… out of the economy, finally, Yael Aflalo thought, she had a reason to close her clothing business. She had started it when she was 20 years old. The first five years were an … entrepreneurs and she’d never bent toward a traditional career path. She took two years for self-directed study, which resulted in an unexpected cascade of events—environmental … alternative to rayon. For Aflalo, all of the effort required on her end—working to source and develop sustainable fabrics and dyes, paying good wages, using renewable energy …
… customer acquisition, but “let me not blow up this building.” Her entrance into the market for multicultural hair and skincare products came at an auspicious moment. In the early … In 1993, stores offered, “‘the ethnic aisle,’ and it wasn’t an aisle, it was about three shelves, and it was dirty, and the products were on the bottom,” said Price. As she … things could be worse,” said Price. Internalizing her mother’s optimism gave Price the courage and the persistence to work through failure, through uncertainty. “That’s the most …
… Sustainability is a matter of economic survival forbusiness, especially in the Asia-Pacific area, which has experienced amazing economic … 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 … a dynamic andbright future for sustainable markets in Asia, in large part thanks to the ongoing efforts of WWF. Special thanks to my advisors Marianne Tan, Jennifer Rogan, Trin …
… Sustainable Venture Prize. Renewal 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 … 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 … and transportation, if we don’t change the way we eat, the way we process food, we’re not going to be able to stem our society’s impact on the environment.” For starters they have …
… Two promising new companies received $10,000 each from this year’s Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment to provide funding and professional mentorship to young … 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 …
… Yale’s Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technology initiative (FORTT), which is developing financial … renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. …
… 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 … prizes with live pitching competitions, judging and prize presentations. At stake are three $25,000 prizes—the Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, … 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 …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former finalists of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and … 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 …
… Minh Tsai was working at Charles Schwab when the dotcom bubble 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 … 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 …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grants to Yale students and faculty … 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)]; … (Yale SOM/YLS/FES), Isabel Studer (EGADE)]. The Sobotka Collaborative grants will support three other projects: The exploration of current measurements of environmental impacts of …