Businesses have a vital role to play in solving social and environmental issues through innovation, market development, and entrepreneurship.

With more than 20 years’ experience, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise works with faculty associated with the Business of Sustainability Theme who are at the forefront of research, teaching, and engagement related to helping businesses address these problems. We provide students distinctive experiential learning opportunities and collaborate with organizations to help to tackle the grand challenges of our time, such as climate change, ecosystem degradation, and poverty.


Cornell Energy Connection Registration is now open!

Cornell Energy Connection 2025

Powering Through Uncertainty: Navigating The Future of Energy

Join us on November 21st in-person in NYC for the 2025 Cornell Energy Connection Conference

Panel and speaker topics will cover aspects of the energy transition including innovation and technology, financing, policy, and more. Join us for networking with students, academics, and professionals interested in the industry.

More information about the event. Register now for early bird pricing!

News and Stories About the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise

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October 21, 2025

Advancing large-scale solar boosts farmland prices

Legislative support for solar projects in New York state has increased the price of farmland near energy infrastructure and could disincentivize the use of land for farming. 

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October 15, 2025

Suzanne’s Swim School Evolution

Big Red Microenterprise students Prerana Reddy MBA ’26 and Colby Snyder MBA ’26 reflect on their experiences transforming Swim With Suzanne’s marketing strategies.

Pinaki Bhattacharyya presenting at an AMPIN event
August 22, 2025

Powering the Future: Leadership in Renewable Energy Transition

20 for 20 honoree Pinaki Bhattacharyya MBA ’03, CEO of AMPIN Energy Transition, shares his commitment to sustainability.


Research With Impact

Dragana Cvijanovic

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Atlas Wu

Atlas Wu

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Childhood Mental Health and Long-term Financial Outcomes

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Research Paper, January 2025

Summary 

The authors investigate the relationship between childhood mental health conditions and financial outcomes later in life. They find that individuals with childhood mental health conditions are significantly less likely to hold any assets, and they accumulate more debt. Financial literacy, however, mitigates most of these effects.


The Center hosts annual conferences surrounding the energy transition and business impact, hosts roundtables and networking events during NYC Climate week, and more!

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Events

Monday, October 27, 2025
Sustainability Fellows Applications Due by November 2 @11:59 pm. Open to 1st-year MBA students. Application Link: https://johnson.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WLgcFSqEGfHonY Sustainability Fellows: https://business.cornell.edu/centers/sge/students/fellows-program/...
6:00pm - 9:00pm EDT -04:00
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Applications for 1st year MBAs to join Sustainable Business (SB) and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing (EFII) Fellows programs are...
2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT -04:00
Sage Atrium, Sage Hall, 114 Feeney Way, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
Friday, October 31, 2025
Sustainability Fellows Applications Due by November 2 @11:59 pm. Open to 1st-year MBA students. Application Link: https://johnson.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WLgcFSqEGfHonY Sustainability Fellows: https://business.cornell.edu/centers/sge/students/fellows-program/...
6:00pm - 9:00pm EDT -04:00
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Center Projects Spanning the Globe

The Center provides hands-on learning opportunities for graduate students interested in learning how businesses address environmental and social problems through innovation and enterprise. Click on the map to learn more about the diversity of companies and types of challenges we work on.


Michael Arsnow (MBA '19)

My best decision at Johnson was joining SGE. Hands down!

Mikey Arsnow, MBA '19
Mercedes Moran

The SGE program is more than a class, it is a community building exercise. We worked hard but also played hard while learning about win-win solutions for business and the world.

Mercedes Moran Enriquez, MBA ‘20

Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ Land Acknowledgment for the Ithaca Campus

Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.