For Students
UCLA Anderson students gain the knowledge and tools to address society’s most pressing challenges and graduate with an understanding of how positive societal impact can be achieved across all sectors, industries and functions.
Faculty and Research
UCLA Anderson faculty lead research in key areas, such as corporate sustainability, climate and energy, social responsibility, sustainable supply chains, equity, diversity and inclusion, and more.
Events and Partnerships
Conferences, speaker events, panels, and networking events bring together students, alumni and industry professionals interested in the intersection of business and positive societal impact.
Social Impact Consulting
MBA students apply theoretical concepts of business to real-world societal challenges. Student teams provide pro bono consulting in marketing, operations, finance and expansion strategy to address strategic challenges of mission-driven nonprofits and social enterprises.
Impact Investing
Students get critical hands-on experience investing real money in mission-driven companies through an experiential curriculum consisting of two components: (1) Anderson Venture Impact Partners, UCLA Anderson's impact investment fund; and (2) an impact investing course taught by faculty with impact investing and venture capital expertise.
Open For Good
The Open For Good Project analyzes and rates America’s largest companies on their level of transparency based on their public disclosures of performance across the categories of Governance, People, Environment and Prosperity.
Latest News
Open for Good Launch Event
Panelists discuss the trends in sustainability reporting through the 2023 Transparency Index
Upcoming Events
Jun
6
LA Tech Week Panel Session
Sept
27
UCLA Anderson Forecast x Center for Impact
Oct
27
Tech and Society Conference
Impact Week Conference | April 2023
We explored the role of social impact leaders across industries and functions through this year's theme Impact in Action: Transformative Leadership for Societal Change
Energy Innovation Conference: Decarbonizing the Future | March 2023
150+ industry experts, company representatives and MBA students convened to network and hear from energy and cleantech industry leaders
Wins for Mission-Driven Enterprises in the Arts, Mental Health and Justice
UCLA Anderson students compete in the 2022 Net Impact Consulting Challenge
The Business Case for Food Waste Recycling - Meyer Luskin visits a UCLA Anderson classroom
Climate Change and Business Impacts
UCLA Anderson Forecast | September 2022
UCLA Anderson Center for Impact Study Analyzes Major Companies’ ESG Reporting Rates
World-Class Faculty
The Center for Impact is proud to support globally renowned faculty who conduct research that has the power to change the way business is led. We invite you to explore their work via the UCLA Anderson Review, a window into crucial topics in business, the economy and the wider world of human existence.
The Debt Market's Indirect Antidote to ESG Greenwashing
Loans that include a sweetener or penalty tied to ESG performance seem to induce more honest reporting
Featuring Research by Judson Caskey
ESG Investors in China Focused on Profit Potential of Climate Change
Less attention to downside of nation’s carbon-neutral goals
Featuring Research by Henry L. Friedman
Can Humanitarian Aid Turn Wastefulness to Sustainability?
Seeing global crises as ongoing, rather than episodic, and applying modern supply-chain management
Featuring Research by Charles Corbett
UCLA Anderson, and UCLA at large, share a long-standing mission to serve the communities to which we belong, as well as the world around us.
With a commitment to creating the next generation of leaders, UCLA Anderson is primed to achieve impact around the world. Whether impact is delivered through technology, health care innovation, climate and sustainability initiatives, educational infrastructure, private enterprise or policy changes, each of these contributions is amplified through managerial effectiveness and cutting-edge research.
Signature Events
Impact Week Conference
April 24-28, 2023
High Impact Tea
February 4, 2020 Scot Rank ('89), CEO Grupo Lala and former CEO of Walmart Mexico and Central America
Embracing Diversity Conference
November 14-18, 2022
Impactful Alumni
Sarah Valdovinos ('01), Co-Founder of Walden Green Energy
Award-winning businesswoman Sarah Valdovinos (’01) wants to develop a greener pipeline to jobs in the lucrative renewables sector.
Award-winning businesswoman Sarah Valdovinos (’01) wants to develop a greener pipeline to jobs in the lucrative renewables sector.
Hugh Chang ('90), Director of Maternal Newborn and Child Health for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gates Foundation’s Hugh Chang ('90) Put Technology to Work for Social Change
Gates Foundation’s Hugh Chang ('90) Put Technology to Work for Social Change
Nike Irvin ('89), Founder, ZWN
Nike Irvin spoke to a UCLA Anderson Audience in conversation with Bhavna Sivanand (’14), director of the Center for Impact, and Julie Ortega (’19), Net Impact's director of engagement.
Nike Irvin spoke to a UCLA Anderson Audience in conversation with Bhavna Sivanand (’14), director of the Center for Impact, and Julie Ortega (’19), Net Impact's director of engagement.
Management and Organizations
Green Initiatives — By Themselves — Won’t Boost Productivity
Environmentally conscious companies that also instill teamwork and quality enjoy higher output
Operations and Technology
Polluting Chinese Manufacturers: Do Their Misdeeds Drag Down Shares of Their Customer Companies Overseas?
Factories’ political connections — a boon in good times — turn into a liability when trouble hits
Operations and Technology
BRCA Mutation: New Model Quantifies How Surgeries Reduce Cancer Risk
Informed by personal experience, a researcher parses data to help those mulling mastectomy and gynecological surgeries
Management and Organizations
How to Make Sustainable Products More Appealing to Consumers
Magali Delmas proposes a “green bundle,” combining environmental good with product traits — quality, healthiness, performance, status — that have always sold