B Corp Clinic

Aug 17, 2023

ImpactKarma’s Experience in the B Corp Clinic

Learn about ImpactKarma's experience in the B Corp Clinic and journey to become a certified B Corp! 

Mar 20, 2023

Happy B Corp Month!

March is B Corp Month! We are celebrating the recent certification of two companies that participated in the NC State B Corp Clinic as part of their B Corp Certification journey. 

Mar 1, 2023

Descalza Officially B Corp Certified

Congratulations to Descalza on there recent B Corp Certification! Descalza participated in the NC State B Corp Clinic as part of there path to B Corp Certification. Learn more about Descalza's story and shop there clothing! 

Sep 14, 2022

The Business of Sustainability

Jessica Thomas, director of the Poole College Business Sustainability Collaborative, discusses plans on integrating sustainability across Poole College, including a proposal for a 12-credit graduate business sustainability certificate. 

Mar 23, 2022

Forbes Documents Prota Fiori’s Collaboration with MBA Students in the B Corp Clinic

With the help of the NC State B Corp Clinic, Prota Fiori has become the first woman-owned sustainable luxury footwear company in Italy to achieve B Corp Certification, and Forbes is talking about it! 

Oct 19, 2021

Fall 2021 B Corp Clinic Update

The B Corp Clinic returns for its thirteenth semester. The Clinic provides a unique opportunity for future business leaders to get hands-on consulting experience and the chance to learn about social and environmental impact assessment and sustainable business models. Each of the seven purpose driven companies involved this semester, have an array of goals to accomplish to become B Corp Certified. 

Sep 13, 2021

Poole Podcast: B-Corps and the Triple Bottom Line

Episode 10 of the Poole Podcast features Jessica Thomas and Eric Henry sharing inside information on B-Corps & the Triple Bottom Line. 

Jul 22, 2021

Oscar’s Journey from Oil & Gas to Sustainability Consulting

The sight of enormous wind turbines built right next to abandoned oil wells inspired Oscar to make a change and the NC State B Corp Clinic was a step on his path. In this article, Jenkins Alum, Oscar Llama shares his journey of moving from the oil industry into one focused on environmental and social sustainability. 

Apr 4, 2021

B Corp Month 2021 Podcast with Jessica Thomas

In March 2021, The Green Elephant Show featured Jessica Yinka Thomas to discuss B Corporations and B Academics. Jessica and Russell spoke about how sustainability, B corporations, and how social & environmental impact is increasingly important to the next generation of business leaders. 

Jan 5, 2021

The Gift of a Lifetime: Poole College of Management reflects on 10 years since the Poole Family Endowment

On a cold morning in December 2010, Nelson Auditorium was filled with students, faculty, staff, community members, college supporters and local reporters as an historic gift was announced. Lonnie C. Poole, Jr., founder of Waste Industries, and his wife, Carol Johnson Poole, shared their intent to donate $40 million to the university –– $37 million of which was designated to fund an endowment to support the College of Management, now named the Lonnie C. Poole Jr. College of Management. The endowment was the largest gift given to NC State in school history, and, in an interview with the Triangle Business Journal, Chancellor Randy Woodson shared it would “elevate our ability to have one of the most competitive business colleges in the country.”