Business

Sustainability Case Competition

The Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise is housed in a LEED Platinum Building, where sustainability is emphasized throughout. To further highlight business and sustainability, the School of Business is hosting a Sustainability Case Competition focused on a real organization with a business and sustainability issue. The not-for-profit Challenge organization came to the Business School with a business opportunity focused on recycling electronics, an issue of importance to the organization and also in the global marketplace.

Student teams competing in this initiative will research, analyze and make recommendations to Challenge to help the organization make its business decision. Teams will work over a period of eight weeks, turning in written recommendations. Teams will then make oral presentations to a panel of judges.

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Results:

Congratulations to all teams that participated!

1st Place - South Aurora Solutions

Team members: Caroline Hughes, Tyler Faust, Eric Brenton, Evan Kirschner

2nd Place - Eco-Operate

Team members: David Barken, Stefan Haugen, Emily Backus, Steven Kiekel, John Winters DiMarco

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Panel of Judges

Special thanks to our distinguished group of judges.

Peter Bardaglio, Senior Fellow at Second Nature (and a former Provost at Ithaca College)
Patrick Govang, President and CO of e2e
Howard Hartnett, Administrative VP of M&T Investment Group
Marty Gold and Charles Hamilton (both of Challenge)
Diane Cohen, Director of Finger Lakes Re-Use
Dean Mary Ellen Zuckerman

New Business Ventures with Charles Hamilton of Challenge

On February 23, Charles Hamilton from Challenge presented the business model that Challenge uses - a model for analyzing new business ventures. If you missed this presentation, click here to view the full presentation.

For more information, please contact Dylan Schoch in the "Contact Us" section.

Rules and Regulations

For a complete overview of the competition, the rules, and the regulations, please download the Sustainability Plan Competition PDF by clicking here.

Criteria for Written Response to the Challenge Organization Case

Please download the Criteria for Written Response to the Challenge Organization Case for information on entering the case competition. Response guidelines and methods of entry are also included in this document.

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