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- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
Photo credits: Aaron Sabin; Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. This is the first episode of "Clearing the Air", a three-part series focused on the business of View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
their reduction of carbon dioxide emissions than they are getting from their resilience in the face of fuel scarcity and power grid interruptions. We found that the average man or woman on the street in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
than 45 energy conservation measures, offsetting greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 2,495 metric tons of carbon dioxide, reducing operating costs $920,000, and maximizing utility rebates totaling... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
ESG—factors), both because of its importance to socially conscious investors and as an indicator of long-term corporate health. Firms such as Morgan Stanley Capital International crunch hundreds of factors from carbon View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
come into fashion? For example, I was reminded of stretch when the goal of a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2040 was at least informally agreed to at a recent economic summit. In that case, the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy
net-zero goals. Transportation is one of the largest contributors of carbon emissions in India. With 300 million 2- wheelers on the road, the vast majority powered by internal combustion engines (ICE), the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
steel-and-glass landmark in downtown Dallas, where a two-bedroom with a commanding view runs more than $4,000 a month. While reuse might not always make financial sense, it does have environmental benefits. The embodied carbon in steel... View Details
- Profile
Ben Steiner
greenhouse-gas emissions by fifty percent,” Ben says. Some of the proposal’s ideas have already been implemented, such as installing no-flush urinals in all new construction. Two college internships consolidated Ben’s attraction to... View Details
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
catastrophe, suggests that the failure to acknowledge the risks posed by climate change means that the entire financial system is riding on a carbon “bubble” that will cause havoc when it bursts. Why have we been so slow to respond? Even... View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
carbon footprint. MJ cited a 2020 study included in the National Library of Medicine, which estimated that individual yearly carbon emissions could be reduced by almost 19... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
explicit limit on carbon emissions from oil sands and a price on carbon. Suncor, which produces more than 400,000 barrels per day of bitumen and synthetic oil must reduce its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
net carbon emission. The issue is, how fast can we get there? From the technology as we know it—and there will be inventions—I doubt that we can burn coal, capture its emissions, and sequester those View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
reach the goals of which McCarthy spoke. Moving away from the city to more rural areas, David Perry (MBA 1997), president, CEO, and director of Indigo Agriculture, said one-third of all carbon emissions are... View Details
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
oil, come some major concerns. Environmentalists, for instance, are not happy, since just as they're beginning to see a decline in demand and have the support of a president who's determined to stop climate change, if oil prices are down, everybody will start buying... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
climate report warns that harmful carbon emissions have never been higher in human history. First, the encouraging news: Data analysts at EVAdoption.com reported record sales in the U.S. in the first half of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
microorganisms use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to photosynthesize sugar, proteins, and fat—the latter in the form of an oil that can replace fossil fuels in applications where batteries either can’t store enough power or are... View Details
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For Guests | Commencement 2025
Spangler Center is available for guests and families to relax, make phone calls, and meet up with each other during and after morning Commencement activities. Sustainability If you are interested in offsetting your travel carbon... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
changed the world. In this book, Doerr identifies the measurable OKRs we need to reduce emissions across the board and to arrive by 2050 at net zero—the point where we are no longer adding to the heat-trapping View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Week NYC 2023
highlighted the power of writing from diverse perspectives with the Imagine 2200 climate fiction project. Other discussions ranged from emissions from corporate finance, renewables and energy efficiency in supply chains, reinventing value... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
outdoors. I want to leave a world in which she can breathe the air, drink the water, and visit places that are still wild.” Ullman is proud to note that E2 was essential to the passage of a California law in July 2002 that limits carbon... View Details