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Sustainable Finance & ESG

We are unpacking and addressing the challenges of integrating human and environmental sustainability concerns into financial markets.

Through our applied research and multidimensional collaborations, we’re engaging with the prominent question of how our financial system accounts for (and protects) the numerous services provided to us by our environment.

looking up in a forest!

Programs and Research

PSEII and CBEY – Partners in Impact at Yale

Together, the Yale Program on Social Enterprise, Innovation, and Impact and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment educate, convene, and support a community of leaders working at the intersection of business, society, and the environment—connecting social and environmental perspectives to advance a more equitable and sustainable world.

How we are working together

- Helping Yale students navigate their impact career path through the development of 2 new career guides.  

• Bridging relationships with students and alumni across impact sectors through a combined CBEY and PSEII Visiting Alumni Mentors cohort.

• Collaborating on events and initiatives to advance thought leadership in social impact at Yale 

Defining ESG

ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) refers to the criteria that investors use to assess risks and opportunities relating to a company’s environmental impact, social responsibility, and corporate governance.

As part of our Beyond the Buzzwords initiative with Tsai CITY, Yale lecturer and CBEY faculty co-director Todd Cort helps explain this term.

ESG on Beyond the Buzzwords

Also, check out this video where he talks about the challenges of ESG reporting.

Mentorship Opportunities

mentors

CBEY staff, Fellows and Visiting Mentors are available for office hours or one-on-one coaching sessions about your career path, innovative idea, coursework, and beyond.

Reach out and connect with them!

Alumni Visiting Mentors

Senior Lecturer in Sustainability at Yale School of Management
Faculty Co-Director at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Philanthropic and Impact Investing Advisor at Connie Family Foundation
Lecturer in the Practice of Management at Yale School of Management
Resident Fellow at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
MBA 1997
Master of Environmental Management 1997
Associate Director of Incentive Programs at Connecticut Green Bank
FDCE 2020
Managing Director at Palladium Equity Partners
MBA 2004

Sustainable Finance & ESG Events

Connect with like-minded individuals

people

Grid Innovation Product Manager at Pacific Gas and Electric Company
MBA 2016
Chief Air Pollution Fighter at Blue Sky Analytics
Master of Environmental Management 2017
Director, Institutional Relations at Sustainalytics