| | | | | Dear Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise Alumni & Friends,
For many of us, 2024 felt like a year of upheaval. News about global social conflicts, climate change indictors, biodiversity loss, and political change/instability seemed to dominate. There’s no question that higher education had one of the roughest years since pandemic shut-downs in 2020. Many students conveyed a sense that the world has been fragmenting and regressing at a time when the challenges we face need collective action at every level: from the local to the international. In this context, though, the Center has continued to work making positive change and building community within and beyond Cornell.
As you know from our last newsletter in June, the SGE Immersion was sunset following the spring term due to persistently low enrollment in recent years. However, that marked the start of a process to pivot toward a refreshed academic curriculum that will attract, engage, and ultimately impact more students by exposing them to the sustainability/business domain. In the fall, the Johnson School faculty voted to adopt a new requirement for the 2-year residential MBA program that requires all students in that program to complete a sustainability elective course in order to graduate, starting with the ’26 graduating cohort (our current 1st year students). We not only expect enrollment in existing course offerings to rise next year, but also for new sustainability-related courses to be created by different areas that allow students to dive deeper into sustainability issues in the domains of marketing, operations, finance, etc. We are already seeing change: this year alone, we doubled the number of sections for our foundational Strategies for Sustainability course, all of which filled quickly.
Additionally, the Center reorganized its student-oriented programs to launch a new fellows program for sustainability-interested students. Now, in addition to the Environmental Finance & Impact Investing (EFII) fellows program (which is in its 13th year), we have added a more universal Sustainable Business fellows program for general management students, as well as launched the Semlitz Family Sustainability Fellows program in collaboration with Cornell Atkinson (more on that below). We are also introducing a new, annual SGE Trek starting this spring giving students the opportunity to visit Norway where we will visit companies to develop insight into the country’s approaches to addressing sustainable food systems, energy, sustainable tourism, climate finance, climate tech, transportation, and sustainable fisheries. Student responses to all of these changes indicates that sustainability interests are there – we just have to continue to evolve how we enable those interests to be engaged.
Another significant positive sign for us has been on the research and engagement front. We have never seen more interest from partners and collaborators. Throughout the year, we engaged with a great network of private and civil-society partners led by The Nature Conservancy as part of an effort to develop standards which might help accelerate the rate of renewable energy projects at a critical time for energy transitions. Over the summer, we finalized an agreement with the US Forest Service laying a foundation for up to five years of collaboration on sustainable tourism and economic development around El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, starting with nearly $1 million of funding for work in 2025 through our Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP). This fall saw a frenetic pace of activity as we organized a successful series of roundtables on sustainable travel and tourism during NYC Climate Week in September which drew scores of private, public, and civil society organizations; in October we celebrated with alumni, friends, and collaborators to mark the Center’s 20th anniversary and then traveled to the Cornell Global Hubs Meeting in the UK to engage peer researchers on our work in sustainable tourism; and in November we hosted the 15th – and most successful – Cornell Energy Connection conference. As reflected from the incredible slate of professionals who join us virtually and on campus for our colloquia each term, we know the commitment to addressing our most challenges sustainability issues has not waned and we will continue to find ways to expand our applied research agenda with a variety of partners.
Finally, we take heart that our strategic staffing plan to put the Center in a better position to expand our work is moving forward. Specifically, please help us congratulate Abby Christman who was promoted to assistant director! Abby has been an incredible member of the Center’s team and a real asset to the College and University, overall, as evidenced by the degree to which she is sought for her knowledge and guidance. We’ll never quite know how she had enough time and energy to deal with the Center, her mastiffs, and her horse…but she does. Congratulations, Abby!
As always, wherever you may be in the world, however you may be celebrating the turn of the calendar, and whatever aspect of sustainability you may be working on – we hope you stay safe and healthy. Let us know when you see opportunities for collaboration or have a need that we can help address. And, of course, keep us up to date on your highlights and happenings. Happy New Year!
