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TOP http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/ Prominent Faculty• Glen Dowell, Strategies for Sustainability • Mark B. Milstein, Green Revolving Fund • Chris Marquis, Social Entrepreneurship
Prominent Alumni
• H. Fisk Johnson, Chariman and CEO, S.C. Johnson & Sons • Drew Fraser, CEO, Method
• Luke Penney, Founder and CEO, LEAP Organics
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The Sustainable Global Enterprise(SGE) student community at Johnson is diverse and tight-knit, composed of classmates and world-class professionals eagerly sharing professional expertise, personal networks, and career advice. Johnson was ranked #2 for sustainability in the 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek MBA rankings report. The SGE Immersion embraces Johnson’s emphasis on practical and experiential learning, allowing students to develop a hands-on understanding of sustainable business challenges in the second semester of their first year. The immersion also gives students freedom to shape their experience around specific interests, through elective courses at Cornell’s world- class graduate programs or through the vibrant entrepreneurial community in Ithaca, NY.
At Johnson, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise frames global sustainability challenges as business opportunities and works with firms to identify innovative and entrepreneurial business alternatives that they can implement in the marketplace. The Center designs and manages Johnson’s sustainability curriculum that is focused on market and enterprise creation (particularly in low-income communities), clean technology commercialization and innovation, the intersection between finance and sustainability, and other relevant trends. Students have the opportunity to explore sustainability challenges as business opportunities through a consulting immersion project, the SGE Practicum. The projects require competency in all management areas, including economics, finance, accounting, marketing, and operations. The program also includes treks to Washington, D.C. and New York City to visit public and private sector institutions, including KaBOOM!, the Department of Defense, National Geographic Society, Calvert Investments, Dalberg Consulting, TIAA-CREF, and OPower to learn how they are tackling these issues.
The SGE Practicum is designed in a way that allows students to supplement their course load with classes in specific functional (finance, marketing, consulting, etc.) or interest (energy, business ethics, non-profit management, etc.) areas. Johnson students have the incredible opportunity to take classes in other top-tier graduate programs including the Sloan Program in Health Administration, the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, the School of Hotel Administration, the College of Engineering, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the College of Human Ecology. On-campus events covering prominent social and environmental topics include the Johnson Energy Connection, Entrepreneurship at Cornell, and Accenture Development Partners Case Competition.
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Many students at Johnson are interested in understanding how business can be used as a force for good in society. The Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Club is a professional club whose mission is to empower future leaders to integrate social and environmental sustainability into business and to advance the professional development of Johnson students interested in sustainability-related careers. Recognizing that sustainability is a broad umbrella, the SGE club provides professional development and educational programming to actively engage students in seven affinity areas: education, environmental finance, green building and sustainable hospitality, renewable energy, social enterprise and microfinance, sustainability consulting, and sustainability marketing.
This year, the SGE Club conducted its second annual B2B (Boston-to-Burlington) career trek and visited 11 companies (including Seventh Generation, Ben & Jerry’s, King Arthur Flour, Harvest Power, and EnerNOC), catering to the diversity of student interests. The SGE Club has continued its signature Fireside Chat series with prominent speakers to provide opportunities for students to discuss industry trends and network with high-level sustainability professionals. Additionally, Johnson hosts major on-campus events each year to raise the profile of sustainable business, including the Johnson Energy Connection and sustainability-focused panel discussions at the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration. Club members often get involved with additional socially or environmentally focused opportunities through BR MicroEnterprise (consulting local entrepreneurs), Community Impact (coordinates social outreach and service projects), Energy Club, IDEACorps Challenge, and Johnson Board Fellowship (non-voting seats on boards of local non-profits).
Johnson offers students customized, one-on-one coaching and mentorship through a dedicated sustainability counselor at the central career center. The sustainability career counselor maintains an extensive database of relevant job postings and continuously builds connections with firms looking for socially and environmentally minded students. As one of the premier institutions of its kind, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise complements Johnson’s sustainability career advisor by circulating job posts, linking students with alumni in relevant industries, and serving as a resource for students working on cutting-edge projects and events.
As part of Johnson’s culture of giving back, second-year students manage weekly Career Work Group sessions to help kick start the internship search for first-year students. The sessions teach how to perfect a resume, conduct a successful off-campus job search, and succeed in interviews. Students also organize and lead career treks that facilitate interactions with executives at a wide range of sustainability-focused organizations. Johnson alumni are actively invested in the professional pursuits of current students. By hosting events at their companies, preparing students for interviews, and returning to campus to lead presentations, the alumni reflect the strong community long after they have graduated.
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Business as UNusual, Published by Net Impact 2014
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