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28 Mar 2024
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IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

possible. This was surprising, given our understanding of the “split incentives” problem in green buildings: the party responsible for emissions-reducing investments (developers) are often unable to capture the savings of those... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

will solve real problems, from climate change and hunger to obesity and menstrual pain. They envision a future in which biotechnologists work from a platform that enables them to develop effective drugs within months for any emerging virus, where View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

apart old electronics to learn what makes them tick. Green technologies - solar, batteries, motors - captured his imagination early on. “I’d spend weekends and summers sifting through old toys and electronics in the house to find the... View Details

November 2023 (Revised October 2024)
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Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)

By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett

Set in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power’s recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic alliances. View Details

Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Ethics; Finance; Management; Social Enterprise; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Europe

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11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

undervalued? How a Coal Polluter Became a Renewable Energy Leader Enel, Italy’s state-owned power company, was one of Europe’s largest coal-users and polluters. Now it is recognized as a leader in renewable View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Energy

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

U.S. Green Bonds Supplementary Readings Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2019 Lex in depth: the $900bn cost of ‘stranded energy... View Details

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

26 Jun 2023
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ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

innovations. The Summit featured speakers from companies such as Closed Loop Partners, NextEra Energy, Energy Impact Partners, Dow, United Airlines, KKR, BlackRock, Google, Walmart, KPMG, and others. The interview below is a feature of... View Details

29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Americans have the option to opt into green energy through their utility provider. I don't know what current rates are today, but this is actually the next action that we're building into the app as well... View Details

October 2013 (Revised November 2016)
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Carbon Engineering

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra

Dr. David Keith, President of Carbon Engineering, a company based in Calgary, Alberta, is commercializing a technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

on August 20, 2019 outside Boston, Massachusetts. His energy and leadership kept HBS at the forefront of business education and laid a foundation of intellectual growth and development on which the School continues to build today. His... View Details

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

million times. I have learned a lot from the many, many conversations that have emerged around the talk. Some of these conversations have made me hopeful, but most have made me realize how far we must go to meet society’s urgent need for both more View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Energy

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HBS - The year in Review

includes reducing emissions, waste, and energy and water use; implementing green operation standards in building and campus maintenance; and promoting healthy, smart, and sustainable dining options. The... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

my career and am looking for a path to becoming a chief sustainability officer or sustainability manager with a company I can align my values with. This class seemed like the perfect opportunity to give me the right tools to learn more about this field." Desirée Kaplan... View Details

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

while also bolstering private-sector demand for LEED buildings." Leading With Leed There are multiple environmental assessment tools available to governments and building developers in the United States, including the International Code Council's International View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Energy; Energy; Energy

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

5.6 billion people—by 2050), but consume 60-80 percent of the world's annual energy usage. Vast amounts of natural resources are also used each year in building new cities and expanding existing ones through real estate development and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Energy

01 Dec 2011
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Letters to the Editor

university in the world and definitely enhances the greatness of HBS and Harvard University. Thank you, Mr. Spangler, Anna, and your family. Warren C. Nagler (MBA 1988) Manhattan Beach, CA Green Energy and... View Details

Keywords: HBS Show; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)

The Business of Saving the Planet

The Value of Environmental Activists

Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Carbon Engineering

John H. McArthur | About

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

HBS - The year in Review

Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

LEED-ing by Example

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Letters to the Editor

Leadership and Teaming