The Impact Report

The Impact Report covers stories from the front lines of sustainable business innovation. The series brings together students, alumni and faculty in Bard College's MBA in Sustainability Program with leaders in sustainable business from around the world. You can hear full episodes of these conversations wherever you listen to podcasts and by visiting ImpactReportPodcast.com. Learn more about Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability here.

Growing the future through smart digital technology

February 15, 2023

by Camila Leal Giraldo

How can satellite data and digitization help famers? Molly Brown has more than a few ideas.
Sustainability is beautiful at Estée Lauder Companies

August 25, 2022

by Jill Metzger

Al Iannuzzi, vice president of sustainability at The Estée Lauder Companies, sits down with Bard to talk about his experience pushing a luxury consumer brand into a sustainability leader.
- Consumer Products
Improving the cold chain to feed and save the planet

August 18, 2022

by Katie Ellman

The internet of things could be a sustainability win. Therma is one of the first experiments of that new web.
- Food & Agriculture
Closing the loop on commercial textile waste

August 11, 2022

by Adam Rozenberg & Siri Wilson

Fabric is one of the hardest materials to recycle because it is usually a blend of many types of materials.
- Circular Economy
- Fabrics & Textiles
Morgan Stanley exec breaks mold on impact investing

May 12, 2021

by Emma Jenkins & Lucien Harlow-Dion

Lilly Trager outlines how Impact investing can have the power to create impactful results for sustainability.
- Finance & Investing
- Green Finance
Why track records matter in impact investing

March 12, 2021

by Leigh Anne Statuto & Stephanie Lavallato

This investment firm is focused on gender-lens investing and supporting renewable energy infrastructure.
- Finance & Investing
- Clean Energy
Pioneering purpose for corporates

March 5, 2021

by Lindsay Moreau & Katie Ellman

Companies that define themselves as having a high sense of purpose have seen their brand valuation increase 175 percent over the past 12 years.
- Corporate Strategy
The importance of leadership during crisis

February 26, 2021

by Katie Ellman

Eric Adams serves as borough president of Brooklyn, New York and recently released his book 'Healthy At Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses.'
This firm is using design to combat extinction

October 16, 2020

by Konstancja Maleszynska & Katie Ellman

Many built environments throughout history have ended up destroying natural ecosystems. Terreform is trying to change that.
- Built Environment
- Eco-Design
The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems

July 17, 2020

by Nicole Pamani & Katie Ellman

This company is trying to show the world that we can create industrial systems that are beneficial to humanity and to our habitat.