Tagged: sustainability

In celebration of Earth Day tomorrow (Thursday, April 22), we want to update you about our ongoing social responsibility efforts.

This March, sixty University of Iowa students participated the Frontier Co-op Case Competition, solving real-world sustainable business problems and competing for $4,000 in cash prizes.

Out of 22 finalists, Elias Escobedo-Gonzalez and Antonio Robles, two students earning their master’s in business analytics at the Tippie College of Business, took first place and won $1,200 for their solution to improving employee well-being during COVID-19.

Here are three global business trends to have on your horizon. The first – regarding the economic implications of coronavirus – is timely with current events, while the other two, on sustainability and immigrants in the workforce, are more long-term ideas.

The Tippie College of Business created a composting program for its faculty and staff to fulfill waste-reduction goals.

The Tippie College of Business recently became the first University of Iowa college to adopt the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education — a global movement to strengthen sustainability through education.

Joining a growing global movement, the Tippie College of Business has officially signed the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a United Nations-supported initiative to raise the profile of sustainability in universities, and equip business students to become drivers of corporate sustainability.

University of Iowa students had the chance to present their sustainable business pitches to win cash prizes at the 2019 Frontier Co-op – Tippie Impact Competition, held on Friday, April 12.

Coalescence Entertainment Inc., a film studio and philanthropic organization owned by two University of Iowa students, received the $2,500 top prize at the Frontier Co-op–Tippie Impact competition.

Tiny Trash initiative is helping the UI divert 60 percent of waste to recycling by 2020.

Majora Carter delivers lecture on improving communities through sustainable economic development.