… Moderated by Errol Schweizer, Senior Global Grocery Coordinator, Whole Foods Market, this event features four esteemed panelists from Yale who will explore everything from food access and security and their impacts on human health, to sustainable food supply chains and institutional food procurement. The Yale … This event is part of the GE Colloquium in Sustainability Leadership, a speaker series focused on sustainability careers in the corporate sector, which is sponsored by the GE …
… on the investment mechanisms that can help scale up ecological farming systems in degraded landscapes, simultaneously generating attractive financial returns and positive … Paul will further expand on one of SLM’s current projects – a $100m investment strategy focused on sustainable sheep production in degraded land in Chilean Patagonia – as a case study … 20 million hectares of land in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2020). The free online event will last one hour and is open to the public. Email invitations for following Nature's …
… Join us as two recent alumni discuss how they used grants and case competitions at Yale to gain insights and access into the industries … This talk will feature: Spenser Shadle (MF/MBA '13) manages conservation-oriented timberland and organic farmland investments at New Island Capital--an impact investment firm based … forest products businesses in rural Oregon. Location Evans Hall - 4430 Related Events Employing Market Power for the Environment Wed, April 23rd, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT — 3:00 …
… How should a nonprofit timber and forest company use its land in the 21st century? Join Yale GreenLight as we welcome Great Mountain Forest … participants must: Be excited about attending and actively participating for the entire event Commit to carefully reviewing a set of preparation materials distributed in advance …
… Bay Company is a certified B-corp that invests in commercial real estate, agricultural land, and water assets with a mission to produce economic, social, and environmental … resource comes primarily from population growth and greater consumption by plants that use more water as temperatures rise. Complicating this problem is the fact that western … The law is slowly changing but views on how to use water and who is owed what need to change too, particularly in the agricultural community that controls approximately 80% of …
… – join us as we discuss the major drivers that are compelling businesses to act on climate change and sustainability now. Just two years ago, when a nearly identical panel convened at … Hall, the conversation was narrower and mainstream businesses were not yet leading climate change solutions. Today, the Pope’s Encyclical on climate change has brought a moral dimension to the conversation. The UN’s new global sustainable …
… Note: The event time listed above is in the Eastern Time Zone (ET). When faced with adversity, it’s a … possible? This limits daily life, and it also limits social movements to create positive change. Right now, there’s the temporary barrier of social distancing for health reasons, but even when there’s not a pandemic going on, there’s the long-term barrier …
… This workshop will be led by Michel Gelobter, author of "Lean Startups for Social Change." At the heart of the radical change we are experiencing in the world today is the fact that it’s possible faster than … Skills series co-hosted by: The Yale Center for Business and the Environment InnovateHealth Yale Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale Environmental Innovation Lean …
… Summer Internship opportunities for Yale FES and SOM students @ WWF in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam. Join us for pizza and an informational session, including an … business engagement and corporate investment in water stewardship in Australia; WWF New Zealand – To develop organizational process improvements for strategic growth through … Singapore; WWF Vietnam – To develop an innovative strategy for corporate and individual Cause-Related Marketing and an implementation plan for market-entry. This session will be an …
… for action 1 : Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, agriculture and landuse Energy use, efficiency and access Materials and waste $20,000 will be distributed … viability? Is the idea financially and operationally sustainable? Does the theory of change make sense? Opportunity: Is there a need for the proposed solution and will customers …