Perspectives in Sustainability

Are you interested in sustainability, climate change, the use of natural resources, and the world around us?

This sustainability sector event series helps Chicago Booth students grapple with the most challenging issues facing our planet and understand how MBAs use their business skills to tackle these issues across public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The series features interactive exercises, panel discussions of gaps and trends in the industry, and information about career paths in the sustainability sector.

Upcoming Events

Check out the latest sustainability events and programs here.

Meet our Sustainable Food and Entrepreneurship Executive in Residence

Learn from industry experts in the Rustandy Center’s network, who work closely with students as mentors and advisors and share insights from their experience in the social sector. Learn more about opportunities to engage with Daphne Mazarakis.

Daphne Mazarakis, ’99, Sustainable Food and Entrepreneurship

Daphne Mazarakis is an independent food and sustainability consultant and a former consumer-packaged-goods executive. Her longest-standing clients include Grow Forward, a firm specializing in sustainable food investing, and LocalCoho, a sustainable seafood company where she also serves as a board director. Previously, Mazarakis was CEO of FairAcre Traders, a company she sold in 2017. Mazarakis also worked at Kraft Foods and Tula Foods.

Stories from our Community

Rustandy Center Offers a New Perspective in Sustainability

A three-part series focused on helping Booth students understand how to use business skills to tackle difficult environmental issues.

Social Impact

Trash Talk

At a recent Perspectives in Sustainability event, Waste Management CEO Jim Fish, ’98, offered insights into the economics of recycling and the future of the waste industry.