How environmentally conscious are the nation's top 50 business schools?
Almost nine in 10 have one elective course in environmental management -
but only 16 percent have integrated the topic into core requirements. Only
21 percent offer a degree in environmental management (as a dual degree
with natural resources or forestry).
Those are the findings of a study by the Management Institute for
Environment and Business (MEB), a program of the World Resources Institute.
The study ranked eight schools as offering the best environmental focus:
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- George Washington University
- New York University (Stern)
- Northwestern University (Kellogg)
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
- University of Tennessee/Knoxville
- University of Virginia (Darden)
- University of Washington
To order the report, Grey Pinstripes With Green Ties:
http://www.wri.org/wri/meb/mba-home.htm
To see the survey results:
http://www.wri.org/wri/meb/mba-surv.htm
FROM Business Ethics
| Ford Motor Co. Receives Recycling Award |
Keep America Beautiful Inc. presented Ford with the 1998 Vision for America
award which honors achievements in recycling and use of recycled-content
materials and for innovative reuse of cast-off and scrap materials.
Recycling initiatives established by Ford include a "Carpet to Car Parts"
project, where recovered carpeting is screened, pelletized, and combined
with virgin resin to make engine air cleaner housings for nearly 3 million
vehicles annually. The company also uses 50 million recycled soda bottles
each year to make grille reinforcements, door padding, and roof liners.
Ford cars and trucks made in the U.S. and Europe are, on average, 75
percent recyclable. And Ford recycles its own tires, using them to
manufacture ergonomic floor mats.
FROM Waste Age's Recycling Times
