sustainability

Sustainability Has Become a Key Decision Maker for Businesses’ Success

Increasingly, companies are starting to reflect environmentally conscious decisions in their operations, affecting much of how the business operates for consumers. Because of this, these businesses are hiring more people who have knowledge in both environmental and business backgrounds to…

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Underperforming Companies Lose Focus On Innovation

When most people think of an entrepreneur, the image of one person often comes to mind, but new research suggests that the benefits of entrepreneurial partnerships may be an overlooked resource when it comes to generating real solutions. In “Partnerships…

Companies Pledge to Go Green

In September 2019, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a plan in which the company will take leading strides in the fight against climate change. Amazon’s Climate Change Pledge is a plan to make the company carbon-neutral by 2040. Carbon-neutral means that…

Sustainable Business Practices and Consumerism

In recent years, consumers have jumped onto the sustainability bandwagon when purchasing products or services and businesses are starting to notice. Yearly sustainability reports have become readily available for consumers to search the brands they buy from and read about…

Todd Moss: Sustainability Is a Way of Life

HomeExperiential LearningClass of 2019Student SpotlightsAlumni & FriendsFaculty & Staff Todd Moss: Sustainability Is a Way of Life Todd Moss’s family in front of the Hall of Languages. Todd Moss doesn’t just teach about sustainability and entrepreneurship at the Martin J.…

Student Spotlight: Adena Rochelson ’21

HomeExperiential LearningClass of 2019Student SpotlightsAlumni & FriendsFaculty & Staff Student Spotlight: Adena Rochelson ’21 Hometown: Fayetteville, New York Major: Supply Chain Management Minor: Environment and Society Adena Rochelson has known how to make an impact since the fourth grade. At…

A United Nations Project Marks a Decade of Global Sustainability Research and Practice at the Whitman School

In the spring, students enrolled in the CASSE Program’s BUA 759 Sustainability-Driven Enterprise capstone course participated in an experiential learning project sponsored by the United Nation’s (UN) Global Compact, an initiative to implement universal sustainability principles from CEOs worldwide. For…

A United Nations Project Marks a Decade of Global Sustainability Research and Practice at Whitman

For 10 years, Syracuse University’s Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), a collaboration between the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, College of Engineering and Computer Science, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and the Syracuse Center of Excellence (CoE), has been committed to training students and facilitating leading research…

Bringing Supply Chain Management to Life

When Pat Penfield first met Fred Easton, Whitman School professor of supply chain management, he was president of the Central New York chapter of the Association for Operations Management (APICS) where he often would teach associated courses. Professor Easton was…

Whitman Summer Reads

This summer, Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management is highlighting reading material. Check out our summer reads on sustainability. Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Todd Moss has recommended three books on how sustainability and business can coexist and still be profitable.…

2015 Salzberg Program to Honor Unilever

The H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Whitman School is hosting the 66th annual Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program on Oct. 8 from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the School’s Lender Auditorium This year’s recipient of…

Professor Todd Moss to Lead the Sustainable Enterprise Partnership

Todd Moss has joined Whitman as an assistant professor of entrepreneurship and faculty director of the Sustainable Enterprise Partnership. Moss’ research is focused on the intersections of entrepreneurship, social responsibility and innovation and has appeared in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice,…

Whitman EEE Helps Student Realize Success in Energy Market

James Shomar ’13 MSE, ’12, is the CEO of Solstice Power, a company he started in Whitman’s Couri Hatchery. The company is developing the Solstice Hybrid System, an on-site solar power system capable of providing electrical, heating and AC power…

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