# CBEY Home

**Source**: https://cbey.yale.edu/
**Parent**: https://cbey.yale.edu/yale-initiative-on-sustainable-finance-yisf

Program

Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program

Financing and Deploying Clean Energy (FDCE) is a 10-month admissions-based online certificate program at Yale that trains and connects rising leaders to accelerate the financing and deployment of clean energy at scale. Priority application deadline is March 29th.

[Learn more about this one-of-a-kind program](/financing-and-deploying-clean-energy-certificate-program)

CBEY update

Optimists Taking Action

CBEY's 2024-2025 annual report

Take a moment to look at the past year...at the ideas sparked, the networks strengthened, and the seeds of possibility planted.

[Read CBEY's Annual Report](https://www.canva.com/design/DAG320bDNS8/l2XG19AJARTxV3-4PK-Nvg/view?utm_content=DAG320bDNS8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h6fdad830b3#1)

Area of focus spotlight

From Concept to Climate Action

The 2025 Climate innovation Grant Recipients

After careful review by external judges, CBEY awarded $15,000 in grants to six environmentally focused ventures.

Recent story

Curtis Robinhold '03 Featured in Time 100 Climate List

Robinhold, an alum of the Yale SOM and YSE joint degree program, was recognized for leading a sustainable redesign of Portland International Airport.

[Read the story](https://som.yale.edu/story/2025/curtis-robinhold-03-featured-time-100-climate-list)

Recent story

Championing Resilient Regional Food Systems

Kelly McGlinchey’s research on kelp’s potential as a sustainable food source and its role in bolstering regional food systems helped secure a $172,000 grant to build processing facilities for ocean and land farmers in Connecticut.

[Read the story from Canopy](https://environment.yale.edu/canopy/2025/profile-alumni/championing-resilient-regional-food-systems)

CBEY update

Career Guidebook in Corporate Sustainability

We’re excited to share the new and improved version of our career guidebook in corporate sustainability! It provides provide resources, courses, events, and alumni examples to illustrate potential career pathways.

[Download the guidebook from our Careers page](/career-pathways-in-business-and-the-environment)

Program

CBEY Alumni Visiting Mentors

This program connects alumni with students to explore ideas and pathways at the intersection of business and the environment.

[Learn more and book time](/programs/cbey-alumni-visiting-mentors)

Recent story

From Yale to Alder Point

How Three Alumni are Redefining Farmland & Timberland Investment

Jessamine Fitzpatrick (YSE/SOM '12), Spenser Shadle (YSE/SOM '13), and Chris Larson (SOM '09) talk about the power of interdisciplinary education, professional networks, and a shared vision for sustainability.

[Read the article](https://cbey.yale.edu/our-stories/from-yale-to-alder-point-how-three-alumni-are-redefining-farmland-timberland-investment)

The CBEY community is connecting people, ideas, and resources to foster business and cross-sector solutions to global challenges.

[See the CBEY Mission](/about-us)

#### We educate, convene, and support the CBEY community to promote impactful change across these areas of focus.

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- [Corporate Sustainability](/our-areas-of-focus/corporate-sustainability "Corporate Sustainability")
- [Environmental Innovation](/our-areas-of-focus/environmental-innovation "Environmental Innovation")
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- [Nature-Based Solutions](/column-2/our-areas-of-focus/nature-based-solutions "Nature-Based Solutions")
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- [Thriving Food Systems](/column-2/our-areas-of-focus/thriving-food-systems "Thriving Food Systems")

ClimateCAP

Yale Ventures

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New Haven Independent

Carbon Containment Lab

ClimateHaven

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#### We’re a community of collaborators.

From mentorship programs and networking opportunities to long-term research projects, we connect individuals and ideas to support action.

Students

Alumni, Business Leaders, CBEY Resident Fellows, Experts, Faculty

Alumni, Visiting Mentors

Staff

We bring people together — whether at a webinar, panel discussion, or conference —  to elevate innovative ideas and move important conversations forward.

Wed, March 11th, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT — 1:00 PM EDT

Tue, March 24th, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT — 12:45 PM EDT

Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium

Wed, March 25th, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT — 1:00 PM EDT

Tue, March 31st, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT — 7:00 PM EDT

Kroon Hall - 3rd Floor (Knob)

Thu, March 5th, 2026, 2:00 PM EST — Fri, March 6th, 2026, 5:00 PM EST

Tue, March 3rd, 2026, 5:30 PM EST — 7:00 PM EST

Mon, March 2nd, 2026, 12:00 PM EST — 12:45 PM EST

Sat, February 28th, 2026, 8:00 AM EST — 5:00 PM EST