… The Yale Center for Business and Environment (CBEY) today announced the release of two new reports examining … report, Bridging the Regenerative Agriculture Financing Gap, proposes a new foundation for financing regenerative farms that takes into account the three factors that make … outsized expectations, both investors and farmers have struggled to find the right partner for their goals. Through this research, the report seeks to inspire this thoughtful …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures. CBEY supports students in building sustainable businesses that are solving some of our planet’s biggest …
… environmentally-focused ventures. The grant provides independent feedback and seed funding for these early-stage innovative solutions. From here, ventures will continue to receive support from CBEY to bring their ideas to fruition. Ventures with a for-profit idea have the opportunity to receive further grant support through the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures . About the recipients: Carbon Loop Perry Bakas (Yale School of …
… worn by leaders and up-and-comers in the sustainable fashion space. The Sustainable Fashion Forum Conference 2023: Nuanced Layers was a fashion and environmental lover’s dream. The Sustainable Fashion Forum (SFF), founded by Brittany Sierra in 2017, aims to challenge the fashion industry’s unsustainable status quo. With podcasts, forums, articles, and conferences like the one this past April, Brittany has cultivated a …
… equivalent to the next solar panel,” said Dharia. Without much confidence, the co-founders eventually decided it would not hurt to “just send it.” Turns out, their recyclable EcoRain … , people around the world produce 300 million tons of plastic annually, and half that is for single-use items. That’s equal to the weight of the entire human population, which means … and that process is valuable in and of itself.” What does Dharia wish she could say to students who might be thinking of launching their own venture or applying to the funding …
… Last week, Floe won the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize sponsored by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). This makes it the first startup to win each of the … by CBEY . The team includes David Dellal and Hector Castillo, current engineering Ph.D. students at Yale, and Mitch Guillaume, a former classmate when the three of them attended … can cost upwards of $9.5 billion in damages in the United States. Floe’s product aims to prevent damage and the subsequent costs of repair, as well as reduce the amount of …
… Fund at Amazon. He is a founder and instructor at Pivotal 180, where he develops content for courses and provides advisory services and transaction support to clients globally. He … public. While in the U.S. alternative energy investment group at Goldman Sachs, he headed efforts to invest in photovoltaic solar, including private investments in First Solar and … project financing of a rooftop PV solar installation, as well as the tax equity financing for the first and only renewable partnership flip structure to receive a Private Letter …
… Community Fund as Executive Director– a nonprofit providing inclusive access to capital for rural Colorado businesses, scaling the program from $5million to $20million. Cass also co-led the launch of the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale as Managing Director where her role included strategy and programming for entrepreneurship and inclusive innovation at Yale, advising start-ups, and business …
… Jaime Carlson is head of Commercialization & Risk at SB Energy, a climate infratech platform backed by Softbank and Ares Capital to invest in and develop high capacity solar and … an executive at Cypress Creek Renewables and Global Director of Finance at SunEdison’s TerraForm Group. Jaime led M&A in the Americas for Rentech, Inc., a Blackstone-backed natural resource company. Jaime served in President …
… Mikaela Bradbury is formerly an Associate in Goldman Sachs' Natural Resources Group, working primarily with … served as a Research Fellow and Climate Change Innovation Coordinator with the Center for Business and the Environment and a Research Assistant within the Department of … she worked as an EDF Climate Corps Fellow, developing a climate change strategy for Williams Sonoma, Inc., and a Summer Associate in Goldman Sachs’ Natural Resources Group. …