Environment & Climate
See how our programs are doing business for good in these articles and insights related to climate and environment.
Ethical Fashion
A global fashion revolution calls for greater transparency, sustainability, and ethics in the industry. Cornellians are stepping up to drive change.
Glyph: Pure, minimalist fashion
Cornell Tech MBA grads and minimalist fashion entrepreneurs Pranav Sachdev and Alan Lau founded Glyph digitally knit, vegan, and recyclable shoes.
Anaka Aiyar honored with Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership
Anaka Aiyar, a postdoc with the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, received the Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership.
A fresh approach to helping the planet: Elena Belavina takes on food waste
SHA associate professor Elena Belavina is finding strategies to help grocery suppliers, households, and restaurants reduce food waste.
Listen Up: Podcasts go mainstream
Podcast producers are finding listeners who crave a longer-form media experience and the informal conversation format that podcasts offer.
How Chinese citizens’ activism curbs pollution
Research by Professor Christopher Marquis finds that, in China, civil protests are more effective than petitions in bringing about environmental reform.
Green for green: Funding sustainable property upgrades
Nicholas Zuba of the Connecticut Green Bank gives students a glimpse of the considerations at play in the world of green energy finance.
Sustainable energy and the State Grid Corporation of China
The State Grid Corporation (SGCC) of China has become a major, global player in sustainable energy over the last 10 years.
Tata-Cornell Institute’s co-authors launch new book on food systems in India
The Tata-Cornell Institute announces its new book, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India, which reflects the institute’s past five years of research.