… Somehow we’re nearing April, and on campus, students are heading back from spring break … here through CBEY. We wanted to just take a moment to look back at this fall and winter. From launching the new website to supporting student-initiated courses, hosting webinars, …
… Grant competition in the fall. In past years, two $10,000 winners have been selected from a large pool of applicants. However this year the field was so strong that two … prepare for Sabin and beyond. Thomas Selby of Conservation Matrix , said that “the award from CBEY is meaningful for a few key reasons: (i)The funding is helping us to develop a … Team will even be holding office hours every week ( Mondays 10:00 am-12:00pm SOM cafeteria, Tuesdays & Wednesdays 1:00 pm -3:00 pm Kroon, 3rd Floor, Thursdays …
… trees, extract petroleum, or distill vodka if there is no water? Susannah Harris and I come from different water backgrounds, she from water efficiency standards and I from large-scale water resources management, but we … to supply chains. Interested in learning more? Take a look at the CBEY Workshops and some of the resources linked throughout the blog. For students interested in delving into …
… Just a short train ride from New York City, New Haven offers an iconic college town experience while providing … were given an overview of Interbrand, and then the strategy team walked us through a case study of their work for Yellow Pages. Once an essential business directory and advertising … thinking about food, as our next stop was the New York office of Chipotle Mexican Grill . Walking through the door was reminiscent of walking into one of Chipotle’s 2,000 fast-casual …
… These are all subjects that we hear a lot about on the news and in our classes at FES and SOM. And, we know that, in order for business to really move toward sustainability, we're … together students focused on each of these issues into one room. After an introduction from Becky Gallagher , who organized the talk, Jones took 60 short minutes to lay out how … boundaries and harnessing big data won't happen overnight. Metrics can't always cross over from one sector to another, and I think we've all heard the refrains of "we don't have that …
… (see their post on the conference here ), and CBEY , the conference gathered leaders from established sustainability-minded companies like Stonyfield , Applegate Farms , and … to work on specific areas of the company's footprint to find ways to tighten the ship. One MAP team found that they could take the sludge they were generating in increasing quantities … in how much it can grow while maintaining its values. Supporting sustainable causes is something that Hirshberg is passionate about. However, when Stonyfield had the opportunity …
… company, McDonald’s, announced that it will display the blue “Fish Forever” eco-label from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) on every Filet-O-Fish sandwich sold at the over … MSC label on McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish packaging signals to consumers that the product comes from MSC-certified wild-caught Alaskan Pollock and that McDonald’s has met the MSC Chain of … 2006, large companies such as Whole Foods, Walmart, and Target began using the MSC label on some or all of their seafood products to address growing consumer concerns over depleting …
… its packaging? Or get steelworkers to advocate a carbon tax? On campus for her 25th SOM reunion last week, Jackie Roberts set aside time to speak with current students about her path from engineering to initiating the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Corporate Partnership … the best ways to solve problems, whether it's using microeconomics to place dots on a US map showing the breadth and depth of the clean energy economy, or using steelworkers as …
… 4 summer interns placed with the City of Austin and City of Boston, the Fellowship aims to study and enhance municipal recycling programs across the United States, with a particular … implementation. For Yale students who are looking to stay closer to home, we also have some exciting opportunities linked to leading-edge research programs: Supporting a … Measurement of Corporate Sustainability – YCELP Research Assistants, 10 weeks Photo from Larr W. Lo/flickr 2170 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy …
… Sustainability Venture Prize. After careful deliberation, the panel, made up of authorities from real estate ( Dan Emmett ), green banks ( Bryan Garcia ), venture capital ( Rosemary … in water and blood. Right now, it takes multiple days for water samples to come back from a lab. Armed with patented chip technology developed at Yale, the Alpha-Screen team … their SOL Hydration drink is packed with electrolytes and nutrients derived solely from organic, GMO-free ingredients. According to them, SOL is "Organic sports hydration. …