SIRI Practicum Student Reflections
In their own words, students share their reflections on their SIRI Practicum experiences!
In our practicum project, we worked with a technology company developing a worker voice tool that multinational firms can deploy in their supply chains...
For years, conversations about human rights in global supply chains were framed as moral obligations or 'good to have' philanthropic commitments rather than essential business strategy. That era is over...
Reporting on ESG metrics is a common practice among companies today. On the one hand, it may simply be necessary to meet regulatory standards...
When I wrote my first Practicum blog post, I reflected on the Amazon as a living classroom, a place where ecology, rivers, communities, and ancestral knowledge taught me more than any textbook could...
As the project progresses, my understanding of the research domain has become more systematic, and I am increasingly able to identify the key analytical pathways through complex information...
As I look back at the semester, this practicum has both introduced me to and reshaped the way I understand sustainable investing, while also giving me hands-on experience in consulting....
The past few months in the SIRI Practicum have become one of the most conceptually rich investigations I have undertaken. It pushed me deeper than expected into the complexities of sustainable investing in fragile and emerging markets...
Since 2023, I’ve been circling around the same question: is ESG just another management fashion that will eventually fade like Blue Ocean Strategy, or is it part of a deeper shift where sustainability genuinely reshapes how businesses and their clients behave?
Working on the clients' wildfire-premium practicum this semester reshaped how I understand sustainable investing. It is a way of locating long-term financial risks inside much larger socio-economic systems...
Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations have become increasingly important to corporations in their decision-making and strategies. But a fundamental question remains: what truly drives meaningful ESG progress?
As our practicum project progressed beyond the initial systems-level assessment of Guyana’s forestry sector, our team recognized the need to narrow our scope in order to produce actionable insights for our client...
Sustainable investing, a key player in the global capital landscape, is actively addressing the challenges of climate change and promoting responsible corporate practices...