Sincerely, | | Mark Milstein | | Faculty Director of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise |
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| | | | | Launch of Semlitz Family Sustainability Fellows Program |
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| | Established through the generosity of Stephen Semlitz (ILR ’75, MBA ‘76) & Cathy Glaser (ILR ‘74), the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business launched the Semlitz Family Sustainability Fellows Program (Semlitz Fellows). Managed by the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise in collaboration with Cornell Atkinson, the program is designed to enable early career researchers and graduate business students to prepare for careers in sustainability leadership and make informed choices about where and how to apply sustainability-related decision-making to impact our most pressing challenges, work across scientific and managerial boundaries to achieve that impact, and build a lasting career which affects our economies, environment, and society. Each fellow will complete a capstone project in the spring focused on a topic of interest to them at the intersection of sustainability science and business decision-making. Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of Semlitz Fellows: | |
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| | Center 20th Anniversary Celebration |
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| | In October, the Center celebrated its 20th anniversary with an event in New York City. Thanks to all alumni, partners, faculty, staff, and students who attended. Check out some photos of the event here. We took it as a positive omen that some in attendance were able to take in the Aurora Borealis that appeared that evening over the city! The event welcomed back founding director and professor emeritus, Stuart Hart, who discussed his newest book, Beyond Shareholder Primacy: Remaking Capitalism for a Sustainable Future. College dean Andrew Karolyi engaged Stu in a fireside chat on the challenges facing sustainability-related management education. Additionally, we were able to recognize the final 10 notable alumni in the field of sustainability selected by the 20 for 20 Alumni Committee which had narrowed down 75 nominations to the final group (listed below alphabetically). The committee had been tasked with selecting alumni at different stages of their careers and in various industries who demonstrated excellence in at least one of the following areas: 1) professional success; 2) level of involvement in their personal and/or professional community; and 3) level of engagement with the Cornell community. Watch our website here as we roll out more highlight stories on each of those selected in the coming months! | - Kehkashan Basu (MBA ’24), President and Sustainability Expert at Green Hope Foundation
- Pinaki Bhattacharyya (MBA ’03), Founder, MD, and CEO at AmpIn Energy Transition
- Lydiah Bosire (BA ’01, MPA ’02), Founder and CEO at 8B Education Investments
- Rob Collier (MBA ’14), Senior Vice President at LevelTen Energy
- Raghu Dharmaraju (MBA ’17), CEO at ARTPARK
- CJ Fonzi (MBA ’08), Co-founder and COO at Africa Climate Ventures
- Dhanur Grandhi (MBA ’12), CEO of WattBot – Read more here.
- Natalie Grillon (MBA ’12), CEO and Executive Director at Open Supply Hub – Read more here.
- Linda Giuliano (MBA ’02), Principal at BrightWorld ESG – Read more here.
- Kevin Johnson (MBA ’09), Co-Founder and Partner at Caelum Ventures – Read more here.
- Fred Keller (BS ’62), Founder and Chair, Cascade Engineering – Read more here.
- Ian Kline (BA ’92), President and CEO of The Cadmus Group, Inc.
- Agata Kosctecka (MBA ’11), Head of Environment and Product Sustainability at Gap Inc.
- Esohe Denise Odaro (MBA ’10), Managing Director, Head of ESG and Sustainability at PAI Partners
- Jessica Rolph (MBA ’04), Co-Founder and CEO at Lovevery
- Laura Schaffer (MBA ’11), Vice President of Integrated Marketing, Brand Amplification, and Impact at Orvis
- John Tauzel (MBA ’12), Senior Director, Global Agriculture Methane at Environmental Defense Fund
- Mike Train (MBA ’91), Chief Sustainability Officer at Emerson
- Britta Von Oesen (MBA ’09), Managing Director at CohnReznick Capital
- Jeff Weiss (BA ’79), Executive Chairman at Distributed Sun
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| | | United States Forest Service (USFS) in Puerto Rico |
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| | In July, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise and the US Forest Service signed a five-year collaboration agreement to provide technical assistance to the agency to develop El Yunque National Forest and the surrounding region as a sustainable tourism destination in the aftermath of recent hurricanes. Led by the STAMP program, the collaboration will facilitate interactive assessment and support in the development of sustainable tourism destination management strategies with local institutions and forest partners. The first year of the collaboration will focus on a sustainable tourism assessment in the Northeast region of the island that combines geospatial planning, sustainable infrastructure analysis, examination of tourism business markets and supply chains, and research on tourism policy and governance. For more information about this work, contact stamp@cornell.edu. |
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| | | In June, the Cornell Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise finalized their work with FoodMap NY, a collaboration with the NYU Center for Sustainable Business which was supported with funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. The work examined how private-sector innovation and investment could address food security in New York State. The project included research on controlled environment agriculture, food and nutrition assistance programs, food as medicine, food finance, healthy food in retail environments, supply chain and infrastructure to address food insecurity in New York state. The summary and final report of FoodMap NY research and projects can be accessed here. |
