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  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

W. Toffel, and Stephanie van SiceHarvard Business School Case 611-049 Seeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a Carbon Negative campaign that would... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2019
  • Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

the regulatory and the market conditions that led to their success will remain the same and will not shift significantly in response to sweeping changes in technology, policy, or consumer preference. Some oil and gas companies, for... View Details
Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

and Stephanie van SiceHarvard Business School Case 611-002 Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower

across the U.S. - the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. But a big challenge has been finding financial models to pay the upfront costs of retrofitting and/or decarbonizing the electricity... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology company, notably uneven enforcement of intellectual property in emerging market countries and uncertainty... View Details
  • 01 Jul 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

bit. However, if I tell you it has to run on a gallon of gas for five hundred miles, you have to start over.” This kind of goal deserves the “super stretch” label. Increasingly, it is being cited as a reason behind the success of one... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 28 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Nordisk. At United Technologies, whose products include Carrier air conditioners, Otis elevators, and Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, a recent integrated report focused on such nonfinancial metrics as lower fuel consumption and noise View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

estimated $80 billion a year in total economic losses, according to the case. The smart grid was touted as the best solution to the problem, allowing for on-demand energy use resulting in greater energy conservation and reduced greenhouse... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities
  • 02 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 2

major advances in energy technology it is unlikely that the world will be able to reduce green-house gas emissions rapidly enough to avoid a substantial increase in the risk of significant climate change.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.

imminent global impact of harmful carbon emissions have been circulating for months in anticipation of the June 2-4th meetings in Sweden, Stockholm+50 international environmental meetings. The United Nations General Assembly has convened... View Details
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

firm's early success at originating carbon credits in developing nations and selling them to governments and firms that seek to offset their greenhouse gas emissions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 25

associated with improved productivity are also linked to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Download the paper: http://www.stanford.edu/~nbloom/BloomGenakosMartinSadun.pdf Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

vulnerability to climate change and their strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their responses vary widely. We theorize and empirically identify several factors associated with suppliers being... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2019
  • News

City on a Hill

beyond West Wind, he passes the high-tunnel greenhouses that Pine Mountain provides to local farmers. “In many ways, it’s like running a small town,” says Marietta, casting his eye across the potato fields and chicken coop that help... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

broad North American launch of its line of EVs, among the very first commercially available, highway-approved safe cars in the world that produced zero greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

behavior. We propose that envy and empathy lead employees to discriminate in illicitly helping customers based on customer wealth. We test for this hypothesis in the vehicle emissions testing market, where employees have the opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

reduce the carbon intensity of electricity generation. Should environmental groups reverse course and support the construction of new nuclear plants—using technology that could be rapidly deployed at scale—to reduce greenhouse View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

will require governments, citizens, and firms to work collaboratively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a task that requires information on companies' emissions levels,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=11-100.pdf The Effect of Target Difficulty and Incentives on Target Completion: The Case of Reducing Carbon Emissions By: Ioannou, Ioannis, Shelley Xin Li, and George Serafeim... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne