Posts by Center for Responsible Business
Embedding Human Rights in Business: Reflections from the Human Rights & Business Series
The private sector has an outsized impact on global human rights. Businesses can promote or violate human rights through their labor practices, use of resources, distribution of products, and governance. Unfortunately, market forces tend to incentivize businesses to neglect human rights practices fo…
Flourishing Farmer: Business Models for Regenerative Agriculture
The CRB is proud to share this report, published by the Idea Garden Institute, and co-authored by two current Student Advisory Board members, Jacqueline Gottuso (MBA 25′), Cooper FitzGerald (MBA 25′), and recent Haas alum Anastasia Nevzgoda (MBA 24′); all of whom share a passionate…
The Sweet Spot: Balancing People, Planet, and Prosperity through Doughnut Economics
The CRB, under the “Rethinking Capitalism” initiative, is asking tough questions on the future of American business education. How are business schools implicated in the current state of the world, our communities, and the environment? What is our role in reshaping business school education? How…
Rethinking Capitalism in the American Business School
On November 7th, 2024, over 70 students, staff, faculty, and community members gathered at Berkeley’s historic Faculty Club for our Election Debrief: Rethinking Capitalism in the American Business School. The mood was somber and reflective – only two days before, the presidential election marked…
Welcome CRB’s 2024-25 New Student Advisory Board Members
Every Fall, the Center for Responsible Business’s Student Advisory Board recruits new members from across the campus. This year the board has recruited 15 new members to help create a space for the UC Berkeley community and thought leadership centered around redefining business for a sustainable a…
Advancing Sustainability Through the Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize
The Center for Responsible Business (CRB) is thrilled to announce the 2024-2025 Berkeley Haas Sustainable Research Prize. This prestigious $20,000 prize celebrates innovative academic research that has the potential to address urgent global sustainability challenges and accelerate the green transit…
Welcome Missy Martin, 2024 CRB Fellow
The Center for Responsible Business is proud to introduce Missy Martin as our 2024-2026 Fellow. The inception of the CRB Fellowship in 2011 is a symbol of our commitment to advancing graduates who will redefine conventional business practices and strive for impressive social impact. Missy’s dy…
Insights and Innovations: Students Dive into the Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize Papers
CRB Fellow 22-23 and Student Advisory Board member, Liz Schasel, shares her experience as one of the student reviewers for the inaugural Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize: “I had a great experience as a student reviewer for the inaugural Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Resea…
Student Reflections
A Legacy of Impact : Student Reflections on the Career of Chip Bergh, Former CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. Monday, January 29, 2024. Chip Bergh, newly retired former president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., woke up and, for the first time in over 40 years, did not […]
2023 SPARK Innovation Competition
The Center for Responsible Business and Nordic Center partnered with Ramboll and Equinor to bring together the best and brightest students from across UC Berkeley to tackle their toughest sustainability challenges. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, co-creation and ideation, the SPARK Innovat…