Hear directly from Haas students, faculty and supporters about their work, experiences and opportunities.
The Intersection of AI, Geopolitics, and Sustainability: Key Highlights from the Berkeley Corporate + Climate Summit
On March 11, the Sustainable and Impact Finance Initiative and the Center for Law and Business hosted the 2025 Berkeley Corporate + Climate Summit, bringing together leading voices from business, government, academia, and advocacy to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Climate Solution Fund Pitch Day 2024
On Friday November 22, 2024 the Climate Solutions Fund hosted it's inaugural Pitch Day, a signature event highlighting innovative solutions to pressing climate challenges. Five companies were pitched by students, with one being selected by a panel of industry judges for a 300k investment.
Spotlight of SAIF Alumni: Climate Week Reflections
We interview Antonio Ciudad Casafranca, FTMBA ‘20 to debrief on some of his thoughts from Climate Week. He explains that the key challenge for the energy transition is the outdated power grid, which cannot efficiently transmit renewable energy. Technologies like Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) can boost grid capacity quickly and affordably, but regulatory, financial, and technical obstacles slow down their deployment and scalability.
Strategic Growth: Integrating Sustainability into Your Career Path
As the world places greater emphasis on combating climate change and promoting sustainable practices, many business professionals are looking to integrate sustainability into their careers. For business school students and alumni, this shift can be both exciting and challenging.
Climate Leaders Join Haas: Kate Gordon and Libby Schaaf Bring Real-World Expertise to the Classroom
The UC Berkeley Haas School of Business is thrilled to announce the addition of two distinguished climate leaders to its faculty: Kate Gordon, newly appointed CEO of CA Forward, and Libby Schaaf, former Mayor of Oakland, to teaching a new course focused on the intersection of climate, politics, finance, and infrastructure.
New PhD course focuses on intersection of climate economics, sustainability
Rising to a critical need for more research and leadership in climate finance, Berkeley Haas has joined a group of top universities worldwide in offering an innovative online PhD course focused on the intersection of climate economics and sustainability.
Corporate sustainability reporting will move forward despite uncertainty, experts say
Despite legal and regulatory challenges, corporate sustainability reporting is on the rise, with increasing disclosures of carbon emissions and climate risks due to investor demands and regulatory mandates in regions like California and the EU.
Berkeley Haas launches new Climate Solutions Fund
The Haas School of Business is launching the first student-led Climate Solutions Fund, the latest addition to its comprehensive curriculum to equip the next generation of business leaders with the financial skills to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Impact Measurement and Management: A Critical Pillar of Impact Investing
Vineet Sahni, writes about his experience at SOCAP23. Impact Measurement and Management was one of SOCAP's nine themes this year, is no act of lip-service, but rather a thoroughly studied and co-developed practice, enabling accountability and continuous improvement.
Investing with a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Lens
Last month, Elias Habbar-Baylac, SAIF Student Advisory Board Member & Fellow of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership, was invited to speak and facilitate sessions at the Global Gender-Smart Investing Summit.
Faculty member Anne Simpson on climate disclosure.
Anne Simpson in the FT: How climate risk disclosure needs to be standardized, mandatory and regulated in the same way as financial reporting to ensure it is timely, accurate, complete and verified.
Introducing the Michaels Certificate in Sustainability
The Michaels Graduate Certificate in Sustainability launched at Haas in January and now has a Finance track, recognizing the importance of investment for MBA students interested in climate and sustainability.
New faculty for Fall 2021
We are thrilled to be expanding our teaching team in sustainable finance, ESG and impact investing, with three new faculty members joining Haas this Fall.
Faculty Profile: Bulbul Gupta
Bulbul Gupta, President & CEO of Pacific Community Ventures joins Haas on the faculty team for the Haas Impact Fund. A mission driver industry leader, Bulbul has 20 years experience in funding and advising entrepreneurs, advancing quality jobs, and growing the field of impact investing for equity and inclusion.
Search Funds & Impact Investing
In September, here at the Sustainable and Impact Finance initiative, we launched a new program on Impact Search Funds.
Course Guide: Skill Building for Impact Investing
Want to build all of the skills you’ll need for a career in impact investing or sustainable finance? There are a ton of MBA course options covering everything from finance and investing to impact measurement to entrepreneurship.
Community based investing for COVID Relief
In 2020, CDFIs are playing a vital role in supporting local businesses and organizations impacted by COVID-19.
COVID-19 Small Business Support
Through building a new SOS loan product and doing direct phone outreach, our faculty and students are providing direct support to Oakland and Berkeley’s small businesses during this time of crisis.
Invest for Impact Competition
On Friday April 19, the Haas Impact Fund virtually held its first ever Invest for Impact Pitch Competition, where MBA students pitch impact-driven startups for an equity investment of up to $50,000.
Exploring Additionality in Investing
Is the goal to invest in companies that aren't doing harm or is the goal to put money behind companies who are positively impacting our communities and our planet?
Ten Years of Pay for Success
At the Sorenson conference I attended a panel breakout on Pay For Success that reflected on lessons from the past decade and potential for the movement in the next decade.