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- February 2020
- Case
Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water
By: John D. Macomber and Carla Larangeira
Private companies were being turned to for potable water in the world’s megacities due to impacts of climate change including droughts and flooding. Mexico City had endured several water-related crises, with its population suffering from floods, droughts, water... View Details
Keywords: Water Supply; Water Management; Finance; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Business and Government Relations; Latin America; Mexico
Macomber, John D., and Carla Larangeira. "Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water." Harvard Business School Case 220-064, February 2020.
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
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Stories
Innovation 01 Sep 2024 HBS Alumni Bulletin Reduce, Reuse, Recycle How Apple built a new market in old iPhones Re: George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Meyers Load More View Details
- March 2014
- Case
Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit... View Details
Keywords: Australia; China; Environmental Strategies; Green Business; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Australia; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science." Harvard Business School Case 314-087, March 2014.
- Web
Alumni Bulletin - Alumni
Brief: Hear Me Out Ink: Framing the Full Picture Alumni Books Impact Advancing the Mission The HBS Fund makes an impact at the School and beyond Far-Reaching Impact From the Classroom to Casablanca Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Fueling... View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization
externalities. We arrived at Billund, Denmark eager to better understand the company’s strategy to leverage bioplastics and recycling technologies to decarbonize their supply chain. Brick-themed light fixture in the central atrium of LEGO... View Details
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FAQs - Alumni
anaerobically digested, or Recycle Streams. Select menu options with lower greenhouse gas emissions in mind. HBS will include more plant-forward menu options to help reduce overall emissions and provide healthier food alternatives. Please... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
Environment Initiative (LinkedIn) Guest: Maria Persson Gulda, the Chief Technology Officer at H2 Green Steel (LinkedIn) Green Concrete: Decarbonizing Construction with Recycled Glass 08 MAY 2024 | Climate Rising The first of a series on... View Details
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Campus - MBA
the resources available to HBS students with a documented disability or learning difference , or who may have a chronic medical condition or mental health concerns . Did you know? 60 % campus recycling rate More statistics 1.63 m square... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
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Skydeck - Alumni
nature's C02 recycling model—and the necessity of sweeping, speedy scaling Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains Scaling carbon capture in Southwest Wyoming Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix? The opportunity—and necessity—of carbon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
business opportunities. For example, students recently worked with a Chinese solid waste recovery and recycling company to develop a service to encourage customers to recycle their cell phones and other... View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration
in Copenhagen. We left truly inspired by ARC’s operations and hope to see more facilities like this being built in the coming years. While incineration is not the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to waste generation—it is far better to View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Aggregates options for consumers to trade in or recycle unwanted electronics in a simple and efficient web platform. Business Track, 2009 CloudFlare Michelle Zatlyn Matt Prince Business Track Winner CloudFlare enables websites to... View Details
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
of trying it, breaking it, and making it better. We’re about 10 years into that now. We’re working with this new material, which is called yulex, and now many other surf companies are using it. We’ve actually got it to the point where it really works, and now we have... View Details