The partnership enables Yale students, faculty, and Global Network members to engage directly with business leaders from across the WBCSD network.
Yale has announced a partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, allowing students, faculty, and global business leaders to work together to address critical sustainability issues that companies are facing worldwide. The WBCSD currently works with students enrolled in the Global Network course Natural Capital: Risks and Opportunities in Global Resource Systems, in which students are tasked with creating solutions to real-world environmental and materials problems affecting businesses.
From the press release:
“The world needs action on sustainability issues, and more importantly, action that can be scaled up,” said Peter Bakker, president, WBCSD. “We’re partnering with Yale University to better leverage the worlds of science and management schools to scale up ideas and create new ways of approaching how business can positively contribute to a sustainable future.”
The partnership’s initial focus will be the promotion of regional internships for students, research opportunities, and a pilot online course, Natural Capital: Risks and Opportunities in Global Resource Systems, which was launched in January. The course uses case studies to highlight businesses’ dependence on access to critical resources, such as materials, energy, food, and water, and the risks and opportunities inherent to operating in an increasingly resource-strained environment.
