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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
and entrepreneurial skills, Mayor Bloomberg, like his counterparts in other cities, has drawn up a plan to make his city greener. With his PlaNYC, supported by extensive tracking software designed to ensure and monitor efficiencies, Bloomberg intends by 2030 to reduce... View Details
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Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 29 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy
greenhouse gas emissions. We are currently producing power for many Fortune 500 companies including Google, Wal-Mart, AT&T, eBay, Staples, The Coca-Cola Company, as well as notable non-profit... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
low-carbon economy. He is the managing director of GameChange Capital LLC, a private-equity firm cofounded with Hohn to back companies offering scalable and profitable solutions to reduce greenhouse gas... View Details
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For Guests | Commencement 2025
items; and selecting menu items with lower greenhouse gas emissions in mind. HBS is committed to Harvard’s Sustainability Action Plan , which prioritizes climate, health and... View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
replaced or repaired when worn. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 92 percent and saving about $400 million per year through recycling, the company's sales... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
to different players in this quest. From incumbents in traditional businesses revamping processes and technologies to account for emissions to startups creating new solutions to existing challenges such as agriculture, mobility and waste... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
thrilling as that news is, huge challenges remain to make a meaningful dent in the transportation sector’s CO2 emissions. "I have cut the cord with gas guzzlers. I have two electric vehicles!"– Erika MyersErika Myers’ professional glass... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
as well. Q: What business trends are you noticing? Dessain: Currently European companies are focusing a lot of effort on sustainable development and other environmental concerns. ERC is supporting Professor Estelle Cantillon in strategy with a research project on View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
Eacho, left, and Minnick (Getty Images) Congress is at a standstill over carbon. One side wants to regulate emissions as a pollutant; the other fears that any move to regulate oil and gas will impede growth... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
Partners, a midstream oil and natural gas pipeline company, have joined forces to turn waste heat to power (WHP) at four sites in the United States. Construction on the projects—three in Ohio and one in Indiana—is expected to start early... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the... View Details
- 13 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India
place in India’s energy future. Specifically, we wanted to resolve a persistent question facing countries around the world: How do you reconcile the urgent need to cut emissions while fueling economic growth and improving livelihoods?... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
Much hope and plenty of money are riding on the idea that batterypowered electric cars will help slow global warming by reducing tailpipe emissions. But when it comes to reducing the greenhouse gases produced by heavy... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
Sustainability needed to develop positions on several issues. Tactically, he needed to recommend whether the company should purchase carbon offsets to help meet its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
and compare these with prior life cycle data for biopolymers as well as other fibers, and we find that nanoclay production results in lower energy use and greenhouse gas View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
they’ve increased – by 83% since 2000. The company has also focused on reducing carbon emissions of its pumps by initiating a take-back program to disassemble pumps at their end of life in order to recycle the scrap materials. For this... View Details
- 06 May 2025
- Blog Post
The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet
greenhouses produce what students described as the most amazing tomatoes they have ever tasted. To sustain the tomato plants through the cold season, the Friðheimar greenhouses require approximately 2.5... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
(steel consumes vast amounts of electricity to run its core processes) and circular material usage (ways to abate some of the carbon emissions in steel production, but not all); carbon capture and storage (CCS), which doesn’t abate carbon... View Details