Sustainability and Ethics at McCombs

The McCombs School of Business demonstrates its commitment to ethics, sustainability and social responsibility with myriad opportunities initiated by McCombs students, faculty and staff.

McCombs Organizations

• Green Team
  
• Net Impact
  
• Clean Tech Group
  

Conferences and Events

• Annual Green Means Go Race Raises Funds to Reduce McCombs’ Carbon Footprint
• Sustainable Business Summit hosted by Net Impact  
• Sustainability Symposium hosted by the Center for Customer Insight and Marketing Solutions (CCIMS) 
• Sustainability and Business Speaker Series
• Net Impact’s Strategy Challenge
• Green Team’s biannual faculty and staff recycling and awareness events

Going Green: Recycling and Energy Conservation

• Recycling bins for paper, plastic bottles and aluminum are easily accessed around the business school with clear labeling and placement
• Battery recycling is offered in the faculty/staff lounge
• In collaboration with Safe Place, a local area women’s shelter, the school collects and donates cell phones and PDAs. Contact roanna.flowers@mccombs.utexas.edu  for more information.
• McCombs recycles thousands of pounds of waste each year. See full list of stats.
• The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center is a LEED certified building
• McCombs Faculty and Staff participate in Holiday Shutdown
• Alumni magazines are printed on Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper
• Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs used for lighting in the faculty/staff lounge
• Reusable coffee mugs are required in the faculty/staff lounge

Curriculum and Other Student Opportunities

• Service-Learning Courses
  
• LeaderShape® Institute
• The RKG Center’s Ford Fellows program
• Texas MBA program offers a concentration in social enterprise 

Related McCombs Articles:

• It’s [NOT] Easy Being Green
  
• The Triple Bottom Line
  
• Interview with Julie Irwin, Director of Ethics Education
  
• Accounting Practicum Immerses Students in Community Service
  
• Alum a Key Player in Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Plan
  
• Alum Fuels the Debate on Ethanol
  
• CSR Ties Together Corporate and Nonprofit Experiences 
• Environmentalist Finds a Place in Business