MBAs who understand the business implications of climate change are better prepared to manage and succeed in our changing world. In this virtual learning session, prospective and incoming MBA students hear from business educators about the ways that they can build skills and climate expertise during your MBA experience and prepare yourself for a business career that contributes to climate solutions.

This recording comes from our virtual learning series, ClimateCAP MBA Academy: Understanding the Business of Climate on May 1st, 2024. Through this series we will talk with experts on topics across the climate x business continuum to prepare the business leaders of tomorrow—today’s MBA students— to anticipate and manage climate risks and opportunities in their careers. Our final speaker of the academic year is Harmit Singh, Chief Financial and Growth Officer at Levi Strauss & Co, who is in conversation with Brad Sparks, Executive Director of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S). Harmit & Brad discuss how sustainability is built into Levi’s financial strategy, the role of the CFO and their team in integrating sustainability into the business, impacts of stakeholders on climate strategy, and more!

This recording comes from our virtual learning series, ClimateCAP MBA Academy: Understanding the Business of Climate on Friday, April 5th, 2024.

Our speaker is Alison Taylor, clinical associate professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and the executive director at Ethical Systems. Alison shares key takeaways from her book, Higher Ground: How Business Can do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World. She discusses how business leaders can navigate ethical challenges and risks in a volatile global landscape. She talks through themes such as the politicization of the corporate world, how far a company should go to address social/environmental challenges, how to balance all of the “noise” from stakeholders and prioritize the stakeholders that matter most, the weaponization of transparency, and more.

This recording comes from our virtual learning series, ClimateCAP MBA Academy: Understanding the Business of Climate on Friday, March 8th, 2024.

Our speaker is Lewis Perkins, President of the Apparel Impact Institute, who is in conversation with Wesley Longhofer, Executive Academic Director of Emory University's Goizueta Business & Society Institute. Lewis and Wesley discuss "Activating Systems Change: Decarbonizing the Fashion Supply Chain." They cover topics such as incentivizing stakeholders across the value chain, operationalizing change beyond theory, and what it takes to shift the mindset of an industry.

This recording comes from our virtual learning series, ClimateCAP MBA Academy: Understanding the Business of Climate on Friday, January 12th, 2024.

Our speaker is Chrissa Pagitsas, Principal and Founder of Pagitsas Advisors and a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co. Chrissa speaks on the topic, "View of the C-Suite from the Eyes of a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)." She covers topics such as how CSOs balance different priorities, identifies CSO best practices, and discusses how a leaders personality and priorities impact the way that they show up at work.

This recording comes from our virtual learning series, ClimateCAP MBA Academy: Understanding the Business of Climate on Friday, December 1st, 2023.

In this session ""Impact Beyond Financial Return," Yusuf George, Co-Head of Active Ownership and Engagement at TCW. Mr. George speaks about creating impact beyond financial returns, active ownership investing and how investors impact corporate governance. Mr. George is in conversation with Witold J. Henisz, the Vice Dean and Faculty Director of the ESG Initiative and the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management in Honor of Russell E. Palmer at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.