The Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship was founded in 1999. IEE advances environmental and social sustainability for our planet, all people and our collective prosperity, now and into the future.

Early in its existence, IEE created the Green MBA program, the first in the nation to teach business practices devoted to achieving environmental and social sustainability while maintaining a solid financial bottom line.

The Green MBA program grew in temporary quarters for several years before moving to a permanent location at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA in 2007, which has allowed IEE to broaden its focus. This focus is now centered on Research and Development for the triple bottom line. Towards this end, IEE has already developed the communications platform for the East Bay Environmental Network, is working on a research project with a global engineering firm about how people interact with the built environment in low-carbon cities, and is developing a meta-sustainability platform that will serve as a knowledge base for sustainability.