Tag: Patagonia
Announcing Winning Teams of the 2020 Patagonia Case Competition
June 16, 2020
Congratulations to the outstanding top six finalist teams of the 2020 Patagonia Case Competition! As a company, Patagonia consistently stands at the forefront of sustainable business, implementing environmental solutions to its mission statement and…
Sustainable Open Innovation is Guiding Carlsberg to a Biodegradable Beer Bottle Breakthrough
April 21, 2020
Written by Alison Gilbert, CRB Student Advisory Board Member and MBA ’20 Danish beer manufacturer Carlsberg is currently prototyping the world’s first ‘paper’ beer bottle. It’s made from sustainably-sourced wood fibers and is both 100%…
Meet Namrata Gummalla: 2019 Patagonia Case Competition Finalist and Patagonia Corporate Development Intern
December 13, 2019
Beginning in 2016, the Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business and industry leader in sustainability, Patagonia, came together to bring next generation thinking to Patagonia’s most pressing sustainability challenges. The partnership is a…
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…
Case Studies: Inspiring the Next Generation of Responsible Leaders
July 31, 2019
Authoring sustainability-minded case studies is one way the CRB helps move sustainability further into the mainstream. Working with the Berkeley-Haas Case Series and the California Management Review, we develop case studies suitable for inclusion…
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…
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…
Can Rapid Growth be “Sustainable”?
April 29, 2018
Written by Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff, CRB Student Advisory Board, CRB Fellow & MBA ’18 Candidate “What’s your advice for fast-growing companies looking to do so sustainably?” I asked climbing legend and Patagonia Vice President of…
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…
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…
