… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome Xavier Rolet to our Advisory Board! … including CEO of the London Stock Exchange and senior roles at Goldman Sachs. When asked what most interested him about the work happening at CBEY, he said “I was impressed by …
… By: Natalia Espinosa and Daniel Gonzalez A few weeks ago, 11 Yale University students attended GreenBiz , … Spotlight on Food and Agriculture Without a doubt, the conference emphasized the need for a business case when it comes to sustainability, especially within food and agriculture. … GreenBiz inspired in us. In the words of Courtney Megerian (YSE ‘25), “we’re excited to see what comes next in sustainability.” To our peers, mentors, and the broader Yale community, …
… The Yale Center for Business and Environment (CBEY) today announced the release of two new reports examining … and agricultural systems. They are our most valuable resources and this new research shareswhat we've heard and learned from those closest to the problem." The first report, Bridging …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Sobotka … Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures focused on solutions in four key areas of urgent action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, agriculture and land use …
… The weekend of April 22nd and 23rd there were two conferences going on, in the words of my Uber driver: the coffee one and the fashion one. With one … my YSE career as I looked for ways to find mentors and direction while also taking notes on what I would want to bring the growing fashion interest on campus. You may be wondering, … needed to produce one cotton t-shirt is equal to one human’s drinking supply for 900 days. Facts like this are daunting, combined with atrocious working conditions like those of the …
… The fashion industry is one of the most environmentally damaging industries globally, accounting … industry to change, we must try and reward transparency where possible, as consumers and asbusinesses. Another challenge is the price of synthetic vs. natural materials. Synthetic … Sustainable Venture Prize Planetary Solutions Generator Related News Idea to Execution What’s the Right Time to Start a Venture? … Jinali Mody … The fashion industry is one of the …
… Recently, 23 teams presented their application to the Climate Innovation Grant , a program that provides … creating a tool to crowdsource information on farmers’ climate impacts and practices using WhatsApp while providing access to sub-seasonal forecasts. Through this tool, they use … in this process. Some of the judges included: Tory Grieves (MBA/MEM '18): is the VP of Business Development at The ClimateService (TCS), a climate analyticsstartup that …
… When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Southwest Montana, the resulting economic downturn caused thousands of Montanans to go … the off-grid renewable energy system along dimensions of cost and reliability, two factors of vital importance to TPP,” says Caroline Heilbrun. The team presented TPP with 9 …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of … importance of systems thinking and transformative innovation. In Prof. Anastas’ words, “What we have done very well is investing in products that have revolutionized our lives. … from it all kinds of products including vodka, perfume and hand sanitiser, with the eventual goal of scaling up enough to produce jet fuel. These transformative innovations …
… TerraCycle is not a typical recycling company—it’s a marketing company that develops recycling solutions … noting that “In a perfect world, Loop’ssustainable packaging platform would overshadow and eventually render several...current business units, including many of our Sponsored Waste … the preeminent recycling and circularity generator in their waste streams. TerraCycle isdriving innovation and circularity. Through the work of an innovative R&D department, …