… A business plan that aims to turn food waste into new products, and profits, won the 2016 … 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 … Tsai began by selling his tofu at local farmers’ markets—“a great place to launch a food business,” he said—eventually expanding to stalls at 12 markets across the city. When he’d … 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)]; …
… the development of corporate partnerships with non-profits is an important trend connecting businesses to sustainable growth. As a summer associate with the Corporate Partnership Team … 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 … seafood alternatives—products certified through the Marine and Aquaculture Stewardship Councils (MSC & ASC), for example. Within the several milestones achieved along this …
… across the organization,” Jenny McColloch ’12, director of restaurant sustainability for McDonald’s Corporation , advised students during the GE Colloquium in Sustainability Leadership convened by the Center forBusiness and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) on February 18. Success in the sustainability … across functions and throughout an organization. The key, McColloch said, is “focusing on your audience and understanding what their priorities are and understanding how the work that …
… priorities into agricultural financing? Several investment funds showcased their strategies for investing in smallholder value chains at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on Dec. … water quality. This can also cause public health and social justice concerns. Depleted resources can then further reduce smallholder productivity and cause economic vulnerability. … Third-party certification standards from the Verified Carbon Standard, Forest Stewardship Council, and Rainforest Alliance have proliferated. However, there is no universal standard. …
… The Towards Science Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies culminated in … presented our group’s findings to the World BusinessCouncil on SustainableDevelopment (WBCSD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). As part of the course, … with business leaders. From these interviews, we refined a value for both the businesscommunity and the scientific community that would be compelling for both parties. In early …
… 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 … As my classmate describes in more detail in her blog post , my team worked with the World BusinessCouncilforSustainableDevelopment (WBCSD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), applying humanistic …
… asked Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found yourbusiness? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, … At the same time, there has also been lot of support from women and Latinos in the businesscommunity, especially in Portland. They have embraced the company and me and have been so …