http://mitsloan.mit.eduHighlights of media stories related to the MIT Sloan School of Managementfall092009F | Ghttp://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/11/12/take-care-using-word-sustainabilityhttp://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/11/12/take-care-using-word-sustainabilityThis blog entry highlights the implications of increasing use of the concept of sustainability, based on ideas from Peter Senge, director of MIT Sloan's Center for Organizational Learning.fall092009M | Ghttp://www.dexigner.com/architecture/news-g19278.htmlhttp://www.dexigner.com/architecture/news-g19278.htmlMIT Sloan is joining a five year initiative to develop and deploy more environmentally sustainable urban transportation systems.fall092009S | Ghttp://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3613885http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3613885"President Obama, who spoke at MIT in October, encouraged the Institute and the country to play a leadership role in developing clean energy," says Janet Lin, MIT Sloan MBA 2010 and co-managing director of the Clean Energy Prize.fall092009M | Ghttp://bit.ly/UYel6http://bit.ly/UYel6According to a recent report by the MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group, companies are already dragging their feet even though they're aware that things like environmental regulations and a possible renewable portfolio standard could one day soon affect their business.fall092009Ghttp://bit.ly/mzXOahttp://bit.ly/mzXOaMIT Sloan Management Review is listed among the sponsors of Opportunity Green (OG), a sustainability forum facilitating the exchange of responsible information, ideas and new business models being held on November 7 and 8 at UCLA's Anderson School of Management.fall092009F | Ghttp://bit.ly/1TPXu9http://bit.ly/1TPXu9"The pressing global challenges we face require a new way of thinking, working, and leading that integrates disciplines often seen as separate," says MIT Sloan Prof. John Sterman.fall092009Ghttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/10/mit-sloan-survey-on-the-business-of-sustainability/http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/10/mit-sloan-survey-on-the-business-of-sustainability/The MIT Sloan Management Review has released a comprehensive survey of sustainability practices and trends in business including interviews, case studies, and insights into how businesses world-wide view the growing field.fall092009M | G | Fhttp://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-HPC-MIT-Introduces-New-Energy-Minor-100209.aspxhttp://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-HPC-MIT-Introduces-New-Energy-Minor-100209.aspxThe new energy minor at MIT is the product of two years of work by the MIT Energy Initiative's Education Task Force, co-chaired by Don Lessard, the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management at MIT Sloan, who had a great deal of support from numerous faculty members and administrators to get the new curriculum approved and in place.fall092009M | Ghttp://bit.ly/4qx9Nhttp://bit.ly/4qx9NA study by MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group of more than 1,500 corporate executives worldwide found that more than 70 per cent believe their company has not developed a clear business case for addressing sustainability. However, the research also points out that for those companies that have integrated a strategy of sustainability, there are substantial rewards.fall092009F | Ghttp://www.nature.com/news/2009/090929/full/461581a.htmlhttp://www.nature.com/news/2009/090929/full/461581a.htmlMIT Sloan Prof. John Sterman says a key problem with global-warming policy is the time lag between today's emissions and the problems they cause, which can be decades down the road. The model attempts to get around that by allowing policy-makers to see the likely consequences of their decisions immediately. "It's not that the other models are flawed," Sterman says. "They are opaque to the policy-makers."fall092009F | Ghttp://bit.ly/L8eglhttp://bit.ly/L8eglMIT Sloan's climate policy model is now being used by the United States Government: Climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the world's leaders fulfill their most ambitious climate pledges, a much faster and broader scale of change than forecast just two years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program. ...We don't want to go there," says Robert Corell, who collaborated with climate researchers at the Vermont-based Sustainability Institute, Massachusetts-based Ventana Systems and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to do the analysis.fall092009G | Fhttp://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2009-09-22-climate-change_N.htmhttp://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2009-09-22-climate-change_N.htmIf Antarctica's ice melts, cities such as Hong Kong and Miami would be threatened, MIT climate scientist John Reilly says. Adds MIT climate expert Henry Jacoby, "Based on the amount of greenhouse gases now in the atmosphere, achieving the 3 1/2 degree goal will require huge efforts over the whole century. The kind of agreement that can be reached in Copenhagen can only get started on that task."summer092009M | Ghttp://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/sustainability.htmlhttp://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/sustainability.html"It's not surprising that we ignore the future and go about our business," Peter Senge, a professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, said in a sobering, 45-minute lecture during the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit, describing a future as frightening as it will be tough to fix."summer092009M | Ghttp://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13226385http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13226385Richard Locke, deputy dean of the Sloan School of Management at MIT, has been a consistent voice for integrating social and economic concerns into curriculum and research. He has worked with Nike on its labor and environmental standards, and spearheaded the development of MIT Sloan's Laboratory for Sustainable Business (S-Lab), which focuses on the impact of business on climate change, water scarcity, energy needs, environmental degradation and labor issues. Locke recently visited Silicon Valley to meet with groups of MIT Sloan alumni, many of whom work at tech companies, including Apple, Cisco Systems, Google, Intel and NetApp. He talked to the Mercury News about sustainability and green technology."summer092009M | Ghttp://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/sustainability.htmlhttp://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/sustainability.htmlIt's not surprising that we ignore the future and go about our business," Peter Senge, a professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, said in a sobering, 45-minute lecture during the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit, describing a future as frightening as it will be tough to fix."summer092009M | Ghttp://www.domain-b.com/people/in_the_news/20090803_deep_joshi.htmlhttp://www.domain-b.com/people/in_the_news/20090803_deep_joshi.htmlMIT Sloan alumnus and Indian social activist Deep Joshi who did pioneering work for the development of rural communities, is among six Asian achievers chosen for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay awards for 2009, considered the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize.summer092009M | Ghttp://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0824/best-business-schools-09-education-mba-in-real-world.htmlhttp://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0824/best-business-schools-09-education-mba-in-real-world.htmlIn the middle of her second year at the Sloan School of Management, Deborah Schapira left the comfortable confines of MIT's Cambridge campus for the village of Bukasa, 20 miles east of Uganda's capital, Kampala. Schapira, who was enrolled in MIT Sloan's Global Health Delivery class, was one of 53 students in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The five-month course includes three weeks of living in Africa during the school's independent study period in January. "These skills are very relevant in many careers, but especially for consulting," says Schapira in this profile piece.spring092009G | Fhttp://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/04/03/an-optimists-guide-sustainabilityhttp://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/04/03/an-optimists-guide-sustainabilityA January MIT Sloan Management Review interview with MIT Sloan Prof. John Sterman is posted. It reads, "The personal isn't always part of the conversation, but I really do believe that we can't have a sustainable society if people are constantly overworked, burned out, sleep deprived, and don't have time for friendships or relationships or community, for participating in civil society.spring092009G | Fhttp://climateinteractive.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/sterman-and-corell-share-c-roads-results-and-slides/http://climateinteractive.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/sterman-and-corell-share-c-roads-results-and-slides/MIT Sloan Prof. John Sterman and Dr. Bob Corell presented the Climate-Rapid Overview and Decision Support Simulator (C-ROADS), a user-friendly, interactive computer model of the climate system, in an event hosted by the American Meteorological Society. Senator John Kerry provided the introduction and context.winter092009G| Fhttp://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213000422http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213000422MIT Sloan Prof. Thomas Malone, director of the CCI, says that applications like Wikipedia, Linux, and YouTube hint at the potential of collective intelligence. Malone believes similar developments could improve doctors' diagnoses and scientists' ability to address climate change.winter092009M | Ghttp://www.michigandaily.com//content/na/spend-green-%E2%80%93-be-green-%E2%80%93-make-greenhttp://www.michigandaily.com//content/na/spend-green-%E2%80%93-be-green-%E2%80%93-make-greenMIT Sloan's new building project will be solar-ready, allowing for the installation of solar panels at a later date.