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Nov 14, 2019

Burt’s Bees’ Paula Alexander Joins MBA Guest-Lecturer Series to Talk About Sustainability Practices

As part of the guest-lecturer series in Jessica Thomas’ MBA 582: Sustainability and Business course, Paula Alexander, director of sustainable business and innovation at Burt’s Bees, spoke to Jenkins graduate students about sustainability. 

Mar 13, 2019

Jenkins MBA Students Plan to Start Case Competition Team After HEC Challenge

By Nikki Hensley (Jenkins MBA ’20), Eric Plant (Jenkins MBA ’20), Lacy Isley (Jenkins MBA ’19) and Javid Taghiyev (Jenkins MBA ’19) What do you think of when you hear… 

Aug 7, 2018

3 Ways Everyday People Can Make Social Business the Norm

BSC Director, Jessica Thomas, was featured in a Medium article by Activate Good Executive Director, Amber Smith, "3 Ways Everyday People Can Make Social Business the Norm." The article explores every day strategies that people can take to effect social change. Amber Smith discusses how individuals can "benefit the world when you buy" and features Jessica Thomas' #bcorpchallenge. 

Aug 6, 2018

Reflections from the 2018 ARCS Annual Conference at MIT Sloan

by Rejaul Hasan BSC Associate Doctoral candidate in the NC State Colleges of Textiles The Alliances for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) 10th annual research conference was hosted by the MIT…