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Earth Month ended with our 2023 UNC Sustainability Awards, a wonderful celebration of North Carolina businesses, alumni and students who all work to take initiative through innovative products or practices that have a positive impact for people and the planet. Read more
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2023 MBA Graduates in Sustainable Enterprise
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The ACES Team is proud to celebrate 60 UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students graduating with the concentration in Sustainable Enterprise this year! That represents 20% of the class, who took 7.5 credit hours or more in the sustainable enterprise curriculum. Read more
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UNC Sustainability Distinguished Alumnus: Bennett Wetch
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Bennett Wetch, UNC-CH Class of 2007, consistently mentors our students, visits our classes, speaks with faculty and helps ACES maximize our impact. Bennett exemplifies an intense dedication to his alma mater and positive sustainability impact. Read more
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UNC Sustainability Inaugural Distinguished Entrepreneurial Venture Award: Green Heffa Farms
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Green Heffa Farms is a Certified B-Corporation and is minority woman-owned. They are the only B-Corp farm that has a Black woman as CEO. The plants they grow, the teas and steams they make promote and strongly tie with African and African-American cultures. The owner, Cee, organizes the W.A.S.H. conference (We Are Still Here). The conference aims to connect Black and Indigenous farmers with one another. Read more
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UNC Sustainability Distinguished Business Award: FlexGen
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FlexGen provides access to clean energy at all hours including access to electricity during natural disasters, which provides more grid reliability. They recognize the value in energy storage is between the hardware (battery storage) and the software that enables it to perform. Their social impact includes creating a more reliable grid at a quicker pace by implementing utility scale and microgrid storage projects for power generation all over the world. Read more
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