… but keeps garments for half as long. Fabric production and consumer use account for 60% of environmental impacts associated with apparel. Not to mention, the fashion industry is also notoriously known as the second most polluting after fossil fuels. When combined with the fact that clothing supply chains are one of the most globally integrated—about …
… Food Institute, the non-profit that organized this first major conference of the industry. With the replacement of animal products comes the replacement of animal agriculture’s … Blog . Looking Forward The conference closed out with a session dedicated towards the environmental and social impacts that the plant-based foods and clean meat industry are … amount of time for its market presence and in addressing the replacement of foods for prevention of more damage from animal agriculture. The hopeful road ahead will also lie in …
… Attention innovators! Did you know that funding is available to students thinking about creative solutions to help mitigate the … apply from the graduate schools as well as from Yale College,” says Sophie Janaskie, Environmental Innovation Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). … leadership, computer literacy and programming courses in Afghanistan to empower girls with greater autonomy over family planning and reproductive health. They also teach skills …
… gives teams applying to the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize the opportunity to be matched with a mentor from our network of partners and experts. Sabin Mentors commit a minimum of … their ideas in front of a panel of judges and compete for the prize of $25,000. Visit our event website for more details. … file-default","data-delta":"8"}}]] Angel Hsu Assistant Professor, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies …
… Solarize is a solar adoption program in which a community pairs with a solar installer to promote local residential solar. The installer, who is vetted and … to stop soon. Acknowledgments Much of the information in this post was obtained through conversationwith Malinda Howard and Karen Steward of SmartPower. Thank you, Malinda and … has been helping Rhode Island homeowners go solar. Sydney Hanson Usatine (Master of Environmental Management '19) Solarize is a solar adoption program in which a community …
… money and help the planet. In this situation, Katrina saw the opportunity for a viable and environmentally sustainable business model. Over the next year and a half, she developed … knew that she lacked the capacity to build the venture on her own, so she assembled a team with complementary skills and expertise. For instance, Ben Serrurier (FES ’17), brought … and had previously worked with. She understood that a strong, well-rounded team would be fundamental to a strong business. “You need three things no matter what,” she says. “You …
… in corporate sustainability, as part of the annual GreenBiz conference . While a hotel with five swimming pools and a lazy river in the middle of the desert may seem an odd place for path-breaking conversations on sustainability, the three-day conference yielded a wealth of ideas and … 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 …
… financial performance, but “a positive contribution to society.” He does not stand alone with this opinion – nearly every major Silicon Valley venture capital firm backs companies … offer a certification program and legal framework by which companies can fold social and environmental impacts into their bottom line.) “Through greater appreciation of the real … Good Business: An Investor’s Guide to B Corps An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Going "B" Related Events Investing in B Corps Launch Party Tue, March 20th, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT — 5:00 PM EDT …
… their work. DroneFlow cofounder, Andrew Wilcox (F&ES ’18) Wilcox’s interest in data-driven environmental solutions was galvanized through recent work at SilviaTerra, a company using … Sustainable Venture Prize, the company now employs seven full-time employees and works with many of the largest timber companies in the United States. “I’ve spent several years in … better understand the impact that their investment options can have." Now in its seventh year, the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant has supported over 20 startups to help …
… Wherever he is, whomever he’s with, Amarjeet Sohi likes to tell the story of a phone call he once received from a Canadian … she’s holding down a job. “But imagine if she hadn’t had that housing,” he said in a recent conversation at Yale. “What a loss for her, a loss for her children, a loss for society.” … to succeed, then infrastructure is the foundation for that.” Watch the video: Related Events A Conversationwith Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and …