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In one of New Haven’s most contested races this election cycle, Democrat Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 beat incumbent Green Party candidate Allan Brison for the East Rock aldermanic seat with a vote of 652 to 339.
Throughout their campaigns, Ward 10 candidates Elicker and Brison focused on walking door-to-door to talk to constituents, and on Tuesday they stood by the polling place at Wilbur Cross High School in a last-ditch effort to woo voters.
Though they may have once been considered an oxymoron, green business school programs are multiplying fast at top b-schools. This week, Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a project run by the Aspen Institute, released its biennial ranking of the best green MBA programs.
When David Roberts was growing up near the oilfields of West Texas in the early 1960s, it never got dark. Back then, oilfields were lit 24/7 by the gas flares used to burn off natural gas, a byproduct of oil drilling. The flares released massive amounts of CO2, and over time, oil companies halted that harmful practice in the U.S. But gas flares remain the norm in the developing world—and today Roberts oversees a team at Marathon Oil that's trying to end the practice.
To access the full article - click here.
(Press Release: September 23, 2009)
In a chapter called Protecting Forests and Lands through Environmental Markets and Finance, The Nature Conservancy President and CEO Mark Tercek discusses the important role forests can play in fighting climate change. As part of a soon-to-be-released book by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale called Carbon Finance: Investing in Forests and Land for Climate Protection, Mark Tercek stresses the need to develop a U.S. federal climate change policy that encourages private sector investment in forest conservation.
To download the pre-release chapter - click here.
CBEY is seeking to hire a student research assistant to provide 10 hours per week of support to the Center’s research and educational programming on eco-prizes, awards and competitions. This position will support the research interests of Anastasia O'Rourke, PhD. This position is open to Yale undergraduate and graduate students only.
For more information - click here.
For the past week and a half, Yale students and Costa Rican professionals have been working around the clock to develop a road map for Costa Rica to achieve its goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2021. The group of 12 young leaders, composed of Costa Ricans, Yale Grad students, and leading international thinkers – law students, earth scientists, architects, agronomists, entrepreneurs, green energy experts, agronomists, and others – developed a report regarding the feasibility of President Arias’ goal of CO2 neutrality by 2021 (a goal ambitions as it is historic) and came out with a roadmap for achieving that goal.
For more information on press coverage - click here.
CBEY is seeking to hire several student research assistants to provide between 5 to 10 hours per week of support to the Center’s research and educational programming. This position will support the various research and education initiatives undertaken by the Center during the year. These positions are open to Yale undergraduate and graduate students only.
For more information - click here.
Students will have an opportunity to apply their knowledge of business and environmental issues to real-life situations faced by outside organizations. The Clinic provides a unique opportunity for students to manage a real-life consulting client engagement and make recommendations based on market research and financial analyses. The clinic is open to both FES and SOM students. The intent is to provide a “capstone” experience, calling for the application of skills and tools learned from previous classes.
For more information - click here.
Yale University provides a wide variety of courses in business and the environment. This semester's featured courses include:
For those interested in energy, climate change, development, technology, strategy, marketing, law and policy, design, and other courses at the business-environment interface, see what courses we are currently offering for the Fall of 2009.
(August 13, 2009)
In a recent CNN commentary entitled "Green jobs: hope or hype?" Samuel Sherraden argues that green job creation will be insufficient to bring America out of recession. But Sherraden narrowly defines green as a "sector," and fails to see its potential as a strategy for the revitalization of the entire economy.
Andrew Shapiro from GreenOrder is a Yale Law School alumnus.
This year Academy of Management's annual conference in Chicago, Illinois will feature the theme "Green Management Matters".
Join Dan Esty, Director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, and his colleagues Eric Orts (University of Pennsylvania), Magali Delmas (UCLA), Sunil Chopra (Northwestern), Michael Lenox (University of Virginia), and Thomas Lyon (University of Michigan) in a symposium that will explore the challenges and opportunities of "Building Sustainable Business Programs" on Sunday, August 9, 2009 from 11:30-2:30 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago - Grand A.
This year Academy of Management's annual conference in Chicago, Illinois will feature the theme "Green Management Matters".
