Amisha Parekh has joined Blackstone as their Global Head of ESG for Private Equity. She will be a Managing Director sitting within Blackstone's Portfolio Operations group to lead ESG diligence, policy development and strategy, and reporting for all businesses in their Private Equity reporting segment. We are so proud of you!

In our Career Conversations series, we engage with impact + sustainability professionals to illustrate through example what working in impact and sustainability looks like. We are excited to talk with Simon Fischweicher, Head of Corporations and Supply Chains for CDP North America. He leads CDP North America’s work to support companies on their journey towards environmental leadership by measuring and understanding their environmental impact in their operations and value chain.

Cooperative models are often seen as a way to build more sustainable work, especially for communities who have been historically marginalized, in part because models of collective ownership distribute power differently than traditional winner-take-all business models and allow for workers to equitably share the benefits in the good times and the burdens in the hard times, reducing individual risk.

GCNYC is pleased to host a debut networking event to help launch the Northeast Local Area Network for the PRME North America Chapter. This event will feature presentations and discussion on the pedagogical and social impact potential of the SDG Action Manager, and include a welcome from PRME North America Chapter Chair Liz Collier. It will also be a chance to network with PRME signatories in the Northeast and exchange best practices for teaching to advance achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

“Anyone who has an interest in making a positive impact on the world, on any scale, would be lucky to have the guidance and expertise of the GCNYC community, whether that be through courses or a full program.” - Business Graduate, Clothing Designer for 3sixteen, & Co-founder, Partner, and Designer for Mount Sunny

GCNYC alumna Emily Bass moves into her new role as Sustainability Lead for Children's Apparel Network. We are proud of you!