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With the 2020 Patagonia Case Competition Prompt Announced, How Can You Start Building Your Team Now?
November 26, 2019
Written by Tiffany Tran and John Monaghan, both Berkeley Haas MBA ’20 candidates and 2019 Patagonia Case Competition Runner Ups. Centered around one of the most admired companies in the world and focused on solving some of the most relevant…
Reflections on the 2019 Net Impact Conference
November 18, 2019
Written by Thais Esteves, MBA ’21 candidate “It is all about the journey and connecting to others” is just a cliché, some may say. Even though I try, sometimes it is a hard principle to embed in day-to-day life. In today’s world, in…
Questioning the Status Quo at the 2019 Food Summit
November 18, 2019
Written by Eva Gurfein, Sustainable Food Initiative Student Lead and MBA ’21 Candidate On October 21st, Food@Haas hosted the annual Food Summit in partnership with the Career Management Group. The summit kicked off a week of discovery and…
Sustainable Vikings: Introduction
November 17, 2019
The following is a chapter excerpt from the in-progress book “Sustainable Vikings: Nordic Leadership in Sustainable Capitalism” authored by the CRB Executive Director Robert Strand. This book serves as the base text for the Haas…
The False Dawn of Corporate Social Responsibility
October 20, 2019
This blog post originally appeared in California Management Review’s Blog here on October 9, 2019. Looking at the prospects for more-enlightened corporate behavior in light of the recent headline making pledge of by the Business Roundtable…
Welcome our 2019-2020 Student Advisory Board New Members
October 20, 2019
The Center for Responsible Business is delighted to announce the newest members of our Student Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB works with the Center and fellow students to advise on as well as design and implement program structure, content,…
Sustainable Innovation: How are companies utilizing sustainability as a driver for innovation?
October 18, 2019
Written by Nerjada (Ada) Maksutaj, MBA ’20, CRB Fellow On September 18th, the Center for Responsible Business launched its new focus area: Sustainable Innovation, with a Peterson Speaker Series. We were lucky to hear from panelists…
Free Mug Share Program Looks to Make a Home in Berkeley
September 13, 2019
Written by Berklee Welsh, BS ’20 As U.C. Berkeley’s Zero Waste by 2020 goal quickly approaches, an all-hands-on-deck approach is needed to make significant progress on achieving the stated 90% diversion rate throughout campus. A…
CRB Student Advisory Board Summer Experiences
September 13, 2019
Alison Gilbert, MBA ’20 MBA Innovation Intern at Clif Bar This summer, Alison took on an innovation project at Clif Bar. Her work “explored how to design a product that directly speaks to Clif Bar’s commitment to its core aspirations…
Looking to the 2019-2020 Academic Year: Letter from the Executive Director
September 13, 2019
Dear Friends of the Center for Responsible Business: The fall semester is off and running here at U.C. Berkeley and the halls of Haas are buzzing with energy. As we have now entered a new academic year, I would like to offer some reflections…
