… At the beginning of February, I attended GreenBiz 21 , GreenBiz’s annual conference about sustainability and business. As someone who’s admittedly … and Jason Blake of PepsiCo both explained how their companies have taken more integrated approaches to their climate and waste goals. Why do I fixate on this point? I’ve found that …
… of the FDCE team. Our second cohort of FDCE participants is making its way through the core courses , and the application for the third cohort is open until March 14th. And as someone … On several occasions, I've used something I learned in the course within 48 hours of learning it.” -FDCE ‘20 certificate holder Among the many things participants tell us they … one of the largest conservation NGOs in the world committed to moving the NGO to create a green energy finance organization in her home state and to work on a carbon sequestration …
… nutritious products available to everyone. Put simply, it should provide food that’s fair, green, nutritious, and affordable. Food that meets these standards could be called “good” … that catalogs the findings of your review of similar business models, and highlights key learnings that can inform Community Kitchens. A PDF or brief deck outlining the possible … scaffolding: build the bones of the model (in Excel or Google Sheets) and determine what information is needed. Then begin to fill in as much as you can: What are the startup and …
… and Tsai CITY. “We saw a wide range of ideas this year, and I found the diversity of approaches to be particularly striking. Whether it’s consumer products, information analysis, COVID relief, or board games, students are gearing up to tackle the … are organic or pesticide-free, as well as without sulfur or preservatives. Safer at Home Green Revolving Loan Fund : This innovative loan instrument designed to finance the upfront …
… 10 th year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures has awarded $10,000 grants to environmentally-focused startups Upright and Ecopackables. Administered by the Yale Center … the year 2020: the ubiquity of e-commerce, the increasing demand for nutritious plant-based foods, long overdue efforts to center environmental justice, and the urgency of … of perennials. Soil carbon quantification is also necessary for agricultural carbon markets to validate carbon sequestration and determine appropriate payouts for carbon …
… and (b) allow said companies to obtain permanent financing via public equity capital markets. CRIS was incorporated in late 2020 in order to identify and effect a business … key subsector verticals, and summarizes its focus with the mantra of: (1) Winning the (Green) Home, (2) winning the (Green) Office, and (3) winning the (Green) Roads. These … the opportunity to develop and present an investment thesis to leadership at CRIS, whilst learning about the arcane world of clean energy SPAC investing from industry veterans. …
… Gross is a Lecturer at the Yale School of the Environment where he teaches two very popular courses on Renewable Energy Project Finance, both on campus and online with the Certificate … play a really important role in helping them scale faster now that they can access public markets to raise capital for growth and innovation. What keeps investors safe from … Electric and the leader behind GE Ventures and Ecomagination (when GE bundled all of its green technologies under one umbrella); and John Cavalier, who was the head of the energy …
… love of food and her dedication to social justice and began her path centering on community-based food justice in New Haven. Her leadership in the Elm City can be felt through her … deeper issues such as reparations, undoing white supremacy, honoring cultural heritage, environmental justice and regenerative agriculture. Within the Yale community, Engel has … models in food entrepreneurship with Tsai CITY, the Yale Landscape Lab, and the New Haven-based Collab. As a Resident Fellow at CBEY, Engel is launching the new discussion group …
… former classmate when the three of them attended MIT. Floe is building a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution to help property owners avoid dangerous ice and water … damage and the subsequent costs of repair, as well as reduce the amount of petroleum-based debris (such as rooftop asphalt shingles) that ends up in the landfill as a result. Compared to other chemical-based ice melting solutions, such as magnesium chloride, Floe’s solution is non-toxic to …
… manufacturing techniques NOTE: Some of the language in this summary is drawn from this GreenBiz article , written by Ben Soltoff, CBEY Environmental Innovation Manager. Deliverable: For each technology, write a blog post … the Issue Summary as a starting point, but feel free to include others). Photo courtesy of GreenBiz Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG Independent Study Opportunity …