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Environmental Defense Fund Kicks Climate Corps into Overdrive

By Gina-Marie Cheeseman
Triple Pundit
January 25, 2010
What do you get when you take top MBA students who possess knowledge of sustainability and place them in companies for a summer? The answer: Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Climate Corps. (Full disclosure: we’re proud to have EDF as an affiliate here at 3p, but think the Climate Corps is a great program all on its own). On January 21, 2010, EDF began the third year of the Climate Corps

What do you get when you take top MBA students who possess knowledge of sustainability and place them in companies for a summer? The answer: Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Climate Corps. (Full disclosure: we’re proud to have EDF as an affiliate here at 3p, but think the Climate Corps is a great program all on its own). On January 21, 2010, EDF began the third year of the Climate Corps program.

The Climate Corps program places MBA students in companies to develop energy efficiency plans that cut costs and greenhouse gas emissions. More than 20 corporations have signed on to host students this summer. EDF partnered with Net Impact (a network of sustainably minded business leaders) to develop a pool of over 200 applicants, meaning the companies are sure to get some strong talent on board.

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