… Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Shifting Power & Resources: Equity and Justice Work in Practice … Program Shifting Power & Resources: Equity and Justice Work in Practice A Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment (CBEY) monthly discussion group with Resident Fellow Tagan …
… 2000s, the CEO of General Electric (GE), Jeff Immelt, recognized this emerging pattern in public policy and consumer behavior, and he spotted an opportunity to meet his customers' … an environmental business initiative called "ecomagination" in 2005 that was rooted in four commitments: To double investment in clean research and development (R&D) to $1.5 … GE's operations and improve energy efficiency its facilities by 2012; To keep the public informed about ecomagination targets, progress and results. Along with the four commitments …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls serve more organic food. With … and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). … Food Project. They obtained financial and operational support from the university, transformed a neglected acre of land on the north side of the campus into a large garden, and …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) … the increased flexibility of Green Community Programs (GCPs) relative to traditional QECBs and “qualified” projects. GCPs can issue bonds for any mix of public and/or private … room for creativity and adaptability to different states, locations, and projects. Source The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment Areas of Focus Sustainable Finance …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a software platform named the Wildlife Management Analytics system or WMA, were looking for a way to market …
… With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Project Sammaan brought together a stellar group of designers, architects, and social science researchers to tackle one of the developing world's leading problems – … slums by February 2013. Furthermore, the project team hoped to develop research from the effort to create a model that could be used by other communities, completing the research in …
… This phase of the SEEDS research (which commenced in October of 2021) will build off of the success of the previous projects that assessed the use of … highlighting the key conclusions on the most effective and cost-effective approaches for the deployment of solar energy and related technologies to all communities. This project … Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) supports early-stage research and development in three technology areas: photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP), and …
… discussion groups, mixers, etc. are within the purview of this program. There are currently three different initiatives within this program: Environmental Innovation Thriving … Green Innovator Community … Program Green Innovator Community CBEY and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking strive to create a community to highlight, discuss, and experience … with members all over the globe. Newsletter We invite those interested to subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on events, grants, and green innovation Circle Join this …
… Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily accelerating utility energy-efficiency efforts. The new state leadership created the RIIB. It was built by renaming and restructuring the preexisting Clean Water Finance Agency (CWFA). Three other programs—Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE), Residential … walk through the creation of the EBF and some of the factors that have led to its success. Source Center forBusiness and The Environment at Yale Areas of Focus Sustainable Finance and …
… In August of 2014, Mark Gentry, the Chief Operating Officer of Gifford Pinchot State University (GPSU) Foundation**, called Robert Farrington, a Managing Director at Commonfund. The GPSU student government had just … Commonfund had been helping their clients think through these new investment considerations and evaluate potential methods to reflect such considerations within their portfolios. As a …