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A New Corps for a Green New Deal

Posted on Dec 8th, 2008 by Beloved : Spark Beloved
Seven MBA students helped big name companies such as Google, Yahoo! and Cisco identify energy efficiency opportunities in their operations that will save $35 million in net costs over five years.

They are part of the Climate Corps, an Environmental Defense Fund pilot program that pairs business students with corporations to explore strategies that save energy, greenhouse gas emissions and money.

The pilot was a success and now EDF wants to scale up with a partnership with Net Impact, the nonprofit focused on fostering tomorrow's socially responsible business leaders.

...EDF and Net Impact are now actively looking for 15 to 20 host companies to participate in the 2009 Climate Corps program. Eligible fellows will have finished their first year of business school...

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2008/12/04/a-new-corps-green-new-deal
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