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Greenest City 2020
RADIUS Slingshot Venture to launch Canada’s first Zero Waste grocery store
Feb 12, 2016
A new venture housed at the Beedie School of Business’ social innovation lab RADIUS aims to solve the increasing problem of consumer-generated waste in the world’s oceans – one piece of plastic at a time.More...
Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management: Investment in a low carbon economy
Feb 27, 2015
Building a carbon neutral world is a necessity, but will require compromise, hard work, innovation, and foresight from the global business community – and at present not enough is being done to mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly within the investment sector.More...
Energy-generating shoe insole concept wins international competition
Feb 16, 2015
Taylor Ward’s innovative energy concept has set a winning pace.More...
Province: SFU student designs insoles that would generate power to charge Vancouver
Jan 28, 2015
Student’s concept of insoles that would store electricity when we walk snares berth in international design competition.More...
Beedie students showcase sustainable products
Nov 26, 2014
Beedie School of Business students continue to contribute to Vancouver’s Greenest City by 2020 goals with the kick-off of Products for a Circular Economy, a four-day event that showcased sustainable products of the students’ own creation.More...
MOT MBA grad pioneers new transportation mode
Oct 9, 2014
Kody Baker has parlayed his Beedie School of Business education into a new venture – one that could revolutionize transportation around Vancouver.More...
Students’ sustainable products boost Vancouver’s Greenest City bid
Dec 10, 2012
A group of undergraduate students at the Beedie School of Business have been helping Vancouver achieve its target of becoming the world’s greenest city by 2020 through a class project with a distinctly sustainable theme. This past fall, students in the class Business 443: New Product Development, taught by Lisa Papania, were tasked with conceptualizing, designing, producing, marketing and selling a product or service involving used textiles and clothing. The project encouraged the students to […]More...