… innovative startup ideas from across campus are coming together April 14-15 at Evans Hall for Entrepreneurship Across Yale , an event featuring Yale’s biggest entrepreneurship … judging and prize presentations. At stake are three $25,000 prizes—the Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, sponsored by InnovateHealth Yale; the Sabin … Sustainable Venture Prize, sponsored by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY); and the Miller Prize, sponsored by the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI), which …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former finalists of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and … on their time as student entrepreneurs at Yale. “When we found out we were finalists for the Sabin prize, we were thrilled! It was huge for us! It was so validating to have this well-respected competition recognize our efforts …
… burst. He weathered two rounds of layoffs. He watched hardworking and capable colleagues forced out while others who he felt were not as competent stayed on. He recognized politics … first pangs of disillusionment with American meritocracy. Shouldn’t the best be recognized for its bestness? He left his job and started working in small tofu shops around San … to make it taste good again,” he said. “It was introduced as a vegetarian food—well, let’s forget about that. It was introduced as an Asian food—let’s forget about that, too.” This …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grants to Yale students and faculty to help support their research at … Beyene (USI-Africa)]; A field experiment designed to understand the most effective methods for protecting the Chilean Hake Fish, whose population is nearing collapse. Findings will be …
… across the organization,” Jenny McColloch ’12, director of restaurant sustainability for McDonald’s Corporation , advised students during the GE Colloquium in Sustainability Leadership convened by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) on February 18. Success in the sustainability field, she said, requires the ability to …
… by Riddhima Yadav, YC '18 Consider: women perform 66 percent of the world’s work but earn 10 percent of the world’s income. At the same time, they account for 85 percent of consumer purchases and control $20 trillion in worldwide spending. Surely, … in 145 countries.) My participation was made possible by a grant from The Yale Center for Business and the Environment and InnovateHealth Yale for young female entrepreneurs on …
… priorities into agricultural financing? Several investment funds showcased their strategies for investing in smallholder value chains at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on Dec. 5-6. While continuing to seek financial returns, investors are … Boost Production Three factors have spurred investors to bolster smallholder production of forest and agricultural commodities while improving social and environmental outcomes, …
… Towards Science Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies culminated in a trip to Paris where we presented our … Yale FES and Yale SOM) and myself were excited to work with WBCSD to develop a digital platform that would help businesses use applied science to address their toughest sustainability … and powerful business leaders. This idea became the Science to Business (S2B) platform. Throughout the semester, we worked with recent Yale FES Alum, Emily Grady, who is now …
… title of his class, “Towards Science Communications with Impact: Environmental Engagement for a Changing World.” The posted syllabus included works from Mike Hulme’s Why We Disagree … has had a colorful and impressive career, ranging from roles as Executive Director/Writer for Time-Warner Television, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, HBO, etc. to founding … impact than rational scientific data, such as a two degree global warming of the Earth. For the first time as a student, I saw how my undergraduate degree in psychology, my MBA at …
… Yale University and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development announced a new “Knowledge Partners” collaboration at the … in Paris, during the COP21 climate change negotiations. “We often talk about a transformational change of our society when we speak about climate action. This transformation … the next generation of world leaders. The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) provides a platform for generating, incubating and launching innovative action at the …