Carbon - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?

Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Green Technology

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HBS - The year in Review

participants, and over $3 million has been awarded to the winning teams. Winning teams CashEx, Coprata, Carbon Vacuum, Fleetzero Runners-up ClearCut Surgical, Collective, Feather Health Crowd favorites CardioPhi, ClearCut Surgical,... View Details

13 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

because this gap discourages research effort directed towards clean technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though the transition will typically be slow.... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

excerpt from Managing the Future of Work , Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (MBA 2015) offers a lesson plan for the American education system Carbon's Second Act A startup employing nature's C02 recycling model—and the necessity of sweeping, speedy scaling Grand Ambitions in the... View Details

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

the goals his company had set. Yet at the same time, it was hard to know how seriously to take him and his company’s plans. After all, according to the Carbon Majors database, ninety companies have been responsible for over 63 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

07 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

their current carbon footprint, it’s unclear how reliant on offsets the company will have to be to neutralize the fossil-based energy for their own factories and operations. It’s even harder to see a viable pathway towards complete... View Details

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing

04 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 4

PublicationsCollective Memory Meets Organizational Identity: Remembering to Forget in a Firm's Rhetorical History Authors:Michel Anteby and Virag Molnar Publication:Academy of Management Journal (in press) Abstract Much organizational identity research has grappled... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Spring 2012
Article

Sustainability at Dow Chemical

By: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen M. Perkins and Mark Weick

Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second-largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the company has been committed to high-technology research and commercial innovation in chemistry, advanced materials, and agro-sciences. But if... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Corporate Strategy; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry

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December 2023
Article

When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments

By: Christian Kaps, Simone Marinesi and Serguei Netessine

Globally, 1.5 billion people live off the grid, their only access to electricity often limited to operationally-expensive fossil fuel generators. Solar power has risen as a sustainable and less costly option, but its generation is variable during the day and... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Renewable Energy

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Partners - Case Method Project

9 of 37 Rose Carbone Seminole Ridge Community High School Westlake, FL Subjects: Government FL 10 of 37 Craig Cetrulo Saint Andrew's School (FL) Boca Raton, FL FL 11 of 37 Erin Ciulla Odessa Christian School Odessa, FL FL 12 of 37 Weylan... View Details

21 Oct 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus & George Serafeim

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Sustainability, Innovation, Strategy, Supply Chain Management The case describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy, and how the company measured carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its vehicles and used tools... View Details

21 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

that could enable finance to fulfill its potential in both stabilizing the atmosphere and making society more resilient. Measuring and Reducing Corporate Carbon Emissions Faculty Presenters: Robert S. Kaplan , Senior Fellow and Marvin... View Details

09 Feb 2023
Blog Post

The Sixth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

of growth, measuring carbon reduction, and navigating the shifting policy and consumer landscape. In Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent, Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie introduced HBS... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Agarwal MBA 2010 | Founder & CEO, Mati Carbon Removals “Mati uses enhanced weathering in agricultural fields for doing scalable, permanent carbon removals, with co-benefits to marginal farmers. Leveraging... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

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