… excited to be offering a number of opportunities this year for summer internships linked to our programs at the intersection of business and the environment. In 2014, we launched two … with Professor Kenneth Gillingham and project partners at NYU, The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA), and SmartPower. This major research initiative, entitled … : Under the guidance of Professor Dan Esty and David Lubin, research assistants will help scope and research a new framework for understanding corporate sustainability . With …
… The four teams waited anxiously. They had spent months preparing for today, beating out 12 other … the chance to present. Standing in front of an audience of peers, faculty, and a panel of investment experts, the teams pitched their ideas for new sustainable ventures, hoping to … donor Andrew Sabin ), and entrepreneurship (Kyle Jensen), announced that, by a vote of 3-2, water testing team Alpha-Screen had won their support. The winning idea: Alpha-Screen : Led …
… pushed me to think in new and different ways. Summer provides unique opportunities to take our new skills and apply them in real world settings. Prospective students often overlook … I’m excited to work on another issue that I care about, but also to get taste of the private sector and put my hard-earned MBA skills to work. Not to mention all the backpacking … embody so many reasons I feel lucky to be at Yale. I just can’t wait to hear everyone’s stories in the fall. Caroline Goodbody is a joint degree MEM/MBA student in the class of …
… Beating out dozens of other teams from other business schools around the world, four joint degree students from SOM and FES won the chance to present their ideas at … selecting one winning team to trek to Costa Rica, where they will observe the coffee supply chain in action, and put their insights to work. Good luck to our Yale champs! Photo from Steve Lorillere/flickr 2170 Clean Energy Thriving Food Systems …
… panels on a range of issues, including urban planning, materials management, and the American public's attitudes on climate change. In every case, panelists will offer insights for … panels on a range of issues, including urban planning, materials management, and the American public's attitudes on climate change. In every case, panelists will offer insights for … panels on a range of issues, including urban planning, materials management, and the American public's attitudes on climate change. In every case, panelists will offer insights for …
… understanding and continuous engagement. For example: the complexities of electricity and water systems have been delegated to engineers, electricians, and plumbers. The rules of … guidance. The point is not to despair at the difficulty. Departments such as Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) are doing amazing work with modest resources. Every week, ARR is on-duty, collecting residential recycling, yard waste, and …
… and revenue incentives for farmers Modeling how to scale the approach across Nespresso's supply chain by using regionally available materials and sharing resources and waste streams Leveraging Costa Rica's 2021 carbon neutrality goals, thereby …
… Cities are where we will see changes that matter, and where we will transform how our society uses energy and resources. Seto offered this insight at Scale Up , this year’s … of separating planning agencies from sustainability offices, of separating energy from water from transportation departments, will continue to obscure systemic changes that could … allow us to create more efficiently designed cities. Here, we see an opportunity for the private sector to pursue public-private partnerships , allowing innovative ideas from the …
… of. The book describes the challenges that businesses will face given an increasingly resource constrained world due to climate change and population growth. It then provides ten … the industry and where the biggest resource drains are in that industry. For example, “The water we use to shampoo our hair, and the energy we use to heat the water, dwarfs the resources needed to make the product…which is why if Unilever wants to talk about cutting …
… contracts, businesses are left to their own devices. There is no universal approach to helping businesses recycle. This summer, I’m looking to change that. I recently hit the … It seems that every owner has a personal story behind his or her waste practice, and the stories speak volumes about the savvy of different business owners, specific limitations … times what he would pay a recycler to have the load hauled away. So one must wonder: how can Boston improve its channels of waste management education? Next, we have the …