… This global study measures awareness and engagement of the UN’s SustainableDevelopmentGoals. We hope these results provide insights into collaboration models and how business schools can incorporate SDGs into their discourse and curriculum, creating change …
… laid bare societal strains and inequalities in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … 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 … matter where they live in the world Business students expect sustainability to be threaded throughout corporations’ highest priorities—not treated as a stand-alone top priority. …
… can be challenging. Corporate metrics, certifications, and coalitions abound, including the Sustainable Accounting Standards Bureau (SASB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the … Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit corporations. Greenwashing — a form of marketing … perception of a company’s environmental sustainability — exacerbates this confusion. To cut through the noise, our team from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, …
… This global study of more than 3,700 students at 29 top business schools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for SustainableDevelopment and the Global Network for Advanced Management, finds that: Corporations …
… disclosure landscape. It reminds me of where sustainability began in most companies: through compliance and within the environmental health & safety function.” Nick Page … Spotlight on Food and Agriculture Without a doubt, the conference emphasized the need for a business case when it comes to sustainability, especially within food and agriculture. … Niehoff (SOM ‘24), speakers highlighted three ways to drive progress in the agriculture value chain: Technical assistance to growers, data collection, and aligned financial …
… dynamic discoveries and host coveted conversations. This past year at Yale’s Center for Business and Environment (CBEY), we flipped conventional wisdom on its head and turned our … Even Hillary Rodham Clinton recently wrote about the need to rebuild our communities through connection . Perhaps what our Fellows were in need of were not new concepts to … where they, too, belong. 8177 8176 Circularity Corporate Sustainability Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Lessons in …
… founder of Circularise . Its blockchain system allows various actors to verify product data throughout the supply chain. Thus, digital product passports back companies’ sustainability claims while allowing suppliers along the value chain to safeguard sensitive information. The flow of data enables a circular economy. … is an initiative by the City of Seattle that offers resources and rebate incentives for businesses to transition from single-use to reusable containers. This has enabled companies …
… The Sustainable Venture Prize was created in 2008 and awards $25,000 to a promising student … Sustainable Venture Prize was held on Friday, March 31st, 2023 and four teams pitched their businesses that advance sustainability. The 2023 Sustainable Venture Prize was awarded to …
… and seeing leadership within ourselves (whatever our position), in our team and through to the system we operate in and want to improve. It breaks down traditional notions … and replaces them with a framework that is rooted in connection - to the things you value most, and to the world around you. Participants in the course will learn to identify … a Lecturer at Yale School of the Environment and a Resident Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. He began his career working with McKinsey & Company and Virgin …
… world that we may soon join. This year, we have heard from many such professionals through the Pathways in CSR series, which brought representatives across a range of … communicating their activities to a global audience. By connecting to a global framework, businesses can integrate sustainability issues into their strategies that they otherwise … environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into overall risk management. The event was standing room only, with almost every inch of space occupied. The tremendous …