Environment - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Entrepreneurial Management: In Pursuit of Opportunity

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management Style; Opportunities

21 Oct 2022
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Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before she had a baby of her own, Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014) kept hearing from friends that the “natural” diapers on the market didn’t hold up as well as the old standards, like Pampers. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Saigal knew her... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

28 Jun 2022
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Charley Cummings Is Building a New Kind of Bank

Keywords: Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

22 Feb 2022
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Savings and Loam

Illustration by James Steinberg Illustration by James Steinberg Picture today’s conscious consumer pulling on a fresh organic cotton tee shirt, then driving their hybrid or electric vehicle to the grocery store to pack reusable shopping bags with pasture-raised meats... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

25 Feb 2020
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Beyond the Plastisphere

Above: illustration by Brian Stauffer In 2008, Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) attended a presentation on climate change and the global water crisis at her five-year HBS reunion. Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag, who directs the University’s Center for the Environment, argued... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

27 Jun 2017
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ClimaCell Wants To Be The Bloomberg Of Weather Forecasting

19 May 2016
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Creating a Public Greenway in Northern California’s Scenic Wine Country

Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) is a man on the move as founder and chair of the Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition, a 47-mile bike and pedestrian route that will connect the entire region by 2020. “It’s very psychically rewarding. The trail will be there for 100 years,” says... View Details

25 May 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Self-Regulatory Institutions for Solving Environmental Problems: Perspectives and Contributions from the Management Literature

Keywords: by Andrew King & Michael W. Toffel

27 May 2010
Conference Presentation

Corporate Environmental Disclosure: A Research Overview

By: Michael W. Toffel

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Natural Environment

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Apr 2010
Conference Presentation

The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Transparency

By: Michael W. Toffel

Keywords: Globalization; Business Ventures; Natural Environment

Citation

12 May 2015
News

Heineken Saved $84 Million By Using Less Water And Energy—And Wants The World To Know

17 Jan 2024
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Charting the Journey: ‘From the Growth We Have to the Growth We Want'

01 Feb 2022
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Business Schools Must Do More to Address the Climate Crisis

20 Jan 2020
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Larry Fink Isn’t Going to Read Your Sustainability Report

03 Oct 2019
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Green Accounting: Financial Statements May Get New Life as Environmental-Sustainability Tool

24 Apr 2014
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Powering on wireless electricity

Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is fueled by a mission to never have to “plug in” again. The CEO of WiTricity, a startup revolutionizing science with its magnetic resonance technology, hopes to soon relegate electrical wires and batteries to the past. “We are committed to... View Details

18 Feb 2020
Cold Call Podcast

Global Ocean Trust: Protecting the Blue Planet in New Ways

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter; Green Technology

08 May 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective

Keywords: by Robert Eccles & George Serafeim

23 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

Editor's note: Please see related story, Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society. Although companies are increasingly reporting on their corporate sustainability responsibility (CSR) performance, there has been scant evidence that such... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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