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Environment & Climate

See how our programs are doing business for good in these articles and insights related to climate and environment.

Portrait of Janet Yellen, 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury, in front of the American flag,
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Experts at Global Conference Make the Case for Climate Finance

Mitigating climate risks now will drive economic prosperity in the future, says Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

Rows of solar panels in a field under a clear sky, capturing sunlight to generate renewable energy, with the sun shining brightly in the background.
Johnson BusinessFeed

Green Technology Innovation Fellows Welcomes Second Cohort

Fourteen Cornell MBA students, PhD candidates, and a postdoctoral innovation fellow have begun their journey as Green Technology Innovation Fellows.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Dirty Cooking Fuels Pose Major Threat to Infants in India

Dyson School professors Basu and Chau quantify the impact of cooking fuel choice on indoor air pollution and early childhood mortality in India.

students studying in sage library.
Johnson BusinessFeed

Derek Ju, MBA ’24, Reflects on His Cornell Experience

Cornell gave Derek Ju, MBA ’24, the tools and the confidence to be brave and stand up for empathetic leadership.

17 students and program director Gregory Ray pose for a group photo.
Johnson BusinessFeed

Green Technology Innovation Fellows Pitch Environmental Startups

MBA students paired with PhD candidates from across Cornell University pitched startups based on Cornell research at Statler Amphitheater, April 27.

Researchers and community members gather aquatic vegetation, ceratophyllum demersum, from a water access point in northern Senegal.
Dyson BusinessFeed

Dead & Company concert funds $800K for new climate solutions

Two of the five projects announced this month by The 2030 Project are led by SC Johnson College of Business faculty Chris Barrett and Elena Belavina.

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Nolan BusinessFeed

Hotelie’s Brown Butter Startup Wins Hospitality Business Plan Competition

Jonah Gershon ’24 won the $50,000 first-place prize for spekld, his startup to produce brown butter, at the Hospitality Business Plan Competition.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

SC Johnson College of Business Offers New Climate Finance Course

Visiting Assistant Professor Alissa M. Kleinnijenhuis created a Climate Finance course for the SC Johnson College of Business

Rafaela Baldeón standing next to a large framed posted with the words "Sustainable Development Goals."
Dyson BusinessFeed

Rafaela Baldeón ’27: Leave Things Better Than You Found Them, Including Our Planet

Dyson’s Rafaela Baldeón ’27 shares her experience at COP28, the UN climate summit, as a member of Ecuador’s delegation of scholar ambassadors.