In select cites around the globe, cars, buildings, energy companies, and government agencies are being bridged together by one network to help decrease carbon footprints, while providing new services to communities and reducing costs. Smart+Connected Communities have the ability to transform physical communities to connected communities, and more importantly, to enable economic, social and environmental sustainability. The same principles of openness that have made the Internet a thriving ecosystem over the past 20 years can be applied to provide communities with a smarter and connected platform for people, products, services and information. Join Wim Elfrink, Cisco’s Chief Globalisation Officer and Executive Vice President for Emerging Solutions, to explore the possibilities of Smart+Connected cities. This event is co-hosted by the Blum Center for Developing Economies.
Students attending the event will have the opportunity to sign up for office hours with Wim Elfrink.
Wim Elfrink, Chief Globalisation Officer and Executive Vice President for Emerging Solutions, Cisco
Thursday, March 22, 2012
6-8pm: Networking Reception with complimentary heavy hors d'oeuvres 7:30-8:30 PM: Presentation
Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business
While starting any new company is challenging, there is a unique set of tough decisions for the entrepreneur working to solve the world's greatest social problems. After all, social ventures are often established to address issues that neither governments nor markets naturally seem to solve. What, specifically, are examples of those challenges that an entrepreneur at the heart of a social venture might have to address and overcome? Speakers will address how they've managed decisions regarding raising capital, pricing, governance, market testing and other topics impacted by working to achieve both social and financial returns.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 6-8pm
Citigroup, 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013
Berkeley-Haas Dean Rich Lyons will facilitate a lively conversation about the future of the financial sector and its ability to create both business and societal value with a distinguished panel of financial services leaders: Pam Flaherty, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Citi Foundation; Peter Knight, President at Generation Investment Management; Tarrus Richardson, CEO of IMB Development Corporation. Ample time for audience questions will be set aside to allow for an engaging exchange.
More than three years from its most serious crisis in decades, the global banking and financial services sector still faces an uncertain future. Its central role to economies worldwide makes it one of the most critical influences on economic recovery and social progress—one reason why its role in society has led to division and discord. Since the crisis, debate has been joined on all sides by stakeholders seeking to influence how the financial sector operates and is structured.
According to a recently-released report by the Berkeley-Haas Center for Responsible Business, global banking and financial sector experts see opportunities for the sector to grow and re-engage with society through “inclusive innovations” that expand their businesses while building positive relationships throughout society. Dean Rich Lyons and this panel of banking leaders will explore how inclusive innovation can generate a range of social and business benefits including enhanced market access, new business development opportunities, more robust employee recruitment and retention, and improved reputation and brand management.
The International Impact Investing Challenge is a pitch competition focused on designing investment vehicles that create sustainable impact and are of the size and scope that would be of interest to institutional investors. Graduates students are challenged to propose and defend a sustainable investment strategy for an institutional investor who makes sustainable investments.
Can a big company be agile, resilient and innovative in the same way that a smaller company can? How does a small, innovative company grow to scale quickly? New models of collaboration between corporations and social entrepreneurs are emerging that seek to answer "yes" to both of these questions by rolling out innovative models of social enterprise through the global operations of global corporations. Waste Management's recent investment in Recyclebank is one example of how it's being done. Join the Center for Responsible Business, Recyclebank, and Waste Managemeent to discuss innovative models to scale sustainable innovation. Speakers include
Ian Yolles, CSO, Recyclebank
Joseph Vaillancourt, Managing Director Organic Growth, Waste Management, Inc.
On February 17th, the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) will be hosting a Resources Roundtable event focused on solutions to problems associated with electronic waste. Confirmed speakers currently include:
- Barbara Kyle, Executive Director Electronics, TakeBack Coalition
- James Kao, CEO, Green Citizen
- Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director, California Product Stewardship Council
- Dustin Mulvaney, Professor, San Jose State University
- Francis Valluzzo Manager, State & Local Government Affair Eastern US, Dell
- Renee St. Denis, VP Business Development Americas, Sims Recycling
- Mark Robards, Vice President Sales & Marketing, ECS REFining
- Sheila Davis, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
- Tony Kingsbury, Executive in Residence, Haas School of Business
The East Bay Haas Alumni Network in Partnership with the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship is excited to offer a discussion with Paul Rice, Founder, and CEO of Fair Trade USA and Jennifer Walske, Director of Social Entrepreneurship, UC Berkeley on the topic of "What it takes to Scale the Social Venture."
Capital is perhaps one of the most essential ingredients for changing the world. From microfinance to venture capital, institutions' decisions on the flow of money play a significant role in the degree and direction of positive social impact. This year, Net Impact Berkeley Undergrad, in association with Haas School's Center for Responsible Business, is proud to host the first annual Kaleidoscope titled "Funding Sustainability: A Greener, Profitable Future." This speaker-panel event engages UC Berkeley students with professionals to explore the opportunities and challenges of funding sustainable projects and businesses. Speakers include
A select group of SAP executives and Haas MBAs join in facilitated conversation to envision what a sustainable future looks like for SAP. Student participants will have the opportunity to engage with SAP executives from across the company, gain deep insight into how SAP currently integrates sustainability into its corporate strategy, and influence executives' vision for SAP's future.
The session will be facilitated by CRB Faculty Director Kellie McElhaney.
When companies evaluate the sustainability of their products and systems, measuring social impacts is typically a significant challenge. While life-cycle assessment tools can be used to measure environmental impacts with a reasonable degree of accuracy, there are no similarly robust tools for social impacts. It can also be difficult to determine which metrics for social impact are most important for supply chains to prioritize. This roundtable will help companies prioritize key metrics, and will help researchers find gaps in current understanding of social metrics to guide future research and to develop new tools.
