Tag: CRB Events
Sustainability: A Responsibility and Opportunity in California and the Nordics
April 29, 2021
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…
Peterson Speaker Series with Chip Bergh, President & CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
December 30, 2020
Written by Madeleine Wong, B.S. ’22 and CRB Student Advisory Board member On December 1st, the Center for Responsible Business (CRB)’s Peterson Speaker Series and the Berkeley Haas Dean’s Speaker Series hosted Chip Bergh, the President…
Food Summit 2020: Creativity as the Secret Ingredient to Success in the Food Industry
November 24, 2020
This year on October 20th, the Food@Haas student group put together a Food Summit during career week for students of the Haas School of Business. The summit sought to give students exposure to the breadth of professional opportunities available to…
Nordic Talks: Parental Leaves in the Nordics. Inspiration for California?
December 19, 2019
“It’s easy in Sweden to work and have kids.” — Making Motherhood Work Nordic countries are renowned for their generous parental leaves. All evidence suggests that these leaves bring a host of benefits including improved maternal and…
American Capitalism: An Evolution or a Revolution?
December 19, 2019
CRB Executive Director Robert Strand was invited to testify to a U.S. Congress committee hearing on December 4, 2019 to consider issues of responsible business in American capitalism. Below is the formal testimony Robert submitted in advance of the…
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…
AI for Social Impact: Designing for More Inclusive Artificial Intelligence
April 29, 2019
Written by Jeff Hartsough, MBA Candidate Class of 2019 and Ada Maksutaj, MBA Candidate Class of 2020 On March 7th, the Center for Responsible Business and the Human Rights Center, in collaboration with Microsoft, hosted the third annual conference…
Corporate sustainability leadership: What we can learn from the Nordics and California
April 29, 2019
Written by Isabella Martin, Master of Development Practice Candidate, Class of 2019 Sustainability is the talk of the town, particularly in the business world. Many companies are now reporting on sustainability however there are few regulations and…
