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Large and small businesses already provide some of the best examples of “triple bottom line” thinking, striving to meet social, environmental and financial goals at the same time. Whether working on corporate business sustainability practices, clean energy technologies or market mechanisms for environmental conservation and investment, Switzer Fellows engage the business and financial sector in achieving positive environmental outcomes.

Spotlight on Leadership

The Evolving Field of Sustainable Businesses

New scientific knowledge combined with increasing demand for more responsible products and services are the main drivers of change in the field of sustainability, according to Tim Greiner, Managing Partner and Co-founder of sustainability consulting firm Pure Strategies.Read more >

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Related Grants

Sustainable Aquaculture Communities
Year: 2018
Region: New England
Aquaculture is experiencing extremely fast growth in Maine, as it is in other parts of the country and around the world. Fishing is a critical part of Maine's economy; aquaculture is becoming more and more prevalent as commercial fishermen seek to diversify their income and new entrepreneurs enter...Read more >
Clean and Just Solar Energy Initiative, Year 3
Year: 2011
Region: California
Dustin Mulvaney will continue his research into the safety and sustainability of the solar photovoltaic industry for a third year. Dustin and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) will build on the momentum of the past two years of Dustin's role as Research Scientist on the Clean and Just...Read more >
Clean and Just Solar Energy Initiative, Year 2
Year: 2010
Region: California
To build on the success of Dustin's first year researching the safety and sustainability of the solar photovoltaic industry, expanding the investigation of solar energy manufacturing and recycling and to make the information accessible to industry, workers, legislators, investors, and the...Read more >

Featured Fellows

Dara O'Rourke
Dara O'Rourke
1998 Fellow
Associate Professor
UC Berkeley
Karen Shapiro
Karen Shapiro
1988 Fellow
Senior Associate for Policy and Program
Product Stewardship Institute
Jason Jay
Jason Jay
2009 Fellow
Director of Sustainability Initiative
MIT Sloan School of Management

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