When the Windy City debuted its first annual Chicago Ideas Week, following the lead of numerous cities around the country, Net Impact Chicago was right in the thick of it. The professional chapter, in partnership with Edelman, convened a panel of experts to discuss the future of Chicago's climate action strategy. That event helped Net Impact Chicago earn Gold status this year, a ranking that goes to a distinguished handful of high-achieving undergraduate, graduate, and professional chapters in our network annually.
Moderated by Edelman's VP of Business and Social Responsibility, the panel offered perspectives from heavyweights like PricewaterhouseCoopers' CSR team, Chicago Department of Environment's Natural Resources and Water Quality Division, and McKinsey & Company on issues like monetizing climate change.
"At the start of the year, we all agreed that beyond hitting our numbers, we wanted to build on the success and reputation of the chapter and shoot for Gold," says Bunmi Akinnusotu, President of Net Impact Chicago. "By being selected as a community partner for Ideas Week, we saw how far we can go as a chapter in bringing engaging and meaningful programs to our members."
But it's no easy feat achieving Gold or Silver standing in our network. These chapters go above and beyond minimum chapter requirements to create opportunities for their members to develop business skills, meet folks who can help members define career paths, and build a community of support to change our approach to social and environmental issues.
Yet Net Impact Chicago is just one example of the change Net Impact chapters are driving. Another is Net Impact Yale School of Management, which brought 43 students more than 3,000 miles to attend the 2011 Net Impact Conference. Other chapter achievements include Net Impact CSU Chico Undergrad creating an on-campus bike sharing program, and Net Impact BGSU Undergrad organizing their campus's first ever TEDxBGSU. So who are these chapters?
We're thrilled to present the Net Impact creme de la creme.
| 2012 Gold Chapters | 2012 Silver Chapters |
| Net Impact Alberta School of Business | Net Impact Atlanta |
| Net Impact Antioch University New England | Net Impact American University, Kogod School of Business |
| Net Impact Audencia Nantes School of Management | Net Impact Boston University |
| Net Impact Bainbridge | Net Impact Carlson |
| Net Impact Boston | Net Impact Villanova University Undergrad |
| Net Impact BU Undergrad | Net Impact Chicago Booth |
| Net Impact BGSU Undergrad | Net Impact Colorado State |
| Net Impact Chicago | Net Impact Columbia Business School |
| Net Impact Cornell, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management |
Net Impact Dominican University of California |
| Net Impact CSU Chico Undergrad | Net Impact Duquesne University, Donahue School of Business |
| Net Impact DePaul | Net Impact Fox School of Business |
| Net Impact Duke University, Fuqua School of Business | Net Impact Fox Undergrad |
| Net Impact ESADE | Net Impact IIT Stuart |
| Net Impact Foster | Net Impact Indian School of Business |
| Net Impact George Washington | Net Impact IE Business School |
| Net Impact Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business | Net Impact JMU Undergrad |
| Net Impact Goizueta | Net Impact London |
| Net Impact Haas School of Business | Net Impact Kelley School of Business |
| Net Impact HEC Paris | Net Impact MIIS |
| Net Impact Indiana University Undergrad | Net Impact Minneapolis |
| Net Impact Kellogg School of Management | Net Impact Notre Dame |
| Net Impact Lokey Graduate School of Business | Net Impact NYU Stern |
| Net Impact McCombs | Net Impact Olin Business School |
| Net Impact Los Angeles | Net Impact Pune |
| Net Impact Microsoft | Net Impact USF |
| Net Impact The Ohio State University | Net Impact SAIS |
| Net Impact Pepperdine University | Net Impact SF State |
| Net Impact Portland | Net Impact Thunderbird |
| Net Impact Portland State | Net Impact UC Davis |
| Net Impact Presidio | Net Impact UCLA Anderson |
| Net Impact Ross School of Business | Net Impact UCSD |
| Net Impact San Francisco | Net Impact University of Exeter Undergrad |
| Net Impact Seattle | Net Impact Utah |
| Net Impact Simmons | Net Impact University of South Carolina Undergrad |
| Net Impact Smith School of Business | Net Impact University of Virginia, Darden School of Business |
| Net Impact TCU Neeley Undergrad | Net Impact USC Marshall |
| Net Impact TSU McCoy Undergrad | Net Impact USC Moore |
| Net Impact UC Berkeley Undergrad | |
| Net Impact UMass Amherst | |
| Net Impact UMass Dartmouth | |
| Net Impact UNC Kenan-Flagler | |
| Net Impact University of Colorado Boulder | |
| Net Impact University of Denver | |
| Net Net Impact University of Minnesota Undergrad | |
| Net Impact USC Marshall Undergrad | |
| Net Impact University of Oregon | |
| Net Impact Washington D.C. | |
| Net Impact Yale School of Management | |
| Net Impact Carnegie Mellon | |
| Net Impact University of Leeds | |
| Net Impact Rotterdam School of Management |