{"id":6665,"date":"2011-04-04T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T19:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6665"},"modified":"2011-04-04T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T19:57:24","slug":"top-schools-with-green-mba-programs-practice-what-they-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/top-schools-with-green-mba-programs-practice-what-they-teach\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Schools with Green MBA Programs Practice What They Teach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Sustainable Endowments Institute<\/a> released its fifth College Sustainability Report Card<\/a> that examines the sustainability practices of colleges and universities with the 300 largest endowments in the United States and Canada, Socialfunds.com<\/a> reported today.\u00a0 With the recent proliferation of green and sustainable MBAs in the United States, I often wonder if universities practice what they preach, or should I say teach, as far as sustainability goes.\u00a0 So I decided to investigate what sustainability grades were earned from the top United State’s universities boasting green MBA programs.\u00a0 See where your school or alma mater falls.<\/p>\n

Following are the top ten universities with MBA programs that integrate issues concerning social and environmental stewardship into the curriculum, according to Beyond Grey Pinstripes<\/a> (an independent, biennial business school survey and ranking hosted by the Aspen Institute that celebrates coursework, research and activities that prepare MBAs for social, ethical and environmental stewardship<\/strong>).\u00a0 I have added next to their names the school’s overall sustainability grade as determined by the College Sustainability Report Card<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nU. of Michigan (Ross)<\/a>:\u00a0 B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nYale School of Management<\/a>:\u00a0 A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nStanford Graduate School of Business<\/a>:\u00a0 A-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNotre Dame (Mendoza)<\/a>:\u00a0 B+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nUC Berkeley (Haas)<\/a>:\u00a0 B+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nNYU (Stern)<\/a>:\u00a0 B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nColumbia Business School<\/a>:\u00a0 B+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nU. of Virginia (Darden)<\/a>:\u00a0 B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCornell (Johnson)<\/a>:\u00a0 A-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nGWU School of Business<\/a>:\u00a0 B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I was happy to see all of Beyond Grey Pinstripe’s<\/a> top ten schools achieved grades well above average, indicating that sustainability is not confined within the MBA\u00a0classroom, but part of the greater policies of the school.\u00a0 This not only role models sustainability for MBA students but undoubtedly gives them avenues for further learning, experience and application of their course concepts to the actual administration of their universities.<\/p>\n

Socialfunds.com reported that six of the nine main categories addressed by the Report Card focus on the operations of colleges and universities, while\u00a0the importance of the investment activities of endowments can be seen in the other three categories, which seek to measure endowment transparency, investment priorities, and shareholder engagement.<\/p>\n

Overall the weakest performances by schools were found in the category of shareholder engagement, where the average grade remained unchanged from last year’s grade of D.\u00a0 Likewise the performance of the 10-school sample here was very low in this category.\u00a0 Perhaps more student engagement in this area in particular can boost next year’s grades?<\/p>\n

To find out how these and other universities\u00a0performed in the nine subcategories that comprise their overall sustainability grade, check out the database at College Sustainability Report Card<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image Credit:\u00a0 AJC1<\/a> via Flickr under CC license.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sustainable Endowments Institute released its fifth College Sustainability Report Card that examines the sustainability practices of colleges and universities with the 300 largest endowments in the United States and Canada, Socialfunds.com reported today.\u00a0 With the recent proliferation of green and sustainable MBAs in the United States, I often wonder if universities practice what they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[396,889,1978,4029,4034],"adace-sponsor":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_last":["56"],"_wp_old_slug":[""],"dsq_thread_id":["270986577"],"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":["80"],"omc_review_enable":["0"],"omc_user_ratings_visibility":["0"],"omc_review_type":["stars"],"omc_criteria_display":["n"],"omc_featured_post":["0"],"omc_comment_type":["wp"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":["Green MBA Programs"],"_yoast_wpseo_title":["Top Schools with Green MBA Programs Practice What They Teach"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["I decided to investigate what sustainability grades were earned from the top United State's universities boasting green MBA programs. 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