Centers for Sustainability within Business Schools
Other Related Institutes and Programs
International Efforts
Overview
A growing number of universities offer specific programs and courses in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and related fields.
Centers for Sustainability within Business Schools include:
- Center for Social Innovation (CSI), Stanford University, Stanford Business School.
- Center for Sustainable Enterprise and the Environmental Finance Center, Kenan-Flager Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart Graduate School of Business.
- Center for Sustainable Systems Studies, Miami University.
- Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing, Haas School of Business, University of California - Berkeley.
- The Environmental Management & Sustainable Business Initiative, The Batten Institute, University of Virginia, Darden Graduate Business School.
- Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise and Center for Society and Economy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business.
- Initiative on Social Enterprise, Harvard Business School.
- Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, Charles H. Lundquist College of Business.
- Institute for Building Sustainable Communities, University of Detroit Mercy, College of Business Administration.
- Research Program in Social Organizational Learning, George Washington University, School of Business and Public Management.
- Socially Responsible Business Leadership Initiative (SRBLI), Haas School of Business, University of California - Berkeley.
- University of California MBA Emphasis in Corporate Environmental Management, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.
- Wharton Environmental Management Program, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.
- Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies (VCEMS), Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management.
Even in schools without designated programs, the number of formal CSR classes has grown in recent years. There are also studient-initiated classes emerging from clubs and groups, such as Net Impact (formerly Students for Socially Responsible Business), which is active on more than 100 graduate business schools across the United States and internationally. In addition, special institutes offer executive training programs for working business people, such as the Social Venture Institute and the Aspen Institute.
Other Related Institutes and Programs offering classes include environmental studies and engineering departments, such as:
- Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies, University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
- Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
- Common Property Studies at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Division of Society and Environment, University of California - Berkeley.
- Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University
- Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University.
- School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.
- School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
International Efforts that show interest in CSR include: