Posts by Center for Responsible Business
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…
Cilia Holmes Indahl, CEO of EQT Foundation Speaks to Haas Students
Sustainability in Private Equity and the Evolution of Impact Investing in the Nordics, with Cilia Holmes Indahl, CEO of EQT Foundation – 21 March 2023, Chou Hall at Berkeley Haas Cilia Homes Indahl, CEO of the EQT Foundation within EQT Group, visited campus to speak to students about sustain…
Regenerative Agriculture Salon – From the Ranch to the Plate
From the Ranch to the Plate: Exploring the State of Regenerative Animal Protein This salon brought students, community members, regenerative agriculture practitioners, and investors together to discuss and identify regenerative pathways for producing, processing, and packaging animal protein …
Welcome Reese Costis – 2023 CRB Fellow
The Center for Responsible Business is proud to introduce Reese Costis as our 2023-2025 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. Reese’s dy…
Sustainable Products Don’t Build Sustainable Companies
Photo by Svitlana on Unsplash Written By: Morgan Zemaitis 6/22/2022 A Razor Revolution In 2017, I bought a safety razor. The sweltering summer in Atlanta was ending, and I had gone through over $50 worth of disposable razors […]
CRB Student Advisory Board Summer Experiences
Tess Krasne, MBA 2022 MBA Special Projects Intern & Associate at Getaway & Alante Capital I worked with the CEO and Chief of Staff at Getaway to explore new strategic growth opportunities in the “free time” space. I put together pitch decks, financial models, and pilot tests for …
Meet Natalie Valentin: 2021 CRB Fellow
The Center for Responsible Business is proud to introduce Natalie Valentin as our 2021-2023 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. Natalie’s …
CRB Associate Director Seren Pendleton-Knoll’s Final Day
Dear Friends of the Center for Responsible Business, As many of you know, our long-time CRB Associate Director Seren Pendleton-Knoll’s final day with us here at UC-Berkeley was Friday. Seren will soon assume the exciting new role of Director, Strategic Partnerships and Sustainability with the Ma…
Students Stress Global Sustainability Challenges to HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Written by: Madeleine Wong, CRB Student Advisory Board Member, UGBA and Environmental Economics & Policy ’22 On April 27, 2021 the Crown Prince of Norway, His Royal Highness (H.R.H) Haakon Magnus, virtually visited the state of California, making a special stop at his alumnus campus of the Uni…
Sustainability: A Responsibility and Opportunity in California and the Nordics
Written by: Mahon Walsh, B.S. ’22 CRB Student Advisory Board member On March 24th, the Center for Responsible Business (CRB) presented Business Leadership for Sustainability Transformation, a roundtable discussing the role of business in driving sustainable change. In partnership with the Nordic I…