Anti-Racism Statement

To all who are hurting, to our black friends, family, teammates, students, faculty, staff, mentors, colleagues and peers: we want you to know that we see you, we are listening to you, we continue to learn from you, and we stand with you and for you in solidarity and in action.

CSE Mission and Values for the Next 20 Years

As The Center for Sustainable Enterprise (CSE) concluded its 20th year, the CSE team embarked on a strategic planning process to design a plan for the next 20 years. We have refined our focus, starting with the Center’s Mission and Values.

CSE Launches DEI Working Group

The Center for Sustainable Enterprise is excited to invite our alumni to join our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) working group. The purpose of this group is to create an opportunity to explore and improve DEI in sustainability.

Join us for the 2021 UNC Sustainability Awards on April 22

India Impact Challenge Finals

The finals of the India Impact Challenge powered by Quantum Advisors will feature keynote speakers Simone Robbers, Assistant Governor and General Manager of Governance, Strategy and Corporate Relations, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Adjit Dayal (MBA ’83), founder of Quantum Advisors.

CSE Launches Groundbreaking Global Competition

April 16, 2021

Investment in India will help the world kickstart a better climate future. This catalyzed the Center for Sustainable Enterprise, with generous support from Quantum Advisors, to create a brand new global competition: the India Impact Challenge powered by Quantam Advisors. More

Coming Up

2021 UNC Sustainability Awards

Thursday April 22, 2021

As long-standing leaders in sustainability, the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise are proud to host the University of North Carolina Sustainability Awards. These awards recognize the leadership of North Carolina Business in protecting and promoting the state’s natural resources. More

Latest Research

Kenan Insight from CSE Experts on What to Expect from Biden on Climate Change

March 08, 2021

Many Americans expect newly inaugurated President Joe Biden to achieve progress in improving the quality of the environment. In this Kenan Insight, CSE experts Dr. Olga Hawn, Jeff Mittelstadt and Tracy Triggs-Matthews explain why we support these expectations, examining what Biden has already done in his brief tenure, the feasibility of the plans he’s outlined thus far, and whether (and how) he can propel the U.S. to a leadership role in sustainability More