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- 2021
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Nudging the Commute: Using Behaviorally-Informed Interventions to Promote Sustainable Transportation
By: Ashley Whillans, Joseph Sherlock, Jessica Roberts, Shibeal O'Flaherty, Lyndsay Gavin, Holly Dykstra and Michael Daly
Dramatic reductions in carbon emissions must take place immediately. A human-centric method of reducing environmental impacts is to “nudge” employees away from single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs) toward more sustainable commuting options. While an abundance of research... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Science; Transportation Demand Management; Commuting; Single-occupancy Vehicle Commutes; Transportation; Behavior; Change; Environmental Sustainability
Whillans, Ashley, Joseph Sherlock, Jessica Roberts, Shibeal O'Flaherty, Lyndsay Gavin, Holly Dykstra, and Michael Daly. "Nudging the Commute: Using Behaviorally-Informed Interventions to Promote Sustainable Transportation." Behavioral Science & Policy 7, no. 2 (2021): 27–49.
- 10 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Pay for Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon Emissions
- 2003
- Article
Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group
By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
This article describes how Designworks/USA, a subsidiary of BMW Group, developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) by integrating the management of environmental, social, and traditional business issues. After several months of deploying the SMS throughout its... View Details
Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 2 (2003).
- October 1992
- Case
Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Developing An Environmental Statement and Strategy
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carla Koppell
Goldberg, Ray A., and Carla Koppell. "Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Developing An Environmental Statement and Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 593-045, October 1992.
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Sustainability in CPG and Retail
retail’s most common and significant environmental impacts and examines the origin of sustainable planning and operations, the business case for sustainability programs,... View Details
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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs
Carnstone and Flag Books: Careers Finding Purpose: Environmental Stewardship as a Personal Calling Profession & Purpose: A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in Sustainability Values-Driven Business:... View Details
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Sustainability in Agriculture and Agribusiness
number of approaches to sustainable agriculture, as well as supporting activities. The approaches all share the common goal of striving for sustainability, which includes environmental aspects but also... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard
- 2005
- Dissertation
Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives: Smoke Signals or Smoke Screens?
Toffel, Michael W. "Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives: Smoke Signals or Smoke Screens?" Diss., University of California, Berkeley, December 2005. (Winner of Academy of Management. Social Issues in Management Division. Best Dissertation Award presented by Academy of Management. Nominated for Academy of Management. Organizations and Natural Environment Division. Best Dissertation Award presented by Academy of Management. 2005.)
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Sustainability in Supply Chain Management
This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings Green Supply Chain Management : A Concise Introduction
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- December 2014 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Muñoz Group: Sustaining Global Vertical Integration Through Innovation
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Annelena Lobb
Muñoz Group, which supplied supermarket chains and food distribution chains around the world with fruit, flowers, juice and ice cream, was at a strategic crossroads in 2014. CEO Alvaro Muñoz had to choose the best way to achieve profit goals and provide his company... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Supply Chain; Retail; Agribusiness Industry; Globalized Firms and Management; Supply Chain Management; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Profit; Innovation and Invention; Retail Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; North and Central America
Alvarez, Jose B., and Annelena Lobb. "Muñoz Group: Sustaining Global Vertical Integration Through Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 515-011, December 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
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A Commitment to Sustainability | About
A Commitment to Sustainability We are addressing the challenges and opportunities of sustainability leadership through campus operations and community engagement. Harvard Office of View Details
- April 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development." Harvard Business School Case 794-120, April 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
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Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience
By: Kellie McElhaney, Michael W. Toffel and Natalie Hill
This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a sustainability management system (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification by a... View Details
Keywords: Design; Governance Compliance; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; United States
McElhaney, Kellie, Michael W. Toffel, and Natalie Hill. "Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience." Greener Management International: The Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy and Practice 46 (Summer 2004): 103–116.
- 2018
- Book
Re-engaging with Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and P. Devereaux Jennings
Re-engaging with Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era applies organization theory to a grand challenge: our entry into the Anthropocene era, a period marked not only by human impact on climate change, but on chemical waste, habitat destruction, and despeciation. It... View Details
Keywords: Organization Theory; Environmental Management; Policy; Social Issues; Social Entrepreneurship; Pollutants
Hoffman, Andrew J., and P. Devereaux Jennings. Re-engaging with Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era. Cambridge University Press, 2018. (Winner of the 2019 Best Book Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management.)
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Sustainable Investing Course Number 1495 Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits Paper/project The course won the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
sustainability initiatives in their supply chain, including a pilot program equipping commercial trucks with solar panels that power the trucks loading and unloading chain, we remain curious about other supply chain initiatives.... View Details
- October 2009 (Revised January 2014)
- Teaching Note
Genzyme Center (A), (B) & (C)
Teaching Note for [610008], [610009], and [610010]. View Details
Keywords: Environment; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environmental Operations; Environmental Protection; Environmental Regulation; Standard Setting; Standards; Environmental Accounting; Engineering; Governance; Energy; Economics; Operations; Projects; Social Enterprise; Infrastructure; Construction Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Real Estate Industry
- 12 Jul 2016
- News
The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
that equips investment professionals and those in related fields with the insights, frameworks, and skills to evaluate, and manage, and measure social and environmental impact when making investment decisions." Vikram Gandhi View Details