The Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management researches public policy, management and financial tools that can enable organizations to incorporate the physical dimensions of sustainability into routine organizational decision making. Learn more.
Our work focuses on two overarching themes of policy and management, utilizing four underlying pillars of sustainability: impact measurement, finance, education, and innovation. Learn more.
Recent Publications
China Sustainable Development Indicator System: 2024 Report
News
Zhejiang University Hosts Columbia University Delegation for Waste-to-Energy Exchange and Lecture
Professor Huang Qunxing, Vice Dean of the College of Energy Engineering at Zhejiang University and Executive President of The Global Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WtERT), Zhejiang University in Hangzhou hosted a one-day academic and technical exchange with Satyajit Bose and Dong Guo, both Professors of Practice at Columbia’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy & Management (SPM), strengthening international cooperation in sustainable waste management.
How Sustainability Is Transforming the World of Management - Book Launch
Check out the book launch event of Sustainability Metrics and Management: The Path from Innovation to Routine by Steven Cohen, William Eimicke, and Guo Dong.
Looking Through an Equity Lens at Energy
By Camryn Louder, Master of Science in Sustainability Science Alumna (’26SPS, Sustainability Science), School of Professional Studies