… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome Xavier Rolet to our Advisory Board! Xavier is currently Chairman at Shore Capital Markets and has held many … years ago Xavier founded La Verrière , a previously abandoned Provencal Priory transformed into the home of the premium organic wine brand, Chêne Bleu. Xavier’s experience and enthusiasm for working with students have already been in action, as he’s been engaging in CBEY’s work in thriving food …
… By: Natalia Espinosa and Daniel Gonzalez A few weeks ago, 11 Yale University students attended GreenBiz , a corporate sustainability conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. … focus of GreenBiz would be on compliance and disclosures. Navigating such changing discourse and regulations underscored the dynamic nature of the sustainability field. We spoke … the connections made, and a renewed sense of purpose. We look forward to applying these insights to our studies and future careers, driven by the optimism and determination that …
… practices not only has the potential to help decelerate global warming, but also make our food systems more resilient against climate impacts," said Stuart DeCew, Executive … Financing Gap, proposes a new foundation for financing regenerative farms that takes into account the three factors that make financing regenerative agriculture difficult: … have struggled to find the right partner for their goals. Through this research, the report seeks to inspire this thoughtful investment, and help finance professionals discover new …
… How might one go about preparing students for the immediate and future realities of climate change? At an institution like this, it makes perfect sense to hire world-class scholars to teach cutting-edge courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art … One that fostered belonging. In order to do the meaningful work this fellowship invited us into, we realized that we first had to be in relationship with one another. We first had to …
… (PSiCE) is a new program that offers summer research and internship opportunities to students at Yale who are committed to advancing and pursuing a career in the clean energy … he wanted a future in clean energy. That decision, coupled with the understanding of how our current energy system does not work for many low-income and BIPOC communities, led him … Clean Energy program is to put the intersections of clean energy and environmental justice into practice through policy change. “Our current energy system is broken. It does not work …
… is a just-launched program that offers summer research and internship opportunities to students at Yale who are committed to advancing and pursuing a career in the clean energy … consumption of 12 kWh. As across the world, currently, most of them rely on conventional sources of energy that release huge amounts of carbon emissions inducing climate change. … both the public and private sectors in her journey till now, Pratima wants to build on her insights by applying them to increasing access to renewable energy. “The government can …
… racial & economic equity through clean energy? Challenge the energy status quo – secure your seat at the first-ever Yale Clean Energy Conference , Friday, April 1st, and Saturday, … and chair of this inaugural event. The panels and sessions are being organized by students, faculty, and staff across campus, showcasing the interdisciplinary and vibrant … happening around the globe. We’re thrilled to share that panelists include a number of Yale alumni leading clean energy work nationwide: Ben Bovarnick ‘18, Expert Product Manager, Grid …
… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube videos trying to remain … to consider that tracking capital flows and modeling project finance occurs in excel, a platform I was exceedingly inept at using. Luckily, the genius behind the FDCE certificate … – Why I wanted to join the FDCE Program Answers to the Questions of My Younger Self Leaning into Change - How I Came to the FDCE program On the FDCE Community … Val Stori … It’s two …
… About a year into the pandemic, I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in terms of ambition, represented the City of Ithaca’s … the development of the City’s strategy to mitigate GHG: we had an idea of the amount and source of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a …
… that the arcane issues they grapple with are the only truly relevant ones. I certainly fell into this trap: with clean energy, what could be as important as the underlying technology … I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course, the … two incredible members of the cohort) have been fantastic resources. On both platforms, students give tips on how to approach assignments (a great help for a novice Excel user like …