Drawing on 15 years of leadership in social and environmental sustainability education, the Impact MBA at the Colorado State University College of Business was named the No. 5 Better World MBA in the United States by Corporate Knights.
Prepare to use enterprise models to connect purpose and profit. Our award-winning Impact MBA is a STEM-designated, 16-month on-campus program with a choice of two tracks: social entrepreneurship or corporate sustainability. You’ll learn ways to use business to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time with results focused on the triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental performance.
Students in the Impact MBA Corporate Sustainability track presented what they achieved during their summer fellowships.
Focusing its attention on providing resources to girls who face economic, social and educational obstacles to period health, Ubiquitous plans to provide products, consultations and general education about sexuality through a mobile-services model delivered through a vehicle converted to its needs.
Seagraze hopes to eliminate much of the climate changing methane gas emitted by cattle by introducing a seaweed-based feed additive and developing a brand to attract consumers to the earth-friendly product.
The Colorado State University College of Business’s Impact MBA program received the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education 2020 silver award for sustainability education.
In the quarantine, business owners received relief from the Paycheck Protection Program. Expanded unemployment benefits helped laid off workers make ends meet. Offices, schools, stores and restaurants changed their day-to-day operations. It was painful, no doubt, but most sectors of society received a lifeline to help them weather the crisis. Many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities didn’t. The consequences were tragic. WellNav looks to fix that.
A little smartphone app can have tremendous impacts. Airbnb reshaped the vacation rental market. Uber and Lyft disrupted models of local transportation. Now, ReKaivery is banking that the same principles of directly connecting buyers and sellers can help local farmers and commercial kitchens connect to reduce food waste.
In the hierarchy of environmental protection and pollution prevention strategies, the first step in mitigating harmful waste is simple: address the problem at the source by not creating it at all. Supported by a grant from the EPA, Five CSU College of Business Impact MBA students will be helping local businesses achieve that goal next summer.
Eliminating the lender-borrower relationship may sound like a radical approach to reforming banking, but Immpower's members are anything but outsiders in the finance and social welfare worlds.