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  • 16 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

definition that extends the concept beyond the traditional binary retain/not retain view of retention. We discuss a variety of metrics to measure and monitor retention. We present an integrated framework for managing retention that leverages emerging opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Elevator Pitch: Feedback

mills. The Why: Of the 110 million tons of food waste generated annually in the United States, 75 percent ends up in landfills or incinerators, making it a leading source of CO2 emissions (10 percent of greenhouse gasses can be attributed... View Details
Keywords: Illustration by Drue Wagner; Photo by ChiChi Ubiña
  • September 2024
  • Case

InfraCredit and the Project Inception Facility

By: John Macomber, Namrata Arora and Maagatha Kalavadakken
Around the world, large infrastructure projects are frequently stymied by the high cost and high uncertainty of the project inception phase: the research and engineering and planning prior to financial close and start of construction. Could there be a new kind of... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Cost; Cash Flow; Capital; Assets; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Insurance; Energy; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Credit; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Africa; Nigeria
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  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

to the Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy Gordon Jones , President, College of Western Idaho (CWI) Building the workforce is critical to scaling climate ventures, to valuation, and to public uptake of climate technologies both... View Details
  • September 2015
  • Case

Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil

By: John Quelch and Sunru Yong
Aaron Jonnerson, vice president of marketing at the automotive division of Avellin, must make marketing mix decisions for the launch of Eco7, a new environmentally-friendly motor oil. The company's performance has been mediocre, shareholder pressure is increasing, and... View Details
Keywords: Distribution Channels; Environmental Sustainability; Product Launch; Transportation; Energy Sources; Auto Industry
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  • 03 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit

It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Rounding the Bend

glass, paper, and metal for recycling, as she points out; one day textiles will be just another stream. In the meantime, Looper is investing in tech to innovate its collection and near-infrared sorting processes to improve outcomes, explains Bolon, who previously... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

along lines of race, class, and geography.”[2] Policy Summary The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022Contains about $40 billion in benefits for environmental justice.[3] Three main areas of effect (identified by Senate Democrats) [4]Reduce legacy pollution; access to clean... View Details
  • July 2018 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Project Helios: Harvesting the Sun

By: Mark Egan and E. Scott Mayfield
Aware of the impact that modern society was having on the environment, Ashley Telkes had always tried to be cognizant of her own impact on the environment and to take reasonable steps to mitigate her own effects. Having already implemented a number of passive measures... View Details
Keywords: Renewable Energy; Personal Finance; Decision Making; Environmental Sustainability
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Rubinstein Business Track Runner-Up Qweek is a fully automatic cloud solution to workforce optimization and management. Qweek helps business achieve significant savings by breaking traditional rigid shift scheduling and using dynamic shifts to align workforce supply... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

It assessed the risk of pandemics at 11 percent, below both a global energy shortage (19 percent) and labor shortages (17 percent). The restaurant leaders were asked, given this risk likelihood, should restaurants have been better... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • December 2022
  • Technical Note

Risks and Opportunities from the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy: A Business Analysis Framework

By: George Serafeim
The transition to a low carbon economy introduces many risks and opportunities for businesses. Risks emerge from regulatory actions, such as carbon taxes and cap and trade systems, technological innovation that develop alternatives for customers making existing... View Details
Keywords: Risk Assessment; Opportunities; Environmental Sustainability; Carbon Footprint; Risk Management; Competitive Dynamics; Business Analysis; Climate Change; Accounting; Finance; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Technological Innovation; Transition; Product Positioning; Renewable Energy; Analysis
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Events - Business History

Society, and the Environment Victor Seow (Harvard University), "Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia" Organized by Geoff Jones and Kwelina Thompson Seminar meets on Zoom. May 2 02 May 2023 Seminar Hybrid Seminar: Meg... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

net-zero emissions by 2040. In the interim, we are targeting absolute GHG reductions of more than 40 percent by 2030. From the way we source our crops to the energy we use in creating and distributing our... View Details
  • Web

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

growth stage (Series B+), early stage (pre-Seed - Series A), climate (Series B+, with a focus on energy and mobility), or media and journalism. Interns complete two projects over the summer, in addition to View Details
  • March 2024
  • Case

From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Globalization; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Talent and Talent Management; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; Israel; China; United States
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  • April 2018 (Revised March 2019)
  • Case

Tesla-SolarCity

By: E. Scott Mayfield and Emil N. Siriwardane
On June 21, 2016, Tesla Motors, Inc. announced its offer to acquire SolarCity, bringing CEO Elon Musk one step closer to completing his goal of moving the world from a hydrocarbon-based economy to a solar-electric one. Markets and analysts were mixed in their reaction... View Details
Keywords: Tesla; SolarCity; Solar Power; Mergers and Acquisitions; Renewable Energy; Goals and Objectives; Finance
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  • 07 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

production is incredibly resource intensive and that even a small shift in consumption and production can have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions. From there, Karen Skelton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy at the... View Details
  • Web

Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

of this sort could be a valuable addition to many if not most companies in at least five ways: as a source of knowledge and expertise, as a sounding board and constructive critic, as a driver of accountability, as a stimulus for... View Details