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

1

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.

2

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.

3

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

4

Operations

Our Operations Group is responsible for much of the upkeep of our organization. This can range from social media/website work to planning socials to coordinating our Sustainability Symposium. Operations members get the chance to see what it is like to maintain a student organization and receive significant leadership opportunities.

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.