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| | | In September, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise partnered with the Center for Hospitality Research and the Business of Sustainability Interdisciplinary Theme at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business to host a series of roundtables at Climate Week NYC focused on climate action in travel, tourism, and hospitality. Each roundtable was comprised of a set of invited thought leaders and experts whose work is focused on a specific topic essential to the travel and tourism sector’s efforts to address the climate crisis. Topics included: green financing in hotel development; catalyzing a more sustainable and resilient food and beverage supply chain; why climate action is not yet driving destination planning; how travel business models could accelerate nature-based finance; and the need for a generational change in climate training and education. The roundtables concluded with a panel and reception where organizing Cornell faculty and staff—Mark Milstein, Megan Epler Wood, O’Shannon Burns, Jeanne Varney and Aaron Adalja—reflected on the discussions from each of the roundtables, and the implications they saw for future directions of research and investment in the industry. A summary report is forthcoming, but you can read more about the event here. |
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| | | Global Hubs Network Meeting |
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| | In October, Cornell’s Global Hubs Network convened in London, UK. The event, cohosted by Cornell's UK Global Hubs partners – Imperial College of London, Kings College London, Queen Mary University of London, University College London, and University of Edinburgh – brought together nearly 100 representatives from 18 international universities and nine countries to explore collaborative approaches to advance education, research, and societal impact. The first day of the event consisted of a series of thematic sessions. The faculty and staff from the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise and the College helped to plan and participated in the session on sustainable tourism (other sessions focused on the global women's health crisis, expanding research partnerships, innovative student mobility and pedagogy models, and a medical schools network meeting.) Additionally, center faculty and staff took the opportunity to connect with alumni in London and attended the Cornell Club of the United Kingdom meeting which featured a compelling discussion between Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff and Glenn C. Altschuler (MA ’73, PhD ’76), the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies Emeritus on the impact, challenges, and opportunities facing American universities today. |
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| | STAMP Journalism and Storytelling Program |
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| | Throughout the fall, in an effort to improve the content and quality of media stories about the sustainability issues facing the travel and tourism industry, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise’s Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP) selected 19 journalists from around the world to participate as cohort to explore cutting edge issues in the field and develop ideas for new, publishable stories. Participants first completed the online eCornell Sustainable Tourism Destination Management course and then participated in a series of virtual sessions to consider how course concepts could be integrated into travel and tourism storytelling globally, identify key sustainability issues that could be covered in media, and develop pitches on topics relevant to the region where they work. This initiative was made possible with support and collaboration from the Travel Foundation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and CSGE Executive-in-Residence and senior journalist, Lebawit Lily Girma. |
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| | Renewable Energy Project Standards |
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| | Throughout the summer and fall, the Center for Sustainable Enterprise continued to represent Cornell on behalf of Cornell Atkinson in a steering committee headed by The Nature Conservancy focused on how to develop a set of standards and a certification to promote best practices that would address ecological and social issues that impede, slow down, or halt the development of critical renewable energy projects. Organizations involved include American Farmland Trust, Enel, Renewable Thermal Collaborative, Rivian, RWE, Schneider Electric, Seneca Environmental, Solar Stewards, Sustain Our Future, WattTime, and WWF. For more information about these efforts, contact Mark Milstein. |
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| | Cornell Energy Connection |
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| | The 15th annual Cornell Energy Connection (CEC) was held on November 22nd at the Cornell Tech Campus in NYC. The conference, which brought nearly 200 students and energy professionals together, focused on “Building the Energy Future Amid Uncertainty.” The agenda included a keynote fireside chat with Jennifer Layke, Global Director of Energy at the World Resources Institute and student-organized panels and short talks on grid infrastructure, carbon capture, insurance and climate change risk, circularity in critical minerals, and energy storage. A networking lunch and reception enabled students to engage directly with sponsors from Con Edison, Chevron, Distributed Sun, Emerson, TruCurrent, EVgo, and LS Power. Read more about the event here. |
