Faculty & Research
Faculty & Research
- November–December 2024
- Harvard Business Review
How Robust Is Your Climate Governance?
By: Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan
| During the past few years, as evidence of climate change and its effects has mounted, many corporate boards have added climate governance to their agendas. But the maturity of boards’ climate-oversight processes and activities varies widely. To better understand how... |
- October 2024
- Case
NextGen CDR Facility: From Davos to Details
By: Peter Tufano, Emily A. Chien and Karina Val
| Next Gen CDR is a startup that pools corporate commitments to purchase Tech CDR, which promises to permanently remove and store carbon from the atmosphere to combat climate change. A partnership between South Pole and Mitsubishi Corp., Next Gen has secured initial... |
- October 2024
- Teaching Material
Purpose of the Firm
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
| Purpose of the Firm (PoF) is a short module designed to explore how, and under what circumstances, business leaders can harness the power of capitalism and markets to “make a difference in the world” – that is, to address a significant societal problem as a commercial... |
- October 2024
- Teaching Material
Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (B): Breakdown and (C): Recovery and Progress
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
- October 2024
- Case
SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea
By: Vikram S Gandhi and David Allen
| In August 2023, SWEN Blue Ocean, a 170 million impact fund that invested in startups contributing to ocean sustainability, faced a critical investment decision. Part of SWEN Capital Partners, an 8 billion, Paris-based private equity fund, Blue Ocean was co-founded in... |
- October 2024
- Teaching Material
Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in the Era of Climate Change (ROICC)
By: George Serafeim
| This course overview note introduces the course Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in the Era of Climate Change to students. |
- October 2024 (Revised October 2024)
- Teaching Material
Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (B): Breakdown
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
- October 2024
- Teaching Material
Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (C): Recovery and Progress
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
- Fall 2024
- Stanford Social Innovation Review
The Case for Climate Alliances
| Business leaders are under pressure to address the climate crisis, but they can’t do so alone. Climate alliances can help leaders and firms be more ambitious, responsible, and effective in driving the systems change necessary to save the planet. |
- September 26, 2024
- Harvard Business Review Digital Articles
A Better Way to Measure Social Impact
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Constance Spitzer
| All impact investors report the financial returns from their funds and investments, and many provide metrics on intended social outcomes, such as numbers of individuals served, or quality jobs created. But investors do not supply metrics about their impacts on... |
- September 2024
- Teaching Material
Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (B)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Kenneth P. Pucker and Stacy Straaberg
| The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (B) case encourages students to assess Allbirds’ product development and go-to-market strategies now that Allbirds is a publicly listed company. The (B) case provides a 2024 update on Allbirds including its initial public offering,... |
- September 2024
- Case
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners: Leading the Energy Transition
By: John Macomber and Maxwell Nii Laryea
| A leading global infrastructure fund debates whether and when to become engaged in the electrolysis and distribution of hydrogen, as part of the hydrogen economy and the global transtion to a net zero energy world. The proposed billion dollar project consists of wind... |