CESR Sustainability

The 8th Annual ARCS Research Conference, of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Responsibility, was hosted by the Leeds School of Business and the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) at the University of Colorado, Boulder from May 18-20, 2016. The Conference Chair was Jeffrey York, Assistant Professor of...

For the first time ever, over 500 attendees from every region across Africa + Middle East will come together for a social enterprise trade and investment summit on September 19-23, 2016. This historic gathering of women-led social enterprises, social impact investors and international buyers will take place in Ifrane, Morocco...

By Fiona Murphy, Net Impact President, Marketing, Grad 2018 Sierra Stein, CESR Fellows Committees VP and Net Impact Liaison, Management, Grad 2019 For students looking for a community of sustainability-minded peers, you now have two options offered at CU-Boulder through the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) and Leeds...

Conscious Company Magazine has ranked the Leeds School of Business’ MBA program one of the top 15 impact-focused business programs in the U.S., due to its strong focus on social and environmental responsibility and affordable tuition. Out of 100 business schools, Leeds took 15th place as one of the best...

Converging Winds: Logic Hybridization in the Colorado Wind Energy Field CESR celebrates the publication of an academic research paper authored by Leeds Assistant Professor Jeffery G. York , Shane Faculty Scholar, in the prestigious Academy of Management Journal. The paper, Converging Winds: Logic Hybridization in the Colorado Wind Energy Field...

The weekend of February 4th, CESR Executive Director, Dr. Mark Meaney, travelled to Atlanta, GA to lead the 2016 UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Chapter North America Regional Meeting. The conference hosted attendees representing over 38 US and Canadian business and management institutions. This is an exciting time...

On February 12th & 13th members of the CU Leeds MBA Net Impact Chapter welcomed 19 teams of MBAs from around the world to compete in the 15th Annual Net Impact Case Competition . Teams developed innovative solutions for a case written by Leeds MBA candidates with a focus on...

January 26 – CESR Instructor, David Payne, and the MBA students of Topics in Sustainable Business host representatives from twelve local businesses for this year’s Sustainability Marketplace . A requirement of Topics in Sustainable Business is a consulting-style project where MBAs select a company to advise and assist in a...

January 20-23 – Global leaders in politics and business met for the World Economic Forum ’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The topic of focus this year was ' Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution' , and included panel discussions on a range of topics covering, among others, international diplomacy, the...

View the winning teams here ! December 5 – The University of Colorado Boulder and the Leeds School of Business host the 2015/16 Net Impact Case Competition (NICC)! The Net Impact Case Competition, the oldest sustainability competition of its kind in the world, places real-world sustainability business cases in front...