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

Preparing for the Greener Future of Electric Garbage Trucks
Yimi Zhao, MBA ’22, made the business case for electric garbage trucks in an internship enabled by Johnson’s Social Impact Internship Fund.

Embracing the Virtual Environment: Transforming a Local Yoga Studio to a National Offering
Big Red Microenterprise members Cara Esposito and Yifan Wu helped Fine Spirit Yoga optimize its brand and online offerings for a national consumer base.

Finding Sustainability in an Unexpected Role
Katie McGahan, MBA ’22, took an internship with Ford’s treasury department hoping —but not expecting—to find a way to integrate sustainability.

Embracing the “Everyone is a Changemaker” Movement
Johnson’s Social Impact Internship Fund enabled Tony Tsao, MBA ’22, to help nonprofit Ashoka further develop its social entrepreneurship network.

My sustainability internship quest: Marketing with Ecolab
Natalie Gonzalez, MBA ‘22 writes about her commitment to and her thought process behind finding a meaningful sustainability summer internship.

Mama Said Hand Pies empowers creative passion by adopting a business mindset
Big Red Microenterprise coaches Benjamin Goulet and Devashish Sharma helped Mama Said Hand Pies transition from a farmer’s market stall to a shopfront.

Dreams and aspirations of becoming a global sustainability advisor
Johnson’s Social Impact Internship Fund enabled Duncan Lee, MBA ’22, to showcase his business and sustainability capability to AccountAbility.

My Fellow Americans, Let’s Be Better Tourists
“The kind of company you want to pick can show you how they’re measuring the impact of their travel,” Megan Epler Wood, the managing director of the Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program, tells the New York Times.

Glamping: The Present (and Future) of Alternative Lodging
How do you help more people experience the magic of camping? “Glamping,” or glamorous camping, is taking the alternative lodging industry by storm.