
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

Anderson Forecast
The economy keeps churning along but so does climate change. These two forces are important for future economic growth, consumption and investment growth and were responsible for a string of 2023 disasters including horrific wildfires.
Upcoming Events
NOV
16
Net Impact Consulting Challenge Semifinals Competition
NOV
17
Net Impact Consulting Challenge Finals
FEB
16
Energy and Cleantech Conference
Upcoming Events
OCT
4
UCLA Anderson Forecast x Center for Impact
Oct
27
Tech and Society Conference
Feb
16
Energy and Cleantech 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

Open for Good Launch Event
Panelists discuss the trends in sustainability reporting through the 2023 Transparency Index.

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.