Business and the Environment


  1. How to Rev Up One of the Greatest Engines of Sustainability

    During a recent visit to the School of the Environment, André Hoffmann, vice-chair of the global healthcare company Roche, and business journalist Peter Vanham discussed their new book, The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity & Sustainability.
  2. Greening Global Trade

    For the past 15 months, Professor Daniel Esty has been co-leading the Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future Project at the World Trade Organization. In advance of Climate Week NYC, he discusses how international trade can, in fact, be remade to support sustainable development and the transition to a low-carbon future.
  3. The Center for Industrial Ecology: Pathfinders in Life Cycles and Resource Reuse

    This is the first in a special series that takes an in-depth look at Yale School of the Environment’s Centers, Programs, and Initiatives. This month’s focus is on the Center for Industrial Ecology, which seeks not only to advance our understanding of the environmental impacts of production and consumption on an international scale, but also to be part of tangible