Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE)
The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE), at Fairleigh Dickinson University, was founded in the AACSB-accredited Silberman College of Business in 2005.
Mission: To bring people together to learn how to live and manage sustainably. By “sustainably” we mean thinking and acting in ways that simultaneously take social, environmental, and economic factors into consideration from both a short and long-term perspective.
Purpose: To educate current and future leaders of business, government, nonprofit, and educational institutions about managing sustainably by focusing on products, processes, and services that add value to the organizations and are beneficial to people and the planet.
Our strengths are our multi-disciplinary approach, our network of academics, executives, consultants and NGO representatives, and our ability to create collaborative dialogue about solutions to complex sustainability issues. Since our founding in 2005, we have achieved significant accomplishments in our priority strategic areas of sustainability:
ISE is supported by the University administration, ISE Corporate Partners, the ISE Advisory Board that includes a diverse cross-section of business leaders from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, along with a number of faculty members from FDU’s Silberman College of Business.
Breakfast Seminar Series
Current ISE News and Events
Nov. 20, 2009 - BREAKFAST SEMINAR, "Sustainability Analytics: Assessing Environmental and Social Risks and Opportunities in the Food Products Sector" with speaker Allison Hornstein of Risk Metrics Group and "Building Sustainability into the Fabric of Business Strategy" with speaker Dave Stangis of Campbell Soup Company, Hartman Lounge, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
HOPENHAGEN
When leaders from 192 countries meet at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, they’ll face one of the greatest challenges of our time. But they can’t do it alone. Individuals, small businesses and corporations must all do their part. Join us in helping turn Copenhagen into Hopenhagen. Sign the climate petition and become a citizen at Hopenhagen.org
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Joel Harmon (harmon@fdu.edu), Executive Director
Jeana Wirtenberg, Senior Advisor, External Relations, (jwirtenb@fdu.edu)
For further information about Research Initiatives, contact Dr. Harmon
Read more about FDU Faculty involved in the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“If we truly care for one another, then leaving mother earth a better place for the next fellow will be as natural as saying Hi to each other”
