head of Sustainable Sourcing …