… businesses to sustainable growth. As a summer associate with the Corporate Partnership Team of WWF Australia, I explored and came to clearly understand the power of such … 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 …
… 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 …
… water quality. This can also cause public health and social justice concerns. Depleted resources can then further reduce smallholder productivity and cause economic vulnerability. … change to agricultural yields, which drive their bottom line. “What’s going to become of our palate – the scents and flavors we give to buyers – 50 years from now?” said Dominique … at Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned perfume and flavor company. Firmenich sources 180 natural ingredients across 40 countries. “We rely 90 percent on smallholders. If …
… The 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 group’s findings to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and … the potential impact of the platform during the event and Paul Lussier and the student team are continuing to work with IPCC to develop S2B. We received positive feedback from …
… Why We Disagree about Climate Change , George Marshall’s Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change , and Naomi Oreskes’, Merchants of Doubt as … in communicating climate change. According to my class notes that first day, the course would be about “the theory and practice of values-based environmental communications, … our semester-long project. As my classmate describes in more detail in her blog post , my team worked with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the …
… the COP21 climate change negotiations. “We often talk about a transformational change of our society when we speak about climate action. This transformation will affect business, … social and environmental challenges with good financial results. This partnership provides our members with both scientific rigor and a pool of highly talented students to help us address some of our members’ most challenging social and environmental issues, and it will provide “real …
… economic growth and provide new jobs. “We often talk about a transformational change of our society, when we speak about climate action. And that transformation will affect both … to Edward Snyder, Dean of the Yale School of Management. “It’s incumbent upon us to prepare our students for the world not of last generation, but the next.” As the climate change negotiations at COP21 in Paris build steam, these results highlight the rising priority of solving climate change among future …
… asked Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found your business? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, … research, I found that there was the beginning of a “buzz” around them and I put together a team. Poda Foods was founded shortly after. What are the main challenges you have faced as … asked Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found your business? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, …
… spectrum of available technologies, from single building-scale interventions, like ground source heat pumps and solar thermal water heaters, to larger interventions that take into … buildings and different energy technologies to provide flexibility to utilize the energy sources that are cheaper and cleaner at all time.” FORTT, eventually, hopes to quantify the ability of this ‘interplay’ to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Gronli and a team of student research assistants are now in the earliest stages of the project, working …
… A recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review found that, compared to all-male teams, female-run companies attract only 83 percent of the outside equity investment and 63 … “propel the space and inspire others,” according to Iliana Lazarova (F&ES ‘16). “It is encouraging and motivating to see women succeed as leaders in the environmental business … “propel the space and inspire others,” according to Iliana Lazarova (F&ES ‘16). “It is encouraging and motivating to see women succeed as leaders in the environmental business …