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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…
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…
Reflections on the 2019 Net Impact Conference
November 18, 2019
Written by Thais Esteves, MBA ’21 candidate “It is all about the journey and connecting to others” is just a cliché, some may say. Even though I try, sometimes it is a hard principle to embed in day-to-day life. In today’s world, in…
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…
The False Dawn of Corporate Social Responsibility
October 20, 2019
This blog post originally appeared in California Management Review’s Blog here on October 9, 2019. Looking at the prospects for more-enlightened corporate behavior in light of the recent headline making pledge of by the Business Roundtable…
CRB Student Advisory Board Summer Experiences
September 13, 2019
Alison Gilbert, MBA ’20 MBA Innovation Intern at Clif Bar This summer, Alison took on an innovation project at Clif Bar. Her work “explored how to design a product that directly speaks to Clif Bar’s commitment to its core aspirations…
Looking to the 2019-2020 Academic Year: Letter from the Executive Director
September 13, 2019
Dear Friends of the Center for Responsible Business: The fall semester is off and running here at U.C. Berkeley and the halls of Haas are buzzing with energy. As we have now entered a new academic year, I would like to offer some reflections…
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…
The Future of Impact Management: Industry Roundtable
July 29, 2019
Written by Nancy Reyes Mullins, MDP Candidate Class of 2020 and CRB Student Advisory Board member, and Sara Olsen, SVT founder and host of The Future of Impact Management Roundtable. This is the first post of a two-part series. Check back next month…
Building Sustainable Chemistry with Levi Strauss & Co.
July 26, 2019
Levis Strauss is a longtime partner of both the Haas School of Business and the Center for Responsible Business. As a leader in the sustainable apparel industry, Levi’s has challenged and inspired many of the students who pass through Haas. Their…