… to ally with corporations to wage a war for sustainability. My initiative to effectively encourage Asian Brands to lead the mainstream of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and … SGD to national GDP in 2014. Singapore has continually attracted a huge amount of overseas tourists mainly from Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Australia, India and Japan every year. The purchasing power of tourists contributes significantly to the Singaporean economy. However, this economic …
… Mill, created by two members of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) community — Sumit Kadakia ’16 M.E.M./M.B.A. and Claire Schlemme ’11 M.E.M. — is working … Their first goal is to commercialize the conversion of okara, or soy pulp, into a form of flour. In addition to a $25,000 cash prize, the business receives automatic entry into the … Hugo & Hoby, an e-commerce company that brings together foresters, designers, and craftspeople to build sustainable furniture and home furnishings; and Smart Air Filters, a company …
… received a Sobotka grant for his Kentucky-based company, Appalachian Roots – Hemp 2.0. “People in Appalachia are hungry for new opportunities in the wake of the near disappearance … a value-added industry in a region that has long been dependent on extraction of natural resources, and to bring opportunities to small farmers and unemployed miners,” said Hall. The … a value-added industry in a region that has long been dependent on extraction of natural resources, and to bring opportunities to small farmers and unemployed miners,” said Hall. The …
… renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. … Bank brought strong financial expertise into the project; the new partnerships with Eversource and UI add deep engineering knowledge to the effort. In addition, with these partners … needed to develop renewable thermal financial incentives are now involved. “From our end, we saw an opportunity to create a much better product,” said Patrick McDonnell, the …
… Yale. Stuart DeCew, Program Director at CBEY, says they are continuing to build resources around social ventures in the environmental space, from a speaker series to bringing … working toward a better way of doing business. “The Sabin and other Yale prizes are encouraging students and faculty to think big about solving global problems,” says DeCew. “Our … provide support and resources to ventures that have the capacity to have a real impact on people and the planet.” Two Forestry & Environmental Studies students won the Sabin Prize …
… It was huge for us! It was so validating to have this well-respected competition recognize our efforts and encourage us to dream big.” Becky Gallagher , SOM & FES’16 and Jessie Shoemaker , F&ES’15 had … and Jessie are thankful for the support they received through various entrepreneurial resources around Yale. Besides mentorship, the YEI collaboration also brought them together …
… 10 years in business, Hodo Soy makes 30,000 pounds of tofu each day and employs about 80 people. (Tsai emphasized that if you want to make a quick buck don’t go into food.) The company works with only organic farmers in the U.S. and encourages them to experiment with soybean types; though more than 200 varieties existed, not … buck don’t go into food.) The company works with only organic farmers in the U.S. and encourages them to experiment with soybean types; though more than 200 varieties existed, not …
… Hake Fish, whose population is nearing collapse. Findings will be generalizable to other resource management settings [Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Andres Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)]; … Hake Fish, whose population is nearing collapse. Findings will be generalizable to other resource management settings [Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Andres Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)]; … Hake Fish, whose population is nearing collapse. Findings will be generalizable to other resource management settings [Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Andres Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)]; …
… an interesting platform: the case of Coles and Tassal moving to sustainable seafood sourcing and production. This story clearly represented how corporate efforts to adopt more … Coles signed the WWF Global Sustainable Seafood Charter , establishing its sustainable sourcing policy, committing to remove critical products from its portfolio, supporting and … the whole supply chain by pushing Coles’ suppliers to join the ride to sustainable sourcing. The hard work of assessment and traceability followed all the way upstream, where …
… part of the world we come from, women entrepreneurs face many of the same challenges: discouragement, household duties, financial dependence and maternal responsibilities. At UN … in from Syria that 40 young women were holding their own roundtable in solidarity with our celebrations in New York. (Indeed, there much we can do if those young women were able … inspiring conversations, meeting with a fellow Yalie, Tanya Rivero, from The Wall Street Journal , applauding young women from all over the world and, most importantly, simply …