The Sustainability Consortium Member Summit

This week, I have been traveling with my internship through Kellogg's as a Sustainability Intern and am attending the Inaugural Sustainability Consortium Member Summit and Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Yesterday was the CAC Meeting and we got a glimpse into how some retailers are implementing Sustainability plans using the TSC Tools (Dossiers, Category Sustainability Profiles, and Key Performance Indicators). We heard in detail from Walmart and Tesco on their programs and progress. Today we are having break out sessions during the Member Summit on a range of different topics from social responsibility, innovation, geographic dimensions of sustainability, and technology. I've already learned so much about the Sustainability Consortium and the value of collaboration on such an important issue that impacts the whole world. To learn more about TSC and their work, visit their website here: http://www.sustainabilityconsortium.org/.

As for me, I'm loving the Valley of the Sun, and I am excited that I will get to return again next week for the MBA Women International Leadership Conference and Career Fair. Ciao for now!

- Tammy :o)

Where in the world were Walton MBAs this summer?

Our class was asked by our MBA Program Director to put together a display case to represent our class. We decided to showcase our summer internship and study abroad experiences by compiling objects and tokens that represent the companies and countries we dedicated our time to. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out and think that it looks great!

Below is a list of the summer internships and study abroad programs our class participated in:

Countries:

Belize

Cambodia

China

Germany

Ghana

India

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Thailand

United Kingdom

Companies:

ACCA

Cameron

City of Fayetteville

City of Houston

Conoco Phillips

Dannon

Elkhart Products Corporation

Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce

FedEx

Grassroots India

Henkel

Kellogg Company

Kraft Foods

Land O'Lakes

Massmart

Mr. Price Group

Northwestern Mutual

P&G

Reckitt Benckiser

Retail Solutions

Room to Read

Saatchi & Saatchi X

The Schwan Food Company

The Sustainability Consortium

Tracfone

Tyson Foods

Walmart

Where do you want to spend your summer?

- Tammy :o)

MBA Poster Competition

As a part of our summer internship credit in the full-time MBA program, students build and design posters supporting their presentations. Then after the presentation competition, employers attending the career fair last week were invited to join the full-time MBA students at a networking event where we displayed our posters and woo'ed the employers with our elevator pitches about our internship experiences. During the competition, each guest was given two bells that they could allocate however they like to the thirty or so of us seeking the honor of "Best Poster." Employers from Conoco, Unilever, Dillard's, Walmart, ConAgra, Nielsen, Cameron, J.B. Hunt, Tyson, and many more showed up to listen to us singing for a our supper. I had a really great time, and I was really impressed with all of my classmates. I am pleased to share that I tied with Adam Floyd for first place by earning 22 bells. Below is a picture of me and my poster at the competition and then a copy of my poster. I'm pretty proud of it. :o)

- Tammy :o)