Tag: case competition
CRB Mobilizes Students to Solve Patagonia’s Most Pressing Sustainability Challenges
October 15, 2018
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”true” cite=”” link=”” color=”#15284B” class=”” size=”12″]Join the CRB on November 27th to celebrate 15 years of lasting…
Sowing the Seeds of Regenerative Agriculture
March 27, 2018
By Adrian Rodrigues, MBA 18 candidate & CRB Student Advisory Board member I first met Dan Barber in 2014 at his east village restaurant Blue Hill. I was there for a client meeting and, despite being a self-proclaimed “foodie”, didn’t know…
2016-17 CRB Year in Brief: Letter from the Executive Director
October 04, 2017
Dear Friends of the Center for Responsible Business: The 2017-18 academic year is off and running. The campus is abuzz with students and the first year MBAs have been pounding down the CRB doors and filling our “Coffee with the CRB” chats to…
Yale Brings Plant Power to Win the 2nd Annual Patagonia Case Competition
June 14, 2017
By Amelia Baum, UC Berkeley Undergrad & CRB Student Assistant; Eva Visscher-Simon, CRB Program Manager There were no losers at the second annual Patagonia Case competition, but there certainly were winners. After substantial deliberation, a team…
Patagonia Case Competition 2017 Finalists
April 13, 2017
By Keistrel Baron, UC Berkeley Student and CRB Student Assistant Patagonia is known for constantly seeking ways to redefine the relationship between business and a healthy planet. In an effort to make a positive impact in the food industry,…
Michigan Wins, Yale and Cal Place at Patagonia Eco-Competition
April 28, 2016
By Jim Rossi, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism The University of Michigan won, Yale came in second, and UC Berkeley’s team placed third from among over 100 teams nationwide in Patagonia’s inaugural Eco Innovation Case Competition. The…
The Patagonia Case Competition: Finding an Eco-Friendly Water Repellent
April 15, 2016
By Edmund L. Andrews Few companies have tied their identities more closely to environmental responsibility than Patagonia, the outdoor apparel manufacturer founded decades ago by the rock climber Yvon Choinard. Patagonia’s mission statement is…
Haas MBAs Take First Place Win at Net Impact National Case Competition
May 04, 2015
By Christina Meinberg, CRB Associate Director Today’s forward-thinking companies tell us that they are in search of MBA graduates who are able to view and address pressing global and business challenges through an interdisciplinary lens. A…
Impact Investing – Haas Style
April 17, 2014
By Chad Reed, MBA ’15 A few weeks ago, Berkeley-Haas MBA ’15 students Zach Knight and Chad Reed placed 2nd at the finals for the Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge. In this post, Chad shares their experience and innovative…
Levi’s Sustainability Undergraduate Case Competition
November 24, 2010
What happens when you bring left-brainers together with right-brainers? This semester, the Center for Responsible Business (CRB) partnered with California College of the Arts (CCA) to find out. Sustainable fashion design students from CCA were…