Businesses and consumers are increasingly seeking ways to be more sustainable. At UCLA, our research helps them do so in an informed, data-driven manner. Private industry has been responsible for significant environmental degradation — but it also represents an opportunity to make rapid, global improvements.
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Economist-turned-entrepreneur Denica Riadini-Flesch, a 2025 Pritzker Award finalist, reflects on how she left conventional models of growth to build a regenerative fashion movement
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Three innovators from Australia, Indonesia and India are redefining how to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems and build equitable futures
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Thirteen nominees. Five continents. One common denominator: a new blueprint for environmental leadership.
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UCLA professor Ann Carlson discusses the legal uncertainty surrounding California’s gas car ban for The Hill, sharing how the incoming Trump administration may attempt to undo the Biden administration’s recent…
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UCLA has been ranked as the #9 most sustainable university in the world by Sustainability Magazine. This prestigious ranking highlights UCLA’s commitment to environmental stewardship through decades of initiatives in…
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UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability has once again been recognized as a certified Green Business by the LA Sanitation & Environment Department (LASAN) and the US Green Building…
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UCLA climate expert Cara Horowitz spoke with the LA Times’ Boiling Point columnist for a column calling on the Dodgers to stop taking Big Oil money. Horowitz highlighted how António Guterres, secretary…
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UCLA environmental law professor William Boyd wrote about widespread contamination by PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” and the failures of environmental regulation at Legal Planet and the Law & Political Economy Blog.…
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Magali Delmas, Director, Center for Corporate Environmental Performance; Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Deepak Rajagopal, Assistant Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
The market for green products has expanded rapidly over the last decade, but most consumers need something more than eco-benefits to motivate their purchases. Magali Delmas and David Colgan argue that many green products now offer the total package—a "green bundle" that checks the environmental box, but also offers improved performance, health benefits, savings, and status.
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Impact Assessment of Saubhagya Rural Electrification Program
Research Report 2025
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