Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The post Cathy Clark, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Sept. 24 – Before she herself began teaching 20 years ago, Cathy Clark helped her father run a summer program in Philadelphia that.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 10, 2021

The post Harvard Business School students’ impact fund secures $200,000 to back BIPOC-led small businesses appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, June 10 — Nearly $70 million, or 10% of assets in 40 student-managed investment funds have a sustainable investing strategy, according to.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A social purpose business model goes beyond focusing on profit and considers the value that is being generated for society. The social purpose business model is not yet widely represented in the mission statements or curricula of business schools. Of the 209 schools in this year’s universe, 19.6% What we found 1.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

by Christine Wen, Texas A&M University; Danielle McLean, The Conversation; Kevin Welner, University of Colorado Boulder, and Nathan Jensen, The University of Texas at Austin Built in 1910, James Elementary is a three-story brick school in Kansas City, Missouri’s historic Northeast neighborhood, with a bright blue front door framed by a sand-colored (..)

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A business course that once focused on maximizing shareholder profit now teaches how to measure purposeful value creation. These are just a couple of the upgrades that have made Australia’s Griffith Business School the most sustainable MBA program in the world, according to Corporate Knights, for the third year in a row.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Loyola University Chicago, in partnership with its Quinlan School of Business and School of Environmental Sustainability, presents a discussion of the impact of sustainability on people and communities, and the measures business can take. Pinçe, Assistant Professor, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At business schools worldwide, topics on sustainability, climate risk and income inequality are popping up in MBA programs, with new content, certificates and research. We know what to do, but progress is slow,” says Morsing, whose organization was founded in 2007 and now has 880 business school signatories. “If

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3BL Media

APRIL 18, 2024

Originally published on Built From Scratch 42 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will enhance their campuses this year after being awarded nearly $3 million in grants from The Home Depot’s Retool Your School program. This year marks the 15th anniversary of campus improvements.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The programs they direct – at Bard College, in New York State, and the Griffith Business School, in Queensland, Australia – landed in fourth and first places respectively on this year’s Better World MBA ranking. At the same time, seven entirely new schools joined the top 40 list.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

JANUARY 14, 2024

This teaching case looks at the lack of standardisation in the methodology used to score companies

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2023

Alex Edmans, professor of finance with the London Business School, discusses his radical rethink of how companies operate and why they exist.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

MAY 15, 2023

Sustainability barely featured in many senior leaders’ degrees but new courses are helping them catch up

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Financial Times: Moral Money

JULY 5, 2023

Research papers on ESG themes — positive and sceptical — dominate recent downloads from the Social Science Research Network website

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Corporate Knights

MAY 3, 2022

The question is of long-running research interest to Olga Hawn, associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. “I Businesses alone cannot respond to climate action, Wright concludes. The lesson for companies, says Hawn, is “Take a stand.”.

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3BL Media

APRIL 30, 2024

Jyoti turns her sewing skills into her own tailoring business with support from Udhyam Learning Foundation and Accion’s Ovante program Authors: Tannaz Daruwalla, Shweta Pereira During a recent visit to Panchkula, Haryana, located in northern India, we had the pleasure of meeting 22-year-old Jyoti, a budding entrepreneur and clothing designer.

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3BL Media

APRIL 4, 2024

We've learned that online businesses with 10 or fewer employees are creating more jobs than before – up to seven jobs for every one entrepreneur, compared to only two just a few years ago," said Alexandra Rosen, senior director of Venture Forward. Most of these businesses employ fewer than ten people, categorizing each as a microbusiness.

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Just Capital

AUGUST 11, 2022

Harvard Business School professor George Serafeim. Three years since the Business Roundtable dedicated its CEOs to pursuing a stakeholder-driven capitalism and just months before the pandemic helped fuel record growth of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing, the backlash against both has been intense.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 16, 2024

Based in Hope, BC, the employees donated two portable welding units, as well as welding rods and decommissioned engine starters, to nearby Boston Bar Elementary-Secondary and Hope Secondary schools. The local schools have metal and welding programs, though their budget for shop materials is limited.

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3BL Media

APRIL 15, 2024

We are so pleased to be launching our inaugural Motorola Solutions Foundation Computer Science Scholar Success Program,” said Dr. Bianca Wentzell, Dean of the School of STEM at St. Thomas Aquinas College. Beyond abundant job opportunities, careers in computer science offer high earning potential and numerous avenues for advancement.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Participating high schools and nonprofit organizations included Birmingham High School, Brotherhood Crusade, Bridge Builders, EduCare Foundation, Education & Leadership Institute, Hawkins High School, Junipero Serra High School, and King Drew Magnet High. SOURCE: AEG.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This article originally appeared in the January 2024 School Business Affairs magazine and is reprinted with permission of the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). This article presents strategies for telling a district's financial story and improving a district's budget process.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

JANUARY 14, 2024

The FT-InTent awards for responsible business education come as ESG comes under political attack in the US

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

10 Seattle and Greater Puget Sound start-up and existing WOB businesses competed for $47,000 in awards. The event was held September 15th at UW Foster School of Business in Seattle. The UW Tacoma Milgard School of Business and the Foster School worked together to review and select entries that satisfied the competition criteria.

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3BL Media

MARCH 13, 2024

The offices in Farmington, Connecticut, and Plantation, Florida, each identified a nearby public high school with a high number of at-need students and began collecting school supplies, hygiene products, toiletries, snacks and clothing. CAIC is not licensed to solicit business in New York, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

JULY 5, 2023

Summaries and edited extracts from recent studies on ESG themes

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2024

Alison Taylor, clinical associate professor at NYU Stern School of Business and author, joins co-host Mandi McReynolds to discuss the role of business in society, including stakeholder capitalism, employee engagement, and measuring impact with data and technology.

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3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

Staggeringly, 96% of the businesses in Great Britain are considered microbusinesses, which are defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as having less than 10 employees. Yet, this group of businesses is often unseen and therefore underserved — until now. SOURCE: GoDaddy. DESCRIPTION: Introduction. Download the Data here.

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2024

Held at the University of Denver, the competition drew 49 high school teams from as far away as Alaska and Mexico. Arrow recognizes how critical STEM programs, such as FIRST Robotics, are to the future of our business and our world,” said Kim Brown Wilmsen, senior vice president and chief information officer. “We CENTENNIAL, Colo.,

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Connecticut Green Bank recently more than doubled the allocation of funding to support the continued growth of commercial-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for businesses, towns, schools, non.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

FT data specialists focus on net zero targets, ESG teaching and alumni career progress

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2024

Since joining SAIC in 2020, Sujita successfully manages the software implementation, Scrum planning and release cycles, client communications and business support for mission-critical applications. She was the former treasurer of her local church and school board chair for the Sharon Temple Adventist School in Wilmington, DE.

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3BL Media

MAY 2, 2024

The SLS is a program for Latino high school students with a goal of promoting long-term community advancement by motivating students to graduate from high school, complete some type of post-secondary education such as a certificate or college degree, and to become leaders in the private and public sector.

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3BL Media

APRIL 30, 2024

April 30, 2024 /3BL/ - Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) is proud to announce the launch of Truist Life, Money, and Choices TM – its new, financial education program for community organizations tailored specifically for high school and college students. CHARLOTTE, N.C.,

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

I wasn’t a very focused student, and school always seemed like a chore. A few teachers would probably be very surprised that I made it all the way through graduate school! after business school. I’m fueled by the challenges we face and working with others to help move the business forward.

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3BL Media

APRIL 12, 2024

In this episode, we welcome back to the show Alex Edmans, professor of finance at London Business School and author of May Contain Lies, to discuss data blind spots, including ESG metrics, with co-host Andie Wood.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

That need is global, which is why 3M has developed its school zone safety program. After I joined TSD, the school zone safety program became the highest priority program for me,” Atsuko said. “I Busy roads and unmarked intersections are common challenges children face while walking to school.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The award, which recognizes high-impact research in sustainable finance, was presented to Stefano Giglio (Yale School of Management), Theresa Kuchler (NYU Stern), Johannes Stroebel (NYU Stern), and Xuran Zeng (NYU Stern).

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