Join Marian Chertow, Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program at Yale, and her colleagues Jennifer Howard-Grenville (University of Oregon), Dayna Simpson (Oregon State University), Raymond Paquin (Concordia University), Sara Soderstrom (Northwestern University), Brent McKnight (University of Western Ontario), John Ehrenfeld (International Society for Industrial Ecology), Joseph Sarkis (Clark University), William Hoffman (Chicago Manufacturing Center) in a professional development workshop to define and develop a research agenda around the growing field of industrial symbiosis. The session is on Sunday, August 9, 2009 from 2:30-5:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Chicago - Grand D North.
This year Academy of Management's annual conference in Chicago, Illinois will feature the theme "Green Management Matters".
Join Bryan Garcia, Program Director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, Anastasia O'Rourke (PhD Yale University), and their colleagues Paul Jerde (University of Colorado), and Paul Kirsch (University of Michigan) in a professional development workshop that will help participants understand the connection between eco-prizes and innovation systems, cleantech venture capital, local economic development and environmental protection efforts on Saturday, August 8, 2009 from 12:50-2:50 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in the Wright Room.
Statement from David Sandalow (Yale '78), Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs, before the Committee on Environment and Public Works in the U.S. Senate.
Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
I have traveled to China twice in the past two months. During those trips I have seen the impressive investments that country is making in clean energy. Chinese companies are investing in advanced clean coal technologies. They are deploying huge wind farms. They are building ultra-high-voltage long-distance transmission lines with low line loss. They are launching programs to deploy electric vehicles in 13 major cities.
The Journal of Industrial Ecology invites you to submit articles for a special issue on "Environmental Applications of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)" by September 1, 2009. Scott Matthews of Carnegie Mellon University and Eric Masanet of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will jointly serve as editors of the special issue.
Mark Peters, a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, reports in the Wall Street Journal's Environment Report that "Connecticut is in the forefront of states developing market incentives to encourage the biggest consumers of electricity-households-to use a little less."
This article entitled "Credits for Cutbacks" features the work of CBEY Program Director, Bryan Garcia.
Artwork by Rob Shepperson.
To access the full article - click here.
In an article entitled Building Green States through Green Buildings, former Connecticut DEP Commissioner (and current Assistant Administrator of Air and Radiation for the U.S. EPA), Gina McCarthy and the Program Director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, Bryan Garcia, discuss the opportunities for state governments to develop initiatives and policies that bring together the interrelationships of the environment, energy, transportation, and economic development - using climate change as the catalyst.
(May 24, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark)
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Assistant Professor Rob Bailis, oversees student research effort to understand progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering carbon intensities. Bailis and students present the findings from the report "Emissions Reductions and Lower Carbon Intensity: Are We Making Progress?" to the delegates at the Summit in Copenhagen.
We propose that the old adage "think globally, act locally," inspired by Friends of the Earth founder David Brower in 1969, be re-coined to "think globally, invest locally." In today's state-based regulatory regimes for clean energy, energy efficiency and climate change, there are a number of investment opportunities for everyday investors like you and me, from the risk averse to the risk taker.
Mercy Corps hosted this Government Leadership Program at Nike Headquarters in Portland, Oregon. This program presented a powerful opportunity to engage with the future leaders of China through an open dialogue with Mercy Corps staff and others. Chinese delegates from the All China Youth Federation met with local and national American leaders to discuss real examples of social innovation within government and society.
CBEY Program Director Bryan Garcia, presented a presentation called "Public-Private Partnerships and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund" during the third day's discussions on The Role of Cross Sector Partnerships in Promoting Social Innovation.
(April 20, 2009)
James Cameron, an executive director of Climate Change Capital, an investment company, is proposing creating "environment bonds" similar to bonds created by governments during the 20th century to fund efforts to fight World War II.
(April 29, 2009)
In his first 100 days, President Obama has taken bold steps to change America's direction on energy and the environment. He has committed billions of dollars to new spending on clean energy.
To access this blog by Andrew Shapiro from GreenOrder - click here.
New Haven, Conn. '' Kate L. Harrison, author of The Green Bride Guide and winner of the inaugural $25,000 winner-take-all Sabin Environmental Venture Prize, is hosting the state''s first 'EcoChic Wedding & Home Show' this weekend in Stamford, CT.
For Harrison, a graduating student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, turning 2.5 million weddings that reach over 400 million people a year into a market to advance "green" products and services has the potential to significantly reduce environmental degradation and create the "green" jobs of the future.
