Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
Learn more about our research, faculty and staff, and the exciting experiential learning opportunities we provide to students.

Sharing the marketing love with CosmicLove Creations
MBA students in Big Red Microenterprise worked with the owner of Ithaca’s CosmicLove Creations to establish a digital marketing strategy for handmade, upcycled clothing.

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.

The yin and yang of social activism
Social activists boost social entrepreneurs’ success but provoke “green hush” among established companies, according to research by Professor Wesley Sine.

Turning the page: MBAs help NY publishers balance passion with profit
Big Red Microenterprise took on a primary challenge of many small business owners—the desire to balance profit with passion—with Larson Publications.

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.

Arc Finance: Increasing access to clean energy in the developing world
Nicola Armacost discusses Arc Finance’s approach to giving vulnerable populations greater access to clean energy and water via microfinance.

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.

SGE speaker demystifies “responsible investment”
Linda Giuliano, MBA ’02, of AllianceBernstein gives students a glimpse of the key themes and considerations in responsible investment as part of SGE’s Finance and Sustainability speaker series.