The Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize, supported by Allan Spivack, encourages serious research with timely, real-world business practice applications among business school faculty around the world related to responsible business, sustainability, and ESG. Additionally, the prize will motivate thought leadership globally and add to the body of knowledge and intellectual capital in the role of business in society.
The prize is awarded by a committee of well-regarded sustainability researchers and practitioners affiliated with the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business who choose best in class academic studies to win a combined $20,000 prize.
2024-25 Topical Focus
The 2024-25 Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize papers will be prioritized for selection that demonstrates the potential to affect practice to address urgent sustainability challenges. Nominations of papers from across the wide spectrum of academic disciplines associated with business in society research are welcomed, including papers connecting to the following themes:
Rethinking Capitalism for Sustainability
Accelerating the Green Transition of Society
Realizing Social Sustainability
Faculty Prize Committee
Chair: Ann E. Harrison, Bank of America Dean
Ann E. Harrison is the 15th dean of the Haas School of Business. Harrison, a renowned economist, has dedicated her career to creating inclusive and sustainable policies in development economics, international trade, global labor markets, and now in higher education.
Reed Walker, Transamerica Chair in Business Strategy
Reed Walker is an Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy and Economics at UC Berkeley. His research explores the social costs of environmental externalities, such as air pollution and how regulations to limit these externalities contribute to gains and/or losses to the economy.
Sytske Wijnsma, Assistant Professor
Sytske Wijnsma is an Assistant Professor in Operations Management at UC Berkeley Haas. Her primary research interest is designing supply chain and policy interventions that help solve real-world challenges with social and environmental impact.
Jonathan Weigel, Assistant Professor
Jonathan Weigel is an assistant professor in the Business and Public Policy Group at the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. His research interests are at the intersection of political economy, development, and public economics.
Panos Patatoukas, The L.H. Penney Chair in Accounting and Distinguished Teaching Fellow
Panos N. Patatoukas is a professor and the L.H. Penney Chair in Accounting at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. His work focuses on interdisciplinary capital markets research in accounting, corporate finance, law, and economics and informs ‘micro-to-macro’ and ‘macro-to-micro’ questions bridging the gap between academics and practitioners.
David Vogel, Soloman P. Lee Chair Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics | Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department | Editor, California Management Review
David Vogel is the Soloman Lee Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics at Berkeley Haas and Professor Emeritus of Political Science. He has written extensively on both environmental management and government regulation.
Prize Administration
The Prize is administered by the Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business (CRB) and supported by Allan Spivack, MBA ‘80 and former President & CEO of RGI Home. Spivack is a long-time sustainable business vanguard and serves on the Senior Advisory Board of the Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business.
The CRB connects students, businesses, and faculty to mobilize the positive potential of business to create a more responsible, resilient, and sustainable society. Building on more than a decade of research, teaching, and engaging with business, we educate and provoke thoughtful debate. The Center encourages sustainability-minded research and its application in the marketplace of commerce and ideas.