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| | | Social Impact Internship Fund (SIIF) Awardees |
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| | Established in 2015, the Social Impact Internship Fund (SIIF) provides funding to Johnson residential MBA students who take a low- or no-compensation summer internship directly involved in social or environmental impact. The fund is administered by the Career Management Center and Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise. Lacking an endowment, funding for the SIIF varies each year based on alumni gifts. 2024 SIFF recipients included: | - Guru Bhardwaj, assistant business manager intern at Brahmbhatt Architects
- Katie Donoho, legal intern at ACLU Women’s Rights Project
- Takwa Elmesawy, business intern at UNICEF
- Srinica Hampi, education consultant at Nudge Lifeskills Foundation
- Archish Mittal, strategy and risk management intern at Insights International
- Ain Razali, entrepreneur at Johnson Student Summer Accelerator (JSSA) SmartFin Start up
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| | Leaders in Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium |
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| | We want to recognize and thank the Fall 2024 speakers in the Leaders in Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium who shared their experiences and knowledge, including: | - Mark Apker, Head of Corporate Services Sourcing at Adobe
- Austin Blais (MBA ’20), Senior Manager Sustainability Strategy at The Wonderful Company
- Patrick Grumley (MBA ’17), Co-Founder & COO at Arena Renewables
- Heather Henyon (MBA ’03), Founding Partner at Mindshift Capital
- Geoff Johnson (MBA ’17), Co-Founder, President & CDO at Arena Renewables
- Brian Liberatore (MBA ’16), Principal at SEI
- Kristin O'Planick (MBA ’10), Market Systems Team Lead at USAID’s Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security
- Claude Rosen (MBA ’15), Head of Operations at Third Derivative, RMI’s startup accelerator program for climate technology companies
- Avinash Singh, Director of Operations & Community Engagement at Soneva Namoona
- Gina Tesla (MBA ’04), Vice President of Sustainability & Social Impact at Coupa Software
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| | Sustainable Business Education Collaborative Joint (SBEC) MBA Alumni Networking Event |
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| | In July, Mark Milstein (faculty director) and Monica Touesnard (executive director) attended the annual SBEC Meeting and Joint Alumni Networking Reception. SBEC, a group of peer institutions who gather annually to share program innovations and discuss issues in sustainability management education, includes Berkeley (Haas), Cornell (Johnson), Duke (Fuqua), Harvard, Michigan (Ross), MIT, Stanford, and Yale. The annual meeting is followed by a joint alumni networking event |
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| | | Cornell Business Impact Symposium (CBIS) | | Sustainability Leader(HER)s: Breaking Barriers, Building Futures | | April 11-12th, 2025 | | Cornell Ithaca Campus | | Beginning the afternoon of April 11 and ending at noon on April 12, this symposium will highlight some of the women leading sustainability initiatives who are inspiring the next generation of Cornell students to pursue meaningful careers in the public, private, or social sectors that impact environmental or social issues. To sponsor or get involved in the event, please reach out to Monica Touesnard. |
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| | SGE Alumni Networking | | February 27th | | San Francisco | | Join Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise staff and students who will be attending the ClimateCAP MBA Summit at UC Berkeley and are looking to connect with alumni in the Bay Area! More details are forthcoming – we are currently looking for suggestions for a fun event location – please share your suggestions to Abby Christman. |
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| | Responsible Management Education Week (RME) | | June 9-13th | | New York City | | Hosted by the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, RME will be a confluence of three major meetings focused on transforming education and research in business and management schools which seek to create a community of practice for collaboration and shared learning: UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Global Forum (June 9-10), Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Societal Impact Curriculum Workshop (June 11), and Responsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM) Responsible Research Summit (June 12-13). For more information, contact Mary Lorson. |
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| | Climate Week | | September 22-26th | | New York City | | Building on the success of our Climate Week roundtable series this past September, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise will be back in NYC for Climate Week 2025! For more information, please reach out to Monica Touesnard. |
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| | Cornell Energy Connection | | November 21st | | Cornell Tech Campus, NYC | | Save the Date for the 16th annual Cornell Energy Connection! |
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| | | Center-Advised Student Clubs |
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| | Cornell Energy Club (graduate) |
