Sustainable Procurement Key to Lowering Carbon Footprint
Credit: iStock/Tryaging As more companies focus on reducing their carbon footprint, there’s one element that is key but often overlooked reducing emissions from their supply chains.
Anastasia O’Rourke ’09 PhD
who is managing director of the Yale School of the Environment’s Carbon Containment Lab, focuses on advancing sustainable and green purchasing, and helping organizations look for opportunities in their own supply chains to make a positive impact on reducing carbon emissions. She is a founding board member of the nonprofit Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) and will be delivering a workshop on buying credible carbon offsets during its Deep Dive series this week, which is open for public participation.
May 6, 2021
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David F. Swensen ’80 Ph.D., whose revolutionary approach to managing Yale’s endowment, warmth of spirit, and personal integrity made him one of the world’s most admired institutional investors and a beloved member of the Yale community, died May 5 in New Haven, after a long battle with cancer. He was 67.
Self-confident, selfless, spirited, and guided by a finely tuned moral compass, Swensen assumed management of Yale’s endowment in the mid-1980s, when he was in his early 30s and the endowment stood at $1.3 billion. In the decades to come, he won international renown for an approach to institutional investing that emphasized diversification beyond publicly traded stocks and bonds, especially with illiquid and alternative assets, for his commitment to ethical action in work and life, and for financial results.
David Swensen, Yale s renowned investments head, dies at 67
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In 2019, Yale University men’s basketball head coach James Jones, left, is presented with the game ball by David Swensen, chief investment officer for the Yale University Endowment, in the locker room after his 300th career win over Brown at Lee Amphitheater in New Haven.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Yale University Chief Investment Officer David Swensen, left, shakes hands with Yale University President Peter Salovey, center, during Yale University’s 318th Commencement in 2019 in New Haven.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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NEW HAVEN David Swensen, whose investment strategies brought Yale University’s endowment to a record $31 billion, has died.