For more information on the Green Bride Guide - click here.
Building from the success of the 2007 and 2008 sessions, the Center for Business and the Environment is hosting its third weeklong course on conservation finance from June 22-26, 2009 on Yale's campus in New Haven, Connecticut. A special focus for this year is on ways to keep financing land conservation in these difficult economic times.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, Land Trust Alliance, Island Press, and the Conservation Finance Forum.
If you are interested in applying - click here.
For more information - click here.
New Haven, Conn. The six Sabin Prize finalists have been announced and they are heading to the Bulldogs' Den on Friday, April 17, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in the Burke Auditorium of Kroon Hall. The finalists will be presenting their entrepreneurial ventures to a panel of judges comprised of a businessman, a couple of venture capitalists, an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist.
MANILA, Philippines (April 2, 2009) - President Arroyo has appointed former investment banker and Energy Secretary Vincent Perez to head the National Renewable Energy Board, a new body created under the Renewable Energy Act.
For more information - click here.
Yale University welcomes our visiting guests from the REIL Network to New Haven, CT for a Conversation on Climate Change, Carbon Finance, and Clean Energy.
For more information - click here.
A world renown leader and investor in the low carbon economy, James Cameron of Climate Change Capital is in the business of "creating wealth worth having".
Join Dean Gus Speth, Andrew Sabin, and James Cameron on Friday, April 17th in a celebration of environmental entrepreneurship at Yale with the conclusion of the inaugural Sabin Environmental Venture Prize competition.
The Next Generation Fellowship, supported by General Electric, is a new initiative of Yale University, the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management. This initiative provides interested students financial support to work with faculty on research and education projects in corporate sustainability in developed and developing countries.
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The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale are seeking a summer intern to work full-time to provide research support between the months of May through August of 2009.
President Levin announced that Nobel Laureate Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri will lead the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute. Pachauri has chaired the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002 and has been director general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) since 2001. He will retain these positions while taking up his new half-time position at Yale. Pachauri has been an active leader in the global climate policy debate and played a major role in laying the groundwork for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
For those aspiring Yale student and faculty entrepreneurs interested in competing for the $25,000 Sabin Environmental Venture Prize, Round 2 applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on April 2, 2009.
Today will be a training session on how to register on Vator TV - the voice of the entrepreneur.
For more information on the Sabin Prize - click here.
A new "green" economy is supposed to emerge from the Obama stimulus package now being crafted in Congress - but what does "green" really mean?
Join Dan Esty, Director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale and Mark Tercek, President of The Nature Conservancy. For access to the broadcast - click here.
For those aspiring Yale student and faculty entrepreneurs interested in competing for the $25,000 Sabin Environmental Venture Prize, please submit your Letter of Interest by 5:00 p.m. on January 23, 2009.
For more information on the Sabin Prize - click here.
Many Americans have already taken action to reduce their energy use and many others would do the same if they could afford to, according to a national survey conducted by Yale and George Mason universities.
For a link to the report - click here.
If you are a current Yale graduate school student interested in engaging in a real world environmental consulting project, then F&ES 80046b "The Business and the Environment Consulting Clinic" is a course for you.
Potential projects for the Spring 2009 semester include: Curtis Packaging, Fiji Water, Green Electronics Council, Nestle Waters North America, OR&L Construction, Pinchbeck Roses, Proton Energy, Unicorr Group, and Yale Club of New York.
For more information - click here.
Join Center for Business and the Environment at Yale Director, Brad Gentry, and Program Director, Bryan Garcia in "The Economy's Low Carbon Conversion".
This video was made possible by the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies multimedia department. For a link to the video - click here.
Early this year, four major investment firms-Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, MorganStanley and Bank of America-announced standards that effectively prevent them from financing new construction of conventional coal-fired power plants, currently the largest source of electric power in the United States. With the credit crisis dominating the headlines,it was a minor story buried deep in the business section. But it turned on an increasingly important factor in investment decisions, with the potential both for enormous profits and for losses that could ultimately make the credit crisis look pale: The bankers were worried about global warming.
