Exploring our Energy Future: State of the Renewables Industry Title Slide

Exploring the Future of Energy Launch Event

Sept. 21, 2020

This past week CESR launched a new series, Exploring the Future of Energy, which has been developed in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Schneider Electric . The first event, The State of the Renewables Industry, was anchored by Heidi VanGenderen , ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s Chief Sustainability Officer...

CESR Students and Faculty networking

2020-2021 Sustainability and Social Impact Student Club Leadership

Sept. 3, 2020

There are many wonderful student clubs at Leeds that offer opportunities for sustainability and social impact students to expand their knowledge, build their networks, and put their business skills to the test. The clubs listed below all also offer events that qualify for the CESR Explores rewards program . To...

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Announcing CESR’s Fall 2020 Programs

Aug. 24, 2020

As the school year begins for ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, CESR is excited to share our Fall 2020 program schedule . It is packed with events that support business careers which add value to the bottom line, to the planet, and to humanity. Two separate series, one for undergraduates called the Find...

CESR research director Clare Wang, Leeds Faculty

Introducing Clare Wang, CESR Research Director

Aug. 10, 2020

We are pleased to welcome Clare Wang , associate professor of accounting at Leeds, as CESR’s new Research Director. In this role, she will collaborate with the CESR team to help build stronger connections with faculty across divisions at Leeds, and will support the development of thought leadership in our...

CESR Panel Series on the Workplace during Crisis

Reflections on our Panel Series: How Current Events are Shaping the Workplace

July 27, 2020

For the past three weeks CESR has been hosting a series of conversations about how the pandemic and the racial justice movement have been shaping workplace procedures and policies. We have explored how employers can support employees’ mental health needs during times of crisis, how the role of Corporate Social...

Stefanie Johnson Asaf Bernstein and Sabrina Volpone thought leaders at Leeds

Leeds Faculty Research Investigates the Impact of Race on Business and Business on Racial Equity

July 13, 2020

Leeds School of Business faculty are involved in a wide range of research projects that are advancing our understanding of business, and leading to insights that will help companies become more resilient, inclusive and sustainable. Here are some of the incredible thought leaders with whom we at the Center for...

Pete Dignan teaches the Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Class

Introducing Pete Dignan, CCSR Instructor and Changemaker

June 29, 2020

Pete Dignan has had a wide ranging career which includes time as Hydrologist for the state of Ohio, software entrepreneur, CEO of a renewable energy company, and founder of the consulting firm Ever Better which focuses on helping purpose driven organizations move toward more human-centered, adaptive ways of working. He...

Silence is oppression quote Desmond Tutu

More than Talk: Companies Supporting Black Lives Matter

June 15, 2020

In the past few weeks we have seen an outpouring of support for the central message of the Black Lives Matter movement: racism reduces the black experience and deprives black folx of their full humanity . Books on anti-racism, black history, structural racism, and white supremacy have sold out ...

We Must Do Better

We Must Do Better

June 2, 2020

America is in crisis and our hearts are breaking. It isn’t just one thing. It is the combination, and the fact that things are all happening at the same time: the disproportionate compound risks faced by communities of color, the structural disparities in access to health care, personal safety, and...

Our Three Grads

Our Amazing Graduates

May 15, 2020

At CESR we love working with students. They are so many things: passionate, insightful, forward-thinking, courageous and determined. And in this graduation month, we are proud to introduce you to three ²ÊÃñ±¦µä grads who have so much promise we can’t wait to see what they do. All of these...

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