Final Highlights from 2016... and more!

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December 2016 Volume 2 │ Issue 4

We hope you all are settling into 2017!
In this issue, please find our highlights from the last quarter of 2016.

Michael Oxman, Center Managing Director, partnered with Dr. Chris Anderson (Principal, Yirri Global; Research Associate at the Colorado School of Mines; and Adjunct Professor in the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland) to lead a discussion for Georgia Tech’s Serve-Learn-Sustain’s Environmental Justice Series. The pair explored business-community relations with a focus on issues and lessons learned from the energy and mining sectors, including ingredients for mutually beneficial community engagement processes and outcomes.

Read a reflection on the event from Scheller BA student Rachel Fratt in our new Sustainable Business Blog!

In today’s market, no discussion about innovation is complete without touching on sustainability. In this panel, executives from The Aspen Institute, The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, and BuzzFeed discussed the role of innovation (and the contribution of a sustainability lens) in staying ahead of the curve in global commerce. The wide range of topics included: reducing carbon footprints, water-smart seeds, sustainable forestry, water replenishing, and biodegradable bottles made from plants.

Read more about the panel here.

“In the old model of accounting, neither consumers nor companies paid the long-term costs of what a company was doing to the environment; that was added to a tab picked up later by society.”

Rothaermel, a professor of strategy and innovation, also focuses his research on entrepreneurship. His work has passed Google Scholar’s 10,000 citations mark and Thomson Reuters has named him as one of the “world’s most influential scientific minds in economics and business.”

View a Scheller Faculty Profile highlight.

Now in its second year, the Greenovation Proposal Showcase engages students in an ideas competition focused on ways to make Georgia Tech a more sustainable campus. Money from corporate and campus sponsorships, including the Center, funds the award-winning project’s implementation on campus.

Upcoming Events

Monday, January 23rd | 5:00p - 6:00p
The Net Impact and Operations student clubs present
“There is Nothing Circular about the Circular Economy!”
-Paul Murray, VP-Sustainability & Environmental Affairs,
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Scheller College Room 201, 800 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
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Thursday, January 26th | 11:00a - 12:00p
Center “Business, Society, and Environment” Seminar Series
Speaker Jason Kuang presents
“A Dollar for a Tree or a Tree for a Dollar? The Behavioral Effects of Measurement Basis on CSR Investment Decision”
Scheller College Room 221, 800 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
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Monday, January 30th | 5:00p - 6:00p
Center “Carbon-Conscious Business: Science, Policy, and Technology” Series
Speaker Kim Cobb presents
“Climate Risk and Opportunity in the Southeastern US”
Scheller College Room 314, 800 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
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Wednesday, February 8th | 6:00p - 9:00p
Serve-Learn-Sustain Environmental Justice Series
Speaker Dr. Joe Kalt presents
“Native Nations and Environmental Justice: The Dakota Access Pipeline Challenge”
Clary Theathre, Student Success Center, 225 North Ave. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
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Thursday, February 23rd | 11:00a - 12:00p
Center “Business, Society, and Environment” Seminar Series
Speaker Dionne A. Nickerson presents
“Sustainable Fashion: How Sustainability Claims Affect Consumer Attitudes towards Fashion Brands”
Scheller College Room 221, 800 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
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Monday, March 6th | 5:00p - 6:00p
Center “Carbon-Conscious Business: Science, Policy, and Technology” Series
Speaker Daniel Rochberg presents
“Climate Policy from Paris to Peachtree and Beyond”
Scheller College Room TBD, 800 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
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More information on the
“Carbon-Conscious Business: Science, Policy, and Technology” Series
Coming Soon!

Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Publishes “Sustain+Ability” Issue

Center Collaborates with
Net Impact Club in Third Annual “Your Career and Sustainability” Panel

Center Participates in
Environmental Justice Series

Scheller College and The Aspen Institute Host CEO Panel on Innovation Leadership

Center-Affiliated Faculty Profile: Dr. Frank T. Rothaermel

Sustainability @Tech