This article was published in the Fall 2008 edition of environment:Yale, a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
(by Volker H. Hoffmann and Timo Busch)
The dependency on carbon-based materials and energy sources and the emission of greenhouse gases have been recognized as major problems of the 21st century. Companies are central to the effort to grapple with these issues due to the large material flows they process and their capabilities for technological innovation. It is important, on the one hand, to determine the individual stake companies have in these issues and, on the other, to measure companies' performance.
This article was published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Volume 12, Issue 4.
The International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) will holds it 5th International Conference, ISIE 2009, from June 21-24, 2009 in Lisbon, Portugal.
There are many dimensions on which sustainability depends, including technical, socio-economic, cultural, spatial, environmental preservation, distribution of wealth, etc. Achieving sustainability therefore requires a multitude of changes identified by different disciplines as system innovation, regime transformation, industrial transformation, technological transition, or socio-economic paradigm shift. The term transition covers all of these and its direction and speed are determined by the collective innovation decisions of various actors involved.
Soltage is one company looking to finance the widespread adoption of clean, cheap solar power.
As Route 1 ribbons across Connecticut, it is packed with big-box stores and strip malls. Pilgrim Furniture City in Milford sits across from a Costco and a La-Z-Boy store. The roughly 1,500 solar panels on the roof of the 80,000-square-foot furniture retailer implicitly point to the untapped opportunity in the millions of acres of unused roofs across the country.
(New York Times - Dining & Wine Section on November 5, 2008)
Join Judy Logback, joint MBA/MEM degree student, Moore Scholar and founder of Kallari in this New York Times Dining & Wine section article.
On an island in the Napo River in Ecuador's Amazonian rain forest, in a tin-roofed hut on stilts, live some of the world's most unusual chocolate entrepreneurs.
(November 17, 2008 in the Sage Student Lounge at noon - lunch will be provided)
To learn more about the process for competing in the Sabin Environmental Venture Prize, an information session will be held in Sage Student Lounge (205 Prospect Street).
Enter your idea in the new Sabin Prize. $25,000 will be awarded to the best Yale student and/or faculty idea for a product, service, project or program that advances a more environmentally sustainable way of life.
For more information on the Sabin Prize - click here.
Environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the process used to manufacture them, according to research published in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
The Journal of Industrial Ecology is a peer-reviewed bimonthly owned by Yale University, headquartered at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and published by Wiley-Blackwell.
The special issue is available for free download - click here.
(October 16, 2008 at Dunham Lab on 10 Hillhouse Avenue)
The Sabin Prize Speaker Series, continues with a presentation by Dr. William Acker, Chairman of Optiwind and Taconic Energy. Dr. Acker has a long career of clean energy technology innovation from stationary and portable hydrogen fuel cells to on-site wind power.
The Sabin Prize Speaker Series provides educational learning opportunities on environmental entrepreneurship and is part of an effort to promote the Sabin Environmental Venture Prize. For more information - click here.
Audrey Davenport is a recipient of the Grantham Award in Business and the Environment. This award is provided to students that seek to bring about a higher level of awareness of urgent environmental issues and to supporting those who work to find innovative solutions to help protect and improve the health of the global environment.
To learn more about how you can apply for the Grantham Award in Business and the Environment - click here.
Edited by Bryan Garcia and Eric Roberts of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, this book presents the opinions and trend-setting experiences of leading practitioners in global carbon markets and finance on the business of climate change.
This publication contains both practical information and thoughtful analyses relevant to the asset management, hedge funds, insurance, investment banking, philanthropy, private equity, and venture capital arenas, among others.
Ask anyone in Connecticut what they think about the subject of energy and you're likely to hear a groan. After all, electricity, natural gas, oil and gasoline costs keep rising. And most of us are more concerned than ever about larger issues like effects on the environment. When you consider that the root of many of these problems is beyond your control, it can be hard to keep a positive outlook.
Do One Thing! For more information - click here.
Thomas Hodgman is a recipient of the Grantham Award in Business and the Environment. This award is provided to students that seek to bring about a higher level of awareness of urgent environmental issues and to supporting those who work to find innovative solutions to help protect and improve the health of the global environment. To learn more about how you can apply for the Grantham Award in Business and the Environment - click here.
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(September 30-October 1 at the New Haven Lawn Club)
This event will bring together Connecticut businesses to learn about the opportunities presented by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from Connecticut headquartered multinational companies like GE, ING and United Natural Foods to local product and service companies like NLR, EnerLume, and the Grease Guys.
