Praised as ambitious and groundbreaking, the Sustainable Investment Fund at Haas is the first and largest student-led SRI fund within a leading business school. It offers our MBA students real-world experience in delivering both strong financial returns and positive social impact. Formerly known as the Haas Socially Responsible Investment Fund, since 2008 the student principals have more than tripled the initial investment to $4.5M, learning through experience about SRI and ESG investment strategies and practices. At the end of the year, student principals create a publicly available annual report for the Fund.
The Sustainable Investment Fund was launched with generous gifts from Haas alumni.
Registration for the Sustainable Investment Fund course opens to MBA and other graduate students in Spring. Current MBA Students – sign up here for application notification and deadline reminders.
In the News
- Demand grows for student-led impact investment funds (December 2020)
- Sustainable Finance Goes to Business School (June 2019)
- Impact Investing Takes Hold On Business School Campuses (June 2016)
- Top Ranked Socially Responsible Mutual Funds (April 2014)
- How UC Berkeley MBAs beat the market with a socially responsible fund (April 2014)
- Fund teaches MBA students about socially responsible investment (February 2014)
- At Haas, Big Returns on SR Investing (June 2013)
- Haas Takes New Tack on Investing (September 2007)
Each year a group of MBA Principals manages the Sustainable Investment Fund