… An ethical food system should promote public and environmental health, a thriving workforce, and nutritious products available to everyone. … (most likely in NYC), but with the intention of spreading nationwide. Its goal is not to become profitable, but to provide a model to demonstrate that the viability of offering …
… Interest in food and equitable food systems has been bubbling up for a while among graduate students at Yale. Enter Tagan Engel, the newest Resident Fellow … the Center,” says Stuart DeCew, Executive Director of CBEY. DeCew continues, “Tagan is a recognized and respected regional and national leader on food systems but more importantly, … Collab. As a Resident Fellow at CBEY, Engel is launching the new discussion group Power & Race in Community, Business, and the Environment . Here, graduate students will dig into …
… Today, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) opened its new certificate in Financing and … to clean energy who want to advance their careers as well as the transition to a clean economy. Vero Bourg-Meyer, Program Director, Clean Energy and Conservation Finance, Brad … 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 …
… -by Stephanie Hsiung (F&ES '19) Smarter and more affordable technologies are leading more and more utilities to rethink the traditional … to find out how the energy industry is thinking about and planning for the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in homes, the continued growth of distributed energy … with the help of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and automation. Building smart ecosystems with voice assist For the past decade, utilities and their partners have been …
… types of messaging 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 team consists of the nationally recognized non-profit SmartPower, Duke University, Tel Aviv University, Connecticut Green …
… and social impact leaders who believe in an inclusive and socially responsible economy [that can] address the world’s toughest challenges.” The upcoming annual flagship event in San Francisco on Oct. 9-15 (SOCAP15) is considered the largest conference for impact investors and social entrepreneurs in the world. The event has drawn over 10,000 … 8:00 AM EDT — 9:00 AM EDT Nature's Returns Webinar Series Quantified: The New Book and its Implicationsfor Conservation Impact Investing Thu, October 1st, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT — 9:00 AM …
… Photo credit: Blue Forest Conservation Pay for Performance (PFP) Bonds, also known as Pay for Success Bonds or … 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 … is slated to launch in January 2016. Related Programs Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services Related Events Investing for Impact: Matthew Weatherly-White, CAPROCK …
… critical further steps needed to solve the plastics problem. The previous post outlined efforts undertaken by NGOs, private companies, and governments to reduce the massive flow of … means waste often leaks into the environment. Generally, the global South lacks waste recovery infrastructure. Unless governments invest in its construction, “technically … recovering easy-to-recycle materials. As valuable as this is, waste becomes essentially untraceable once it enters the informal sector; and without knowing material flows, it becomes …
… oceans every year. The Plastic Problem details how we got to this point. Here we discuss efforts underway to address the problem. Plastic enters the environment through several paths … professor Jenna Jambeck linked worldwide data on solid waste, population density, and economic status to estimate the amount of plastic waste that entered the oceans in 2010. … enters our oceans every year. What is being done to clean it up? Satwik Mudgal (Master of Environmental Management '19) Eight million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every …
… The Sobotka Seed Stage Success Stories will introduce you to former recipients of the grants who share their experience and perspective. The Yale Center … 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 … Tracker enlists the help of “Champions”—large investment managers with a proven track record for making change—to advocate on behalf of the most popular Asks. Right now, the …