… consumer now purchases 60 percent more clothing, compared to 2000, 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 … brands are well suited to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal 12 for responsible consumption and production, due to the complexity and expansiveness of their …
… gas emissions, habitat loss, pollution and animal welfare abuses. It also comes with a hope for food security and food safety. The New Meat Half of the conference took place around … legal considerations around plant-based foods were another major topic at the conference. Yale SOM alum of Honest Tea and the Executive Chairman for Beyond Meat, Seth Goldman, sat on … 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 …
… Funding program, students can apply to receive up to $3000 in funding to help move an idea forward. From a community movement to a communications strategy to a for-profit solution, … its second year, this program has attracted interest from a diverse set of students across Yale’s campus. “Last year we had 23 interdisciplinary teams of students apply from the graduate schools as well as from Yale College,” says Sophie Janaskie, Environmental Innovation Fellow at the Yale Center for …
… Each year the Yale Center for Business and the Environment gives teams applying to the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize … their ideas in front of a panel of judges and compete for the prize of $25,000. Visit our event website for more details. … their ideas in front of a panel of judges and compete for the prize of $25,000. Visit our event website for more details. …
… the process, encouraging high rates of adoption. (See the Solarize Your Community guidebook for more information.) Solarize South Kingstown group. Image courtesy of SmartPower. Given … Solarize? With help from SmartPower, a nonprofit marketing firm that specializes in energy efficiency and clean energy, this post outlines both Rhode Island’s recent Solarize … Messaging Strategies The Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) II project at Yale is studying how different messaging strategies can affect the diffusion of solar. As …
… Katrina Barlow (SOM ’17) came to Yale interested in starting a company. “There’s no better time to start a company than while … thing she needed was the right idea, and she found it when she learned about the potential for households to benefit from a sort of “energy arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of … Sabin Prize. She had already taken advantage of several other entrepreneurial resources at Yale, and she led the Entrepreneurship Club at the School of Management. She saw …
… 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 … 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 … a powerful incentive to prioritize sustainability, and it is a relatively new trend. Yale has been at the cutting edge of research and innovation on this topic through the newly …
… firm, recently noted that long-term corporate prosperity requires not just financial performance, but “a positive contribution to society.” He does not stand alone with this … do you need to know? In partnership with Patagonia and wealth advisory firm Caprock , the Yale Center for Business and the Environment has released a new publication to answer this … 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 …
… winners of this year’s $10,000 Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant, disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures, … 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 …
… 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.” Now positioned as Canada’s Minister … to succeed, then infrastructure is the foundation for that.” Watch the video: Related Events A Conversation with Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and …