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Curriculum

Georgetown McDonough Introduces Four-Day Certificate to Help Professionals Lead with a Sustainable Mindset

Sustainability encompasses all aspects of business, and anyone — regardless of which function you hold within an organization or the industry in which you work — has the…

April 5, 2023

Events

Leading on Sustainability: Peter Blommer (C’85)

Peter Blommer (C’85), vice chairman of the Blommer Chocolate Company, sat down with Vishal Agrawal, the Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business, to…

March 27, 2023

Alumni

Jason Dodier (EMBA’19) Launches Sustainability Startup To Support Decarbonization

Driven by a passion for sustainability and guided by his entrepreneurial education, Jason Dodier (EMBA’19) co-founded GRAIN Ecosystem in January 2022. GRAIN Ecosystem aims to…

February 6, 2023

McDonough News

A Year in Review: Georgetown McDonough’s Top Moments of 2022

As the calendar year comes to a close, Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business is celebrating the successes, milestones, and accomplishments of 2022. We advanced key…

December 21, 2022

Admissions

Meet the First Cohort of the Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability Management Program

The inaugural class of the M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management (MS-ESM) joined Georgetown this fall, coming from a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds and…

December 21, 2022

Admissions

Georgetown MS-ESM Program Partners With Fulbright Greece To Offer a Matching Scholarship

Aspiring students, residing in Greece, who want to tackle environmental concerns through the power of business can now pursue the Fulbright Georgetown Partner Award to support…

December 20, 2022

Alumni

Impact Investments: Alumni Make the Case for Sustainability

Being in business today goes hand-in-hand with sustainability—whether that’s the clothes you wear, the coffee you drink, the energy you use, or the community you build. Here,…

December 8, 2022

Research and Insights

Office Hours: Jason Schloetzer Reveals the Negative Impact of Extreme Temperatures on the Perceptions of the United States Economy

Unusual temperatures due to climate change pose detrimental impacts to economic activities and the habits of many consumers. Individuals’ beliefs about economic conditions and…

September 1, 2022

Alumni

A Sustainable Phil-osophy for Food – Georgetown Alumnus Tackles Climate Change at the Venture Lab

Georgetown alumnus Phil Wong (SFS’15) and his team are taking a bite out of climate change through their food startup, Phil’s Finest – and they’re using the;…

July 27, 2022

Student Experience

Hillery Tsumba (EMBA’22) – Exploring the Viability of Sustainable Trends in Luxury Markets

How does climate change influence the production and consumption of luxury goods?  This question took Hillery Tsumba (EMBA’22) and her teammates all the way to Italy to…

July 27, 2022