CSVC News

Thursday, March 21, 2013, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 24, 2013, 7:30 a.m.

College Park, Md., March 14, 2013 - Competition was so close among University of Maryland student social entrepreneurs that judges awarded two top winners in a recent “No Limits Social Impact Pitch Competition.”

Maryland was the first state in the country to pass legislation allowing the formation of Benefit Corporations and LLCs, which provide companies with legal protection in pursuing “general public good” in addition to profits.

The 5th Annual Social Enterprise Symposium: “Here and Now” Friday, March 1, 2013, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland

Five University of Maryland students showcased their businesses in the third annual No Limits Social Impact Pitch Competition to cap off the Social Enterprise Symposium:

The 5th Annual Social Enterprise Symposium: “Here and Now” Friday, March 1, 2013, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland

A blaze kills several workers at the Indonesia subsidiary of a multinational food company already facing a developing attack from a rainforest protection network.

The 5th Annual Social Enterprise Symposium: “Here and Now”  Friday, March 1, 2013, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland

After a 2011 launch from 40 sites worldwide, the Global Sustainability Jam debuts for prospective participants in the greater Washington region, thanks to the Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) in the Robert H.

On September 24, 2012, Rose Stuckey Kirk came to the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to speak about the role of business in creating long-term sustainable growth.