John Paul Jewell is a recipient of the Grantham Award in Business and the Environment. This award is provided to students that seek to bring about a higher level of awareness of urgent environmental issues and to supporting those who work to find innovative solutions to help protect and improve the health of the global environment.
To learn more about how you can apply for the Grantham Award in Business and the Environment - click here.
(October 10, 2008 at the Yale Club in New York City from 2:00-6:00 p.m.)
On October 10, 2008 the Yale Center for Customer Insights (YCCI) and the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) will present the findings of our survey at the conference on Green Consumer Values.
(September 10, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. at the Yale Farm. For Yale students, faculty, and staff only.)
The Center for Business and the Environment at Yale in partnership with the Yale Sustainable Food Project invite joint degree students, club leaders, center directors, and friends to a welcome back event at the Yale Farm.
Come and enjoy the famous Yale Farm Pizza made from locally grown foods and learn more about the Yale Sustainable Food Project.
Yale University provides a wide variety of courses in business and the environment. For those interested in energy, climate change, development, technology, strategy, marketing, law and policy, design, and other courses at the business-environment interface, see what courses we are currently offering for the Fall of 2008.
In its first official year of operation, the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale led the organization of a number of educational activities and programs that some of you may have missed! However, donâ''t be alarmed. We have put together this â'Year in Reviewâ' section to bring you up to speed.
(Monday, July 14, 2008 at 11:30 p.m. on Comedy Central)
CBEY Co-Director, Dan Esty, will be appearing on Comedy Central's Colbert Report this evening at 11:30 p.m. Professor Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, will discuss the future of energy.
Legal limits on greenhouse-gas emissions are coming fast, with a $1 trillion carbon market emerging. At the core: A cadre of young, idealistic Yale forestry grads. But will carbon offsets do anything to slow global warming?
To access the article by Fast Company - click here
(June 24, 2008 at 9:00 in Bowers Auditorium)
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund and the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale invite you to participate in the Connecticut Wind Working Group. Come and listen to Brother Joseph Byron of the Portsmouth Abbey School talk about their community wind project.
Space is limited. You must RSVP to Glenn Weston-Murphy by Friday, June 20, 2008 at glenn.weston-murphy@yale.edu.
(May 28, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. in Bower's Auditorium)
The Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change invites your participation in implementing the Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan and developing new actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This meeting will focus on "Education and Consumer Actions". Come and listen Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change, present on "Climate Change and the American Mind"
(May 8, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium at 205 Prospect Street)
This conversation will help us understand what is happening in the cleantech space in terms of venture capital and entrepreneurial start-ups.
A reception with Cleantech in Connecticut will take place following the event at 116 Crown at 6:30.
(April 14, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
Join Mark Fulton, Climate Change Strategist of Deutsche Bank to help us understand how four themes frame their analytical approach to climate change investing including government regulation, carbon prices, new technologies and competitive and reputational factors.
This special addition to the "Carbon Finance Speaker Series" is made possible by the Yale Office of Sustainability.
(Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. at Luce Hall Auditorium)
Gary Hirshberg has been at the forefront of movements working for environmental and social transformation for 30 years. From his early days as an educator and activist to his current position as President and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the world's largest organic yogurt company, Hirshberg's positive outlook has inspired thousands of people to recognize their ability to make the world better.
(Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at Luce Hall Auditorium with a Reception to Follow)
Founder of the White Dog Cafe, Judy Wicks, and co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and Sustainable Business Network of Greater PhiladelphiaÃ' will be featured at a public presentation at Luce Hall at 32 Hillhouse Avenue.
(Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 12:00 at 230 Prospect Street in the 3rd Floor Board Room)
Join Cecilie Hultmann, Communication and Partnership Manager with the UN Global Compact, in a conversation on voluntary business leadership and climate action. "Caring for Climate" is a voluntary and complementary action platform for those UN Global Compact participants who seek to demonstrate leadership on the issue of climate change.
There is a limit of 10 students for this event. You must RSVP to Bryan Garcia at bryan.garcia@yale.edu.
(Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge at Sage Hall)
A select panel of Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies graduates will join with faculty, current and admitted students, and other guests in conversations about the panelists' professional and personal experiences with diversity in their respective environmental fields.
