Tag: sustainability
Can Companies Lead the Climate Charge?
October 11, 2017
By Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff, CRB Student Advisory Board, CRB Fellow & MBA ’18 Candidate Thomas Jefferson once said, “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” Three months after President Trump…
Student Advisory Board Summer Experiences in Sustainability
September 14, 2017
A valuable part of the Center for Responsible Business team, The Student Advisory Board provides feedback, content and insights into ongoing projects and the Center’s long-term goals. This summer, Board members were hard at work redefining…
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.…
Supply Chain Sustainability: Overcoming 5 Big Challenges Companies Face
May 12, 2015
By Rachel Dzombak, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability, UC Berkeley This May, the Sustainable Products & Solutions (SPS) research program at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business…
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…
Creating a Community-Based Investment Strategy – A Case Study with Mission:Heirloom
March 04, 2015
By Seren Pendleton Knoll, Master of Development Practice, Class 2015 What investing options are available to socially-driven enterprises that need additional capital, want to maintain their mission, and also provide an opportunity to build a…
How To Develop Battery Swapping Stations
January 16, 2015
By Mira Inbar, Mira Inbar Consulting, Haas MBA ’09 This post originally appeared on CleanTechnica. When Tesla announced last year that it was going to build battery swapping stations, many journalists and industry insiders harkened back to…
The CRB Welcomes New Executive Director Robert Strand
August 18, 2014
The Center for Responsible Business is thrilled to announce the upcoming arrival of our new Executive Director, Robert Strand, PhD. We took a moment to ask Robert some questions for you to get to know why he’s excited to come to Haas. Join us…
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…
Alumni Perspectives From the Front Line of Impact Investing
August 16, 2013
By Deborah Fleischer, CRB Communications Consultant, and Christina Meinberg, CRB Associate Director. This is the first in a series of blog posts highlighting CRB alumni. In this post we focus on Margot Kane, MBA ’08. According to a recent…