CESR Blog
This year CESR organized a new series featuring mission-driven executive-level speakers. Called Changemakers, these events showcase inspirational leaders whose careers have helped shape the way businesses approach sustainability and social impact.
Amber Ledgerwood, who completed CESR’s Certificate in CSR (CCSR), has a great job at a company she respects. At the beginning of 2019, she was working at sales at SES, a satellite communications company providing critical connectivity to customers
This year of learning and working from home has taught us all new ways of connecting. While adjusting to the virtual environment has been challenging, it has also presented new opportunities for building our networks. Below are some tips and tricks
Case competitions like CESR’s Business Ethics Case Competition (BECC), and pitch competitions like New Venture Challenge (NVC), are an important part of Leeds. They put your skills to the test, allow you to dive into a topic, and build your
Collaboration is good for business. Cross-functional teams allow people to share best practices, problem solve from different points of view, and understand the larger context and potential impacts of their actions on the company as a whole. It
Welcome back to spring semester everyone. We, at CESR, are excited about the coming months and are planning a full suite of events designed around social and environmental impact work. You may be familiar with some of our event formats from
As we wrap up 2020 and head into the New Year students and businesses are looking ahead to summer internships and projects. For many businesses spring semester is a critical time to make plans and Leeds students who want to work in smaller, local or
At the Leeds School of Business students have many opportunities to apply knowledge to real-world problems, and to build their professional networks. Sustainability consulting is one area of particular interest to the students CESR interacts
This year is the tenth anniversary of the Leeds School of Business Social Responsibility and Ethics (SRE) Certificate offered by the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR). The SRE Certificate is available to undergraduate
Leeds students often talk with CESR about their desire to use their business skills to make the world a better place. This fall, CESR has been hosting a series of round table discussions for graduate students on Careers in Sustainability that look