(April 2, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
Learn how carbon liabilities are being evaluated as the US moves closer to carbon regulation. Innovest's Carbon Beta analytical platform is a tool to value stock prices of large companies in light of carbon risk.
(March 25, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
The growth in the voluntary market for carbon offsets has seen tremendous growth in the U.S. over the past several years. This presentation by Clean Air-Cool Planet, will explore the questions that consumers should be asking when considering the purchase of retail carbon offsets.
(March 27, 2008 at 4:30 in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
As part of the "Carbon Finance Speaker Series at Yale," this private equity panel will help us understand the various investments being pursued by several of the leading private equity investors in clean energy and climate change.
A reception with Cleantech in Connecticut will take place following the event at Thali restaurant.
(March 6, 2008 at 4:30 in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
Andrew Aulisi, Director of the Markets and Enterprise Program for the World Resources Institute, will give a presentation on how carbon price signals will have significant impacts in the forest sector at various points in the value chain of an industry, with important implications for investment, capital expenditures and strategic positioning.
(Monday March 3 at 4:00 in the GM Room)
The Climate Counts Company Scorecard â' originally launched in June 2007â' helps people make climate-conscious purchasing and investing choices and encourages them to urge the world's most well-known companies to take the issue of climate change seriously.
(Thursday February 28 at 11:45 a.m. in SOM Room A70)
The worldwide leader in the development of wind farms will discuss the trends in wind energy development.
(February 28, 2008 at 4:30 in the GM Room)
Ralph Mucerino, President of AIG Global Marine & Energy, will discuss the impact of climate change on insurance and related financial products and services.
(February 21, 2008 from 4:30 to 6:00 at the Yale Peabody Museum)Ã'
Connecticut has been one of the leading proponents of state action on climate change in the U.S. and Commissioner Gina McCarthy is both a local and national leader on this issue.
(February 21, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. at SOM A74)
Erika Morgan, Senior VP of Communications and Policy, and former SOM graduate, will speak about this innovative venture to bring solar power to every home.
(February 14, 2008 from 4:30 to 6:00 in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
James Gustave Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will speak on the intersection of business and the environment.
(February 13, 2008 at Luce Hall from 4:30 to 7:00)
This event will look at marine resource science and policy and involve a moderated discussion by a panel of experts involved in the supply chain.
(Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 4:30 in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse)
This program brings together the leading funders within the philanthropic community that are funding solutions to climate change - Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Henry P. Kendall Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Moderated by James Gustave Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
(Wednesday, February 6, 2008 in Luce Hall with a reception to follow at Thali Restaurant)
As Director of Morgan Stanley's Office of the Environment, Jim Butcher is responsible for coordinating internal efforts and engaging with external stakeholders and working with clients on the environment.
(February 4, 2008 at 12:00 in Bowers Hall)
A White House veteran, Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution, and Yale graduate, David Sandalow will discuss what would happen if the next President made breaking the United States' addiction to oil a top priority.
(January 30, 2008 at 5:30 at the Delamar Hotel in Greenwich, CT)
The Connecticut Hedge Fund Association together with the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, Connecticut Departments of Environmental Protection, Insurance, Treasury, and Clean Air - Cool Planet have organized a winter symposium of insurance and investment management leaders to explore risks and opportunities as well as the new Green Exchange trading platform established by a NYMEX-led consortium of leading financial institutions.
(January 23, 2008 at 4:30 in Luce Hall)
REpower CEO to discuss Suzlon Energy and the Global Market for Wind Power. Based in India, Suzlon is one of the world's top three players in the wind energy sector.
(December 6, 2007 at 4:30 in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
Can businesses use green leadership to spur innovation, enhance competitiveness, and boost profits? Andrew Shapiro, Founder and CEO of GreenOrder, will examine how and why leading companies are turning to environmental sustainability as a source of business value, even as the mainstreaming of green is making it harder to do well, in his discussion "Using Green to Win: Sustainable Innovation and Competitiveness".
(December 5, 2007 at 6:30 at the Omni Hotel in the College Room)
Theodore Roosevelt IV, Chairman of the Lehman Brothers Council on Global Climate Change and Managing Director, Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers, will discuss the opportunities to advance climate change and conservation solutions via financial markets and mechanisms for greenhouse gas emissions.