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| | | This fall, the Cornell Energy Club’s programming centered on providing members with basic energy education and facilitating conversations about challenges currently facing the industry. The club collaborated with the Energy Transition Club’s New Member Education Series connecting with industry professionals/alumni from GCI, Elephant Energy, Distributed Sun & TruCurrent, and the Alliance for Clean Energy (ACE) New York with discussions about battery energy storage development, residential electrification, solar development, distributed generation, what it is like being a woman or person of color in the space, and renewable development challenges facing Upstate New York. |
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| | Club members toured the Cornell Combined Heat & Power Plant and learned about Cornell’s decarbonization plan. In addition to hosting guest speakers, club members participated in Duke’s Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition and reached the semifinals for Michigan Ross’ Renewable Energy Case Competition. In February 2025, a team will participate in the Colorado Boulder Leeds Sustainability Case Competition. |
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| | Sustainable Global Enterprise Club (graduate) |
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| | Throughout the fall semester, the club hosted various industry speakers, most notably a partner from Mayer Brown who talked about his experiences with cases in greenwashing, as well as common trends in the industry. Activities included sustainability discussions, an internship panel featuring second-year MBA students, and a finance-focused sustainability deep dive. To highlight social sustainability, the club partnered with Community Impact Club and Johnson Board Fellows for a session on non-profits and business volunteering. |
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| | Additionally, the club was intentional about creating a strong community with a variety of activities, including a social that featured homemade, wood-fired pizza (thank you for hosting at your home Mark and Monica!) and encouraged participation in case competitions, like Accounting 4 Sustainability (A4S) and Leeds Sustainability Case Competition. |
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| | | Cornell Sustainability Consultants (undergraduate) |
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| Cornell Sustainable Consulting (CSC) Club teams continued working with long-
term partners and formed new partnerships this semester, including: | - The Carbon Calculators team has been working with AN&Z, an engineering company based in NYC building a model to quantify the carbon emissions associated with the felling of the trees in Rockland County Area, and also conducted cost benefit analyses for potential emission mitigation solutions.
- Sustainable Beverage team worked with Personal Best Brewing to connect them to community solar, click-top recycling programs, on-site composting, best practices for wastewater, and more.
- Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Program (SWEEP) team continues to work with their client Rob Watson, founder of LEED, on the development of standards for campuses. They focused on gathering more specific data from Cornell to better inform the makeup of the standard.
- The Sustainable Tourism & Asset Management Program (STAMP) team is focused on the challenge of achieving sustainable tourism by integrating various frameworks based on hospitality and tourism into a digital platform and working with local communities to monitor its impacts.
- Sustainable Commerce wrapped up their work with Hair Color Art. They implemented a return business model and recommended a recycling system that Hair Color Art has implemented.
- Sustainable Branding partnered with the Learning Farm to develop a market entry strategy aimed at introducing their organic juice products to Ithaca’s local grocery stores.
- Sustainable Entrepreneurship conducted market research, profitability analysis, and partnership research related to the opening of a Bioacoustics Museum in the Galapagos.
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| | During the fall semester, Impact Investing at Cornell (IIC) partnered with three companies – Impending Bloom, S.C.E. Partners, and Rowbot – and worked to secure two more projects for the Spring semester. |
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| | IIC welcomed 12 new members who participated in the semester-long Associate Development Program that covers consulting, finance, and ESG fundamentals. IIC has also hosted guest speakers, recruitment workshops, and Q&A panels with upperclassmen and professionals working in the ESG industry. The club is looking forward to hosting the 5th annual Undergraduate Impact Investing Case Competition with the final held during the Cornell Business Impact Symposium in April. |
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| | | Faculty Awards from the SC Johnson College of Business |
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| Congratulations to Business of Sustainability Interdisciplinary Theme faculty recognized by the College for their outstanding research and teaching: | - Dean’s Distinguished Award for Societal Impact in Research: Christopher Barrett
- Dean’s Distinguished Award for Societal Impact in Teaching: Angela Noble-Grange & Trent Preszler
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| | | Burns, O’Shannon, “Sustainability Strategies for Outdoor Tourism Planning and Management.” October 9, 2024 at the State of Washington Responsible Outdoor Travel Summit.
Burns, O’Shannon (facilitator), “Insight Plenaries.” October 30 & November 1, 2024 at Adventure Travel Trade Association’s Climate Action Summit in Norway.
Dowell, Glen, “How Much Does Industry Matter for Environmental Performance?” at the University of Liverpool, UK.
Epler Wood, Megan, “Desafios en Innovación, Educación y Sostenibilidad en el Sector Turismo.” October 2024 at TravelTech LATAM and Spain.
Epler Wood, Megan, “Tourism as a Driver of Dural Empowerment.” December 2024 at the UN Tourism Committee on On-Line Education.
