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Kenan-Flagler Business School

CB 3490, McColl Building
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3490
United States

In the school's own words...

UNC Kenan-Flagler is known for our commitment to developing socially responsible, results-driven leaders. Consistently ranked one of the world's best business schools, we have demonstrated our leadership in the field of sustainable enterprise for almost a decade.

UNC Kenan-Flagler was one of the very first to offer a comprehensive educational, research and outreach program in sustainable enterprise (SE) that prepares future leaders to lead at the intersection of financial profitability, environmental integrity and social equity. Our leadership has been recognized in every Beyond Grey Pinstripes report since its inception, with Kenan-Flagler ranked among the very best at preparing MBAs for social and environmental stewardship.

UNC Kenan-Flagler innovations include the national Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition—the only MBA competition of its kind—and the new UNC Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (BASE), which speeds the growth of companies with environmental and social products and services. BASE is one of the first incubators to specifically support businesses that address financial profitability, social equity and environmental sustainability.

UNC Kenan-Flagler offers MBA students an unparalleled range of curricular and experiential learning opportunities—from our Sustainable Enterprise MBA Concentration to our award-winning CSE Consulting internship program, global immersion opportunities, and SE mentoring program. SE electives include topics on environmental strategy, socially responsible investing, corporate social responsibility (CSR), social entrepreneurship, climate change strategy, workplace diversity, Base of the Pyramid markets, microfinance and urban redevelopment. Students can participate in a sustainable enterprise Global Immersion Elective that includes in-country learning about business and sustainable development in Latin America.

Cases, workshops and extracurricular activities further equip MBA students with the tools to identify opportunities that create competitive advantage through sustainability. Students apply classroom learning to real-world projects through STAR projects (consulting with companies on projects with economic development and social impact), Launching the Venture (launching their own social and sustainable ventures in a series of courses), Social Innovations Lab (assessing social entrepreneurship projects) and Sustainability Consulting (working with companies on strategic environmental or social challenges).

Our Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Urban Investment Strategies Center, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Center for Real Estate Development also provide project opportunities for students. We are the only top business school with a unit that helps business and government tackle problems with impact on society; the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise has operations on the UNC campus and in Bangkok.

Because we were one of the earliest business schools to incorporate an MBA concentration in SE, UNC Kenan-Flagler has an extensive network of alumni working in sustainability and CSR careers at such organizations as Bank of America, Walmart, GE, Timberland and John Deere. Our annual Sustainable Business Career Fair, now in its 10th year, brings organizations to campus to recruit specifically for sustainability positions and internships. Our internship program, CSE Consulting, the only one of its kind at any business school, provides students with real-world sustainability consulting experience.

Learn more about UNC Kenan-Flagler’s innovative and robust SE program at www.cse.unc.edu.