Category Archives: Business

Juggling and Balancing the Values of Everyday Life

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Hailey

I want to buy local and organic, but if I can’t find food that is both, do I buy local or organic? I believe in supporting local businesses, but if I can only find the notebook with recycled paper at … Continue reading →

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Sustainability in the Corporate World

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Hailey

Last week Friday, I attended the first Sustainability Student Forum at The University of Iowa. The forum’s opening remarks were made by the Net Impact’s president-elect, 2012 MBA candidate, Jon Finley, and a term he used that stuck a cord … Continue reading →

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Graduate Sustainability Forum: Sustainability in Business

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Hailey

With the concluding remarks in my last blog post about sustainability not  only being for the tree-hugger environmentalists, I want to bring to light a forum that is also in sync with the same message. The Graduate Student Sustainability Forum, … Continue reading →

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Your Next Reading Assignment

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Liz

How long will it take before the majority of companies worldwide reach a new era in which sustainability is fully integrated across their global business footprint? That’s the question posed at the very beginning of a new report entitled A … Continue reading →

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