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Sustainability impact stories
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Something to smile about: improving the sustainability profile of Colgate’s toothpaste packaging
As part of their 2025 Sustainability and Social Impact Strategy, Colgate is working towards its goal for 100% of its packaging to be recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2025. As such, Colgate worked with a team of S-Lab students on a project for their French business to develop innovative ways for Colgate to transition to reusable and refillable toothpaste packaging.
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Helping startup enter new energy market
RenewCO2 is an emerging company that designs processes for converting carbon dioxide into useful industrial products. Recently, the company tapped two students from MIT Sloan's Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) to investigate the potential market for formic acid, a compound that could be useful in a variety of energy applications—particularly if the use of hydrogen fuel becomes more widespread, as formic acid can be used to deliver hydrogen to remote locations in a liquid form.
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Easing the path to employment for workers with disabilities
As the vice president of a large financial services firm, Max Wilson has seen first-hand the value of creating a more diverse workplace. That's why he teamed up with his fellow S-Lab students to help his company successfully hire and retain more people with disabilities.
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Guiding investors to high-impact ESG opportunities
City Builder® by Citi's goal is to provide transparent key metrics that help investors make community development–driven decisions. Citi Ventures turned to five Proseminar in Corporate Finance/Investment Management students for help investigating ways to track ESG data for City Builder's investment products.
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Developing an end-of-life strategy for footwear
Allbirds, a footwear and apparel company committed to sustainability, asked S-Lab for help developing an end-of-life strategy for its shoes.
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Developing an optimal dividend payout model for clean energy investment firm
While planning to launch a new commercial and industrial solar investment corporation, CleanCapital turned to the Proseminar in Corporate Finance for help developing an optimal dividend payout model.
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