CESR Sustainability

By Mark Meaney CESR Executive Director The CESR Fellows had a very successful launch in September at its first networking event. We intend the program to link freshmen and sophomores to juniors and seniors in nurturing a community of commitment to CESR values. Students do not declare their intent to...

SRE Certificate Paves the Way for Jobs In 2015, SRE Certificate graduates achieved a record 96% job placement rate, one of the highest at the Leeds School. And since its introduction in 2010, 87 students have graduated with the Socially Responsible Enterprise (SRE) Certificate . SRE graduates indicated overwhelmingly that...

The Center for Education on Social Responsibility’s (CESR) partnership with Leeds Career Development and MBA Career Management continues with the the 2015 Los Angeles CESR Career Trek later this October. Applications for the program were nearly double the number of available spots, and came from both MBA students and undergraduate...

The Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) presents its sixth annual Conscious Capitalism Conference: Social Impact Investing -- Different Views, Different Voices this November 11th, 2015 at Folsom Field Stadium Club on the CU Boulder campus. The event will bring together business students and leaders from regional universities and...

Doing good and being profitable: A journey in authentic leadership Jisook Choi, COO of Anato Investment Group, LLC 10/27, 9:30-10:45 am, HUMN 250 REGISTER HERE Leeds students are invited to attend this event, featuring Jisook Choi , the COO of Anato Investment Group, LLC , a new venture at the...

Wednesday September 9th marked the first informational meeting for the new student group at the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR), the CESR Fellows. The meeting was attended by 22 prospective Fellows from all classes as well as CESR Executive Director Mark Meaney, several CESR faculty and Leeds Dean...

B Corps are unique in that they must be certified to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. Unlike traditional corporations that sometimes find these standards to be at odds with financial obligations to shareholders, B Corps (benefit corporations) build them into their corporate structure. One...

UPDATE! August 19, 2015: Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) Executive Director Mark Meaney has been named as the Interim Head Secretariat of the North America Chapter of the UN’s PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) program. By Mark Meaney CESR Executive Director I recently had the honor of...

A recent article in the Huffington Post , “Do Startups and Incumbents Differ on Reasons for Entering into Green Industries?” , features a study published by Leeds School of Business Assistant Professor Jeffrey York and Darden School of Business Professor Michael Lenox. The study examines two areas of inquiry: What...

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Net Impact chapter has been recognized for its efforts and selected as one of three finalists for the Graduate Chapter of the Year Award , in a tight competition with Georgetown and Yale University. The award winner will be determined by a public vote,...