CORPORATE PARTNERS PROGRAM

The Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara has long recognized the value of partnering with the corporate world. Corporations are in a position to have huge impacts on the environment and on environmental problem solving. Where it is possible to do so, Bren School students and faculty advise companies on best practices that lead to positive environmental outcomes without compromising the bottom line. This is done though Group Projects, sponsored research, and consulting.

Increasingly, companies are eager to move beyond basic compliance to innovation in supply-chain and waste-stream management, transportation, materials, and resource use. Corporations see not only the advantages in investor relations, but also enormous savings and the potential for generating new revenue. With the advent of new legislation and environmental regulations, companies want to know what will impact them and what they need to do to be prepared. A growing number of companies recognize the Bren School as a place where leading-edge research on all of these issues is taking place. Corporate Partnership with the Bren School establishes a win-win environment of learning and environmental problem solving.

The Corporate Partners Program is the means through which the Bren School forms mutually beneficial alliances with local and national corporations that share our commitment to sustainable enterprise, leading-edge research, and educational programs of preeminent quality.

The Bren School’s annual Corporate Partners Summit provides senior executives from Corporate Partner organizations with the opportunity to convene in a non-partisan environment to discuss needs, challenges and strategies affecting their industries. Networking across business sectors is extremely rare and important as solutions to environmental problems often span industries, disciplines and jurisdictions.

 

BY INVITATION ONLY

2012 Corporate Partners Summit
Previous Corporate Partners Summits

PARTNERING WITH THE BREN SCHOOL

Through the annual investment and involvement of corporate partners, the Bren School is able to create a unique environment in which students, faculty, and community engage in solution-centered research and education that results in environmental problem solving of the highest caliber.

Annual partnership in Corporate Partners is by invitation and is limited to companies that can provide useful linkages for Bren students and faculty. Partner organizations are those that have demonstrated strong environmental performance, as evidenced through environmental reports or quality ratings, or who are committed to improving their environmental performance. The Bren School seeks out corporations that model socially and environmentally responsible behavior to inspire the next generation of leaders.

Partner organizations make a financial investment in the Bren School based on a sliding scale relative to an organization's size, with levels at $5,000 and $10,000. Multi-year pledges and endowments are encouraged, and create more visible opportunities for lasting recognition and naming.

The Bren School provides networking opportunities for managers and executives from Corporate Partner organizations through Corporate Partners Regional Receptions, the Dean's Breakfast Club, and the Corporate Partners Summit.

 

Saren Brown Corporate Liaison	Membership For information on the benefits of membership, please contact Saren Brown, Corporate Liaison, at (805) 893-7457, or send her an e-mail. Corporate Partners enjoy many benefits of the Bren School Career Development Employer Services.
Timothy J. Cohen Chair	A graduate education is a key advantage in today's environmental marketplace. The Bren School is providing its students with the tools to succeed. We value the priority recruiting opportunities made possible through Corporate Partnership. Timothy J. Cohen, Vice President, URS Chair, Bren School Corporate Partners Program

 

PLATINUM PARTNERS

To help realize the vision of the Bren Hall as the greenest laboratory building in America when it was completed in 2002, the Bren School partnered with many corporations that, like our Corporate Partners, share our commitment to sustainable enterprise, cutting-edge research, and educational programs of the highest quality. They partnered with us to achieve the USGBC's LEED Platinum certification.

These and other vendors have donated high-performance materials that are recommended for use throughout the UC system, which has embarked on a plan to "green" its campuses and set the example of leading-edge sustainable design and construction for the state of California and the nation. The Bren School appreciates and acknowledges the important contribution of its Platinum Partners.

CORPORATE PARTNER INTERNSHIPS

Each year, competitive internship scholarships allow Bren students the opportunity to work as interns outside the Santa Barbara area. These funds are made possible through a portion of the annual contributions received by our Corporate Partner organizations. The outstanding students in the lists below received internship scholarships that enabled them to broaden the scope of their professional experiences during the summer between their first and second year at the Bren School. When these students enter the job market, they bring a combination of superior academic preparation and excellent real-world training, which, together, significantly enhance the students' qualifications and desirability as prospective employees.

We extend our most sincere thanks to our Corporate Partners, who made these scholarships possible.

2011 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars

2010 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars

2009 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars

2008 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars

2007 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars

2006 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars

2005 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars

2004 Corporate Partners Internship Scholars