Tag: Supply Chain
Why Entrepreneurial MBAs Should Look for Opportunities in the $500 Billion US Farm Bill
June 19, 2018
By Elaine Hsu, full-time MBA ‘19 candidate focusing on sustainable food systems Why is an MBA student taking a class on the farm bill? Simply put, you can’t understand the global food system without understanding the farm bill. For…
Finding the Will for Green Chemistry
June 20, 2017
By Anne Kramer, CRB Student Advisory Board & MBA ’18 Candidate; Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff, CRB Student Advisory Board, CRB Fellow & MBA ’18 Candidate Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, once said of a failing cause, “We have the…
The Sustainability and Human Rights Story Behind Your Jeans
April 27, 2017
Shanna Hoversten, CRB Student Advisory Board & MBA/MPH ‘17 I am a long-time Levi Straus & Company (LS&Co.) customer. As a Bay Area native, I’ve visited the company’s flagship store in San Francisco countless times, and…
A Concerned Center for Responsible Business
February 09, 2017
Dear Friends of the Center for Responsible Business, We’re writing to share our concerns with the recent actions of the current federal administration, our gratitude to many of our leading corporate partners of the Center for Responsible Business…
Dara O’Rourke: How to Make Sustainability Less Like Spinach
October 15, 2015
By Edmund L. Andrews This post originally appeared on the Institute for Business & Social Impact Blog. When it comes to products that are “good” – healthier, safer for the environment, or produced by companies that treat workers…
Benchmarking Sustainable Supply Chain Management
September 21, 2015
By Roshini R. Das, EMBA 15 According to Wikipedia, the word Benchmarking (in the business terms) means the process of comparing one’s business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other companies.…
Sustainable Supply Chains are Good for Businesses, Consumers and the World
May 01, 2014
By Jorge Zapata Barbara, MBA ‘14 Take a look at the stuff around you. Do you know where any of it comes from? What about the salad you are eating, the shoes you are wearing or the computer you are reading on? As I write this article I ask myself…
My Visit to Bentonville: Inside the World’s Biggest Supply Chain
January 07, 2013
Katie DeWitt, Haas MBA 2014, is featured in Greenbiz’s “Generation S” column. In this week’s post, she writes about her involvement in a student fellowships, in which she and her teammates are helping to roll out…
Engage with the CRB in March!
March 17, 2012
The CRB is redefining good business this month with students, professionals and faculty engaged at all levels! Join us at one of our upcoming events: Thurs, 3/8 – the CRB’s Omar Romero-Hernandez exposes 20 undergraduate students to corporate…
Mitsubishi and Sustainable Sushi
March 28, 2010
Just a few days ago, a proposal to ban all international trade of bluefin tuna, put forth by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), was voted down 68 to 20 at a United Nations meeting in Doha, Quatar. In spite of the…