Karoyli, Andrew (conference chair), “Global Climate Finance & Risks.” October 25, 2024. Virtual conference hosted by the SC Johnson College of Business, the Atkinson Center for Sustainability and the Office of Financial Research with 1400+ registrants from 49 countries.
Milstein , Mark. Reimagining Venture Capital for Sustainability: How Can We Genuinely Propel Entrepreneurship? September 30, 2024. eCornell Keynote.
Touesnard, Monica (moderator), “Balancing Profit and Justice in the Energy Transition.” September 23, 2024 at NYC Climate week. Panel co-hosted with the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise and Green Hope Foundation.
Touesnard, Monica. Driving the Just Transition: The Role of Social Sustainability in Economic Transformation. October 23, 2024. eCornell Keynote. |
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| Aller, Deborah, Allison M. Chatrchyan, Alejandro Calixto, Jaime Cummings, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Gregory Peck, Junior Schouten, Benjamin Weikert, Elizabeth Wolters, and Amanda Stevens. 2024. New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 03: Agriculture. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Doruska, Molly J., Christopher B. Barrett, and Jason R. Rohr. (2024) Modeling How and Why Aquatic Vegetation Removal Can Free Rural Households from Poverty-Disease Traps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. December 17.
Halpern, C., K. Kennedy Freeman, C.B. Barrett, M. van Dijk, D. Mason-D’Croz, A. Simons, B. van Veen, M. Herrero, and H.H.E. Van Zanten. December 2024. Framework to Assess the Potential of Circular Food System Technologies. Global Food Security.
Fehr, Dietmar, Daniel Muller, and Marcel Preuss. May 2024. Social Mobility Perceptions and Inequality Acceptance. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Gammans, Matthew, Pierre Mérel, and Ariel Ortiz-Bobea. August 2024. Double Cropping as an Adaptation to Climate Change in the United States. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Soto, Gerardo E., Steven Wilcox, Patrick E. Clark, Francesco P. Fava, Nathan M. Jensen, Njoki Kahiu, Chuan Liao, Benjamin Porter, Ying Sun, and Christopher B. Barrett. November 2024 Mapping Rangeland Health Indicators in East Africa from 2000 to 2022. Earth System Science Data.
Heisel, Felix, Jennifer Minner, Wyeth Augustine-Marceil, Diane Cohen, Gretchen Worth, Denise Ramzy, Lori Leonard, Courtney Bower, Roma Patel, Jumbo Huang, Annie Stewart, and Kai Foti. October 2024. Constructing a Circular Economy in New York State: Deconstruction and Building Material Reuse. NYS White Paper.
Lin, Liguo, Wei Sun, and Jinhua Zhao. November 2024. Environmental Protection for Bureaucratic Promotion: Water Quality Performance Review of Provincial Governors in China. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Lee, Joseph J, Luke Plante, Brooke Pian, Sabrina Marecos, Sean A. Medin, Jacob D. Lug, Matthew C. Reid, Greeshma Gadikota, Esteban Gazel, and Buz Barstow. November 2024. Bio-Accelerated Weathering of Ultramafic Minerals with Gluconobacter oxydans. (pre-print)
Lee, Seungmin, Christopher B. Barrett, John F. Hoddinott. October 2024. Food Security Dynamics in the United States, 2001-2017. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Plante, Luke, Jaccob D. Klug, Joseph Lee, Adrian Hornby, James Adair, Sabrina Marecos, Matthew C. Reid, Esteban Gazel, and Buz Barstow. November 2024. Cross-species Comparison of Ultramafic Rock Bio-accelerated Weathering Performance. (pre-print)
Schut, Marc, Ismail Adeyemi, Benjamin Kumpf, Emma Proud, Iddo Dror, Christopher B. Barrett, Donald Menzies, Julien Colomer, and Cees Leeuwis. (2024) Innovation Portfolio Management for the Public Non-Profit Research and Development Sector: What Can We Learn from the Private Sector?. Innovation and Development, 1–19.
Wilcox , Steven W., David R. Just, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea. August 2024. The Role of Staple Food Prices in Deforestation. Land Economics.