(November 7, 2007 at 3:00 in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
Katherine Hamilton, Carbon Program Manager for Ecosystem Marketplace, offers a primer on the voluntary carbon markets, both what they are and how they work. In addition, she will present her recent research on market trends, quantifying prices and volumes transacted in the marketplace, and evolving standards.
(November 6, 2007 at 2:30 pm in the Steinbach Lounge at 52 Hillhouse Avenue)
Peter Sweatman, managing director of client operations in Southern Europe and Latin America for UK-based investment bank Climate Change Capital, will deliver the talk, â'A Pot of Gold for Renewable Energy? Funding RE Projects with Carbon Finance."
(October 26, 2007 at 2:00 pm in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
Vince Perez, former Professor at the School of Management, international investment banker and energy secretary from the Philippines will speak about renewable energy markets and opportunities in emerging countries.
(October 31, 2007 at 3:30 pm in Luce Hall at 34 Hillhouse Avenue)
Abyd Karmali, Managing Director and Global Head of Carbon Emissions at investment bank Merrill Lynch, will present his talk, "Investment Banks Jump on Board: Mining the Opportunities in Global Carbon Markets."
The Fall 2007 line-up for the "Carbon Finance Speaker Series," an initiative in Environmental Finance at Yale is complete! The following organizations will be presenting in the coming weeks - Environmental Markets Network, Merrill Lynch, Climate Change Capital, AIG Global Marine & Energy, and Lehman Brothers. This series is supported by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
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(Apply by Monday, October 22, 2007)
Entreprenuerial Business Planning with Maureen Burke and David Cromwell begins on Monday, October 29th at 5:30 pm. Student teams will write a business plan for their own start-up company and enter their plans in the Y50K Business Plan Contest sponsored by the Yale Entrepreneurial Society.
(October 14, 2007 at 9:30 am in the GM Room at 55 Hillhouse Avenue)
Vinod Khosla, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, will have a Sunday morning conversation with Yale students and the New Haven community about his energy vision for the world.
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(October 18, 2007 at 4:30 pm in the Steinbach Lounge)
Daniel Yergin, Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, will explain how geopolitical forces affect energy market dynamics and discuss the opportunities and challenges that will result.
(October 24, 2007 at 4:30 pm in Luce Hall at 34 Hillhouse Avenue)
The Environmental Markets Network (EMN) is a new initiative of Environmental Defense to build support in the financial community for market-based solutions to climate change and other environmental problems. EMN was formerly led by Jon A. Anda, former Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley and current Executive in Residence at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
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The SEABUS summer academy invites research papers on innovative responses and strategies for business and management that create new opportunities for future business by contributing to the sustainability of the life-supporting environmental and social systems.
(September 13, 2007 at 4:30 pm in Luce Hall at 34 Hillhouse Avenue)
Based on research from the book The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets, Professors William Goetzmann and K. Geert Rouwenhorst will discuss the 4,000 year evolution of finance.
Governor M. Jodi Rell today recognized Yale University and Bryan Garcia with a 2007 Climate Change Leadership Award from the Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change.
Citigroup’s $50 Billion Commitment to Addressing Climate is Part of the
Speaker: Michael Dworkin, Vermont Law School Institute for Energy & Environment, April 9, 2007.
Speakers: Bill Lese (Braemar Energy Ventures), Anastasia O’Rourke (Yale) and two energy technology companies (TBD)
Speaker: Richard Liroff, Investor Environmental Health Network, April 19, 2007.
Innovation and Energy with George Weyerhaeuser, Jr.
Wednesday January 31, 2007
"Global Forest Policy: An Industry Perspective"
Thursday February 1, 2007
"Climate Change: A Changing World - Let's All Get Involved"
Friday February 2, 2007
"Health Risks of Inorganic Arsenic: A Serious Threat?"
Thursday February 8, 2007
"Prophetic Nature: Where Environmental Past and Future Meet"
February 12, 2007
"Effects of Land Use Change on Bornean Ecosystems: Implications for Carbon Emissions"
Friday February 9, 2007
Bryan Garcia appointed to lead activities and expansion of the Center.
Domtar Executive to Discuss Environmental Certification
Thursday, January 25, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Yale FES, Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street
Environmental Trends: Looking Into the Abyss
Lecture by Gus Speth, Dean and professor at Yale FES.
Monday January 23, 2007
4:00-5:15 PM
Linsly-Chittenden Hall
