The Campus Y is excited to announce the launch of UNC’s Social Innovation Incubator. It will provide important organizational resources to teams of undergraduate students seeking to build and accelerate their innovative social ventures. The Incubator will be located on the third floor of the YMCA Building and will provide physical space and equipment to its resident teams, as well as legal, tax, communications, and other expert advice. The Social Innovation Incubator supports the Innovate@Carolina Roadmap, UNC’s plan to help Carolina become a world leader in launching university-born ideas for the good of society. The Incubator is made possible through strategic campus partnerships with the Minor in Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Initiatives, the Community Development Law Clinic at the UNC School of Read More
Monthly Archives: November 2011
NYT Mark Bittman’s Recent Post lists two February ’12 Food Symposium Speakers
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this is worth sharing. Take special note of numbers 8 and 9 on the list: they mention Will Allen’s Growing Power and Tom Philpott, blogger at Mother Jones. Both will be in Chapel Hill/Durham to participate in the upcoming Shared Tables: A Triangle Symposium on Global and Local Food Studies, February 28 and 29, 2012. The Center for Sustainable Enterprise, along with several other UNC Centers, is a sponsor and organizer. Stay tuned for more details but this will be a unique collaboration hosting the Global day on UNC’s campus 2/28 and the Local day at Duke on 2/29. Enjoy this lively list of 25 things to be Thankful for. From 11/19/11 New York Times “There are days when Read More
Can a Large Bank Get Ahead of the Market and Lead Sustainable Change?
By Louis Caditz-Peck, Portfolio Analyst and Lending Project Manager, Self-Help Credit Union | Self-Help Ventures Fund Can a large bank get ahead of the market and lead sustainable change? That was the question on my mind at the CSE’s conversation with Citi Director of Sustainability Val Smith (UNC Kenan-Flager MBA ’02) on November 15th. I came to gather best practices in sustainability that we could consider in my work at Self-Help, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that makes responsible loans in low-wealth communities. And, as I consider MBA programs, I wanted to see firsthand what the sustainable finance conversation looks like at UNC Kenan-Flager. Val Smith pointed to some impressive work. Close to my heart was Citi’s launch of Read More
Big Energy Thinks Outside the Box
By Chris Wedding, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship: UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and Manager of R&D and Sustainability: Cherokee Investment Partners What can I say? It’s nice to be surprised. That’s what happened when I attended GE Energy‘s Innovation Summit about two weeks ago at their HQ in Atlanta. The goal of the two-day event was (1) to focus on eliminating waste and creating additional value while addressing consumer and government expectations around environmental and public health goals, and (2) to brainstorm around new products and services for GE Energy to consider developing to serve future markets, not today’s, a sure sign of GE Energy’s leadership and focus on thinking longer term. To facilitate this out-of-the-box thinking, GE Energy Read More
Join us and Val Smith on Tuesday November 15: Why Innovative Banks Care about Sustainability
The Center for Sustainable Enterprise Presents Val Smith (MBA 2002), Director of Sustainability at Citi in conversation with Al Segars, RBC Bank Distinguished Professor, UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School Why Innovative Banks Care about Sustainability November 15, 2011, 5:30pm, Koury Auditorium at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School RSVP to attend in person or via webcast to cse@unc.edu. Val and Al will hold a lively discussion on Citi’s best practices in sustainability. They will cover topics like Citi’s incorporation of green building practices, their participation in the development of the Equator Principles Initiative, and their recent recognition as the top U.S. bank in the 2011 Newsweek Green Rankings. Don’t miss her insight in conjunction with UNC’s Campus Sustainability Day. Free and open to Read More