Core Functions

A | Weekly Meetings


During our weekly meetings we have a variety of activities: market trend discussions, stock pitches, company recruitment visits, sustainable finance-related lectures, company recruitment visits, upperclassmen student panels.

B | Stock Pitches


Working in group of 5-7, you will apply what you have learned in our curriculum pitch a company to be added to our portfolio. You will learn to conduct company research, develop an investment thesis, build a DCF model, and refine your presentation skills.

C | Curriculum


We have a unique dual-curriculum. In finance you will learn accounting, valuation, M&A, etc. In sustainability, you will learn environmental, social, governance (ESG) principles. By the end of the year, you will be able to evaluate a company on financial and ESG metrics.

D | Internal Groups

Public Fund

Public Fund

Our Public Fund Group is responsible for managing our fund. After a company is pitched, the Public Fund will review and make a final decision to invest (or not invest) in the company. This group also reviews the quality of pitches — including the presentation and the model.

Impact

Impact

Our Impact Group focuses on expanding SIG’s reach into the community by leveraging our member’s to help solve business problems. Each semester, we engage with a different sustainability or social impact company and support their mission. During this time members work to serve our “client” typically in the form of research proposals.

Research

Our Research Group conducts both internal and external research. Over the past few years, SIG members have developed internal report on a range of topics (ex. electric vehicle last-mile delivery). We have also begun partnering with UT professors to conduct published research

Impact

Sustainability Symposium

Co-hosted by the Undergraduate Business Council, the Sustainability Symposium is an annual event. It offers an opportunity to engage in conversations with experienced professionals on the state of sustainability.

We bring together the brightest minds in the sustainability community — corporate executives, non-profit directors, startup founders, researches, policy advocates, and more.

2022: Corporate Sustainability Trends

  • Keynote: Lucia Athens;

  • Panelists: Molly Dawson, Zoe Gabbard

2023: Climate Change

  • Keynote: Dr. Banner

  • Panelists: Tanzia Karim, Aidan Vogel, Joli Cardenas

2024: Food Systems

  • Keynote: Amy Bell

  • Panelists: Nijia Zhou, Sofia De La Parra, Sandy Stewart)

Past Symposiums

Competitions

2024 Cornell Impact Investing, Finalists

‘24 Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhusker Case Competition, 1st place

2023 SEED Pitch Competition, 1st Place

2022 Women’s Case Competition, 3rd Place

2022 Fall Case Competition, 4th Place