Yang, Y., Tilman, Z. Jin, P. Smith, C.B. Barrett, Y. Zhu, J. Burney, P. D’Odorico, P. Fantke, J. Fargione, J.C. Finlay, M.C. Rulli, L. Sloat, K. Jan van Groenigen, P.C. West, L. Ziska, A.M. Michalak, M. Clark, J. Colquhoun, T. Garg, K.A. Garrett, C. Geels, R.R. Hernandez, M. Herrero, W. Hutchison, M. Jain, J.M. Jungers, B. Liu, N.D. Mueller, A. Ortiz-Bobea, J. Schewe, J. Song, J. Verheyen, P. Vitousek, Y. Wada, L. Xia, X. Zhang, M. Zhuang, D.B. Lobell. September 2024. Climate Change Exacerbates the Environmental Impacts of Agriculture. Science.
Zhou, Li, Bei Liu, Zongshi Liu, and Jinhua Zhao. September 2024. Farmers as Prosumers: Evidence from Cadmium-contaminated Rice in China. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. |
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Kehkashan Basu (MBA ’24) received the Spirit of the United Nations Award for her work furthering the UN mission of human rights, peace, and sustainable development.
Class of ‘23
Matt Lipper (SGE Immersion ‘22, MBA ‘23) on the birth of his son Jackson in June.
Class of ‘22
Navneet Banka (SGE Immersion ‘22, AMBA ‘22) for starting a new position as Associate Director of Finance at Zeta Charter Schools.
Shayna Krasnoff (SGE Immersion ‘21, MS-AEM ‘22) for starting a new position as Manager, Impact Advisory at Resonance.
Victoria Yen (SGE Immersion ‘21, MBA ‘22) for starting a new position as Commercial Strategy Manager at Celebrity Cruises.
Class of ‘21
Colin Gannon (SGE Immersion ‘20, MBA ‘21) for being promoted to Senior Project Manager – M&A at NextEra Energy Resources.
Onilee Wilson (SGE Immersion ‘21, MPA ‘21) for starting a new position as Sustainability Reporting Specialist at Chanel.
Class of ‘20
Henry Du Pont (MBA ‘20) for starting a new position as Senior Director at Devonshire Investors.
Class of ‘19
Elise Barry (SGE Immersion ‘18, MBA ‘19) for starting a new position as Deputy State Director at The Nature Conservancy.
Ben Kalter (SGE Immersion ‘18, MBA ‘19) for starting a new position as Vice President, Private Equity Impact Investing at Hamilton Lane.
Lauren Palazzola (SGE Immersion ‘18, MBA ‘19) for starting a new position as Vice President, Real Estate Portfolio Management at Wells Fargo.
Henry Yang (SGE Immersion ‘18, MBA ‘19) for starting a new position as Real-Time Power Trader at Jupiter Power. | | | | | | |
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Miles Archer (SGE Immersion ‘17, MBA ‘18) for starting a new position as Vice President of Business Development - California at Electreon.
Class of ‘17
Aidan Renaghan (SGE Immersion ‘16, MBA ‘17, MPA ‘17) for starting a new position as Senior Director, M&A and Commercial Strategy at Peak Renewables.
Class of ‘16
Drue Holloway (SGE Immersion ‘15, MBA ‘16) for starting a new position as Chief Strategy Officer at MissionSquare.
Brian Liberatore (SGE Immersion ‘15, MBA ‘16) for starting a new position as Principal at SEI.
Chris Whylie (SGE Immersion ‘15, MBA ‘16) for starting a new position as Director, Business Planning (DSP/Curate) at Microsoft.
Class of ‘15
Brendan Condit (SGE Immersion ‘14, MBA ‘15) for starting a new position as Director of Circular Revenue Models at Anthesis Group.
Class of ‘14
Brian Byrd (SGE Immersion ‘14, MPA ‘14) for starting a new position as Environmental Protection Specialist at FEMA.
Class of ‘13
Duncan Cooper (SGE Immersion ‘12, MBA ‘13) for starting a new position as Program Manager, Business Performance at Avangrid.
Class of ‘12
Will Martin (SGE Immersion ‘11, MBA ‘12) for starting a new position as Director of Low Carbon Fuels at Anew Climate.
Nikhil Suares (SGE Immersion ‘11, MBA ‘12) for starting a new position as Senior Director of Product Management at Parallel Wireless.
Brandon Frankel (SGE Immersion ‘12, MBA ‘13) for starting a new position as GTM Leadership at OpenAI.
Class of ‘08
Colin Harris (MBA ‘08) for starting a new position as VP, Financial Planning & Analysis at Coalition for Green Capital. |
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