Sustainable Global Enterprise

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SC Johnson College BusinessFeed

Climate Roundtable Sparks Insight and Invites Collaboration

Dean Andrew Karolyi gave a lightning talk on strategies to encourage and sustain private investment in the green transition at the 2030 Project event.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

A Glimpse into Urbanization in the Slums

The resilience of the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, amid urbanization and plastic bans, reflects a changing landscape.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Maxine Bédat Lays Bare the Fashion Industry’s Impacts and How We Can Change It

Author and Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Maxine Bédat traced the life cycle of a pair of jeans to help illustrate the fashion industry’s impact.

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SC Johnson College BusinessFeed

New Green Technology Innovation Fellowship Accepts First Cohort

Nineteen Cornell MBA students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral fellows have joined the inaugural cohort of Green Technology Innovation Fellows.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

SC Johnson College Launches Sustainable Tourism Course

The new course is designed for business leaders, urban planners, sustainable development professionals and municipal government employees.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Clean Water Act turns 50: conference celebrates progress, fosters connections

Cornell Atkinson’s Social Cost of Water Pollution conference brought together academics and EPA policy-makers to collaborate for healthy water.

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SC Johnson College BusinessFeed

New Research Theme to Solidify SC Johnson College as a Leader in Sustainability

The Business of Sustainability research theme will facilitate collaboration, program coordination, and curriculum across the college’s three schools.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Emerging Markets Program hosts celebration of SMART experiential research

The SMART Program hosted a dinner to honor Professor Iwan J. Azis with the Wharton Award and celebrate a student poster presentation.

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Enterprise

“Is it sustainable?” COVID-19 points to the value of asking big questions to inform planning resilience and social justice

COVID-19 underscores firms’ need for planning resilience, disproportionate impacts on poorer populations, and our interconnectedness.