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A Commitment to Sustainability | About
electricity from our solar panels (solar renewable energy credits [SRECs], which represent the environmental benefit, are sold to the Harvard Utility to meet its state renewable energy requirements), natural gas used in boilers, cogeneration units and kitchens, along... View Details
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HBS - Key Metrics
electricity from the grid, electricity from our solar panels (solar renewable energy credits [SRECs], which represent the environmental benefit, are sold to the Harvard Utility to meet its state renewable energy requirements), natural gas used in boilers, cogeneration... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
dramatically weakened portfolio of both current and future products. Although much attention has been focused on electric cars, hybrids, and fuel cells, I believe that the key player in the carbon-conscious automobile market of the next ten years is the compact car,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
changes greatly reduced the canal's economic value to the United States: the dieselization of the railroads, the Interstate Highway System, and the rise of California as a market for its own natural resources. The first two meant that by... View Details
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
Chopra GMP 2012 | Founder & CEO, Metafin “Metafin is India’s first vertically integrated clean energy lender enabling access to energy and financial inclusion in rural India. With over 600 solar projects enabled, Metafin’s customized financial products are helping... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
historically been left behind.”[32] There is also $60 million for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act,[33] rebates which aim to reduce emissions around goods movement facilities and to address the health effects of those emissions on DACs.... View Details
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
strategy or culture? What do you think? Original Column Two pieces of news that hit the business press in recent weeks illustrate situations in which leadership timing has been called into question. The first concerns Volkswagen’s notorious, apparently conscious effort... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
dispose of waste in a landfill. By mandating recycling, as some states have done, you’re guaranteeing a certain volume will flow into processing facilities. There’s a return on investment.” One piece of the puzzle will fall into place when EV fleets replace traditional... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
Joseph I. Miller
Under Miller’s direction, Cummins Engine was transformed from a small domestic engine producer to the largest provider of diesel truck engines in the world. He dramatically expanded the company’s presence in the international marketplace... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Start It Up
supplied fuel for generators, he learned that diesel costs $35 a gallon and that one US soldier is killed or wounded for every 24 fuel convoys, Wired.com reported (April 27, 2012). Now retired from the military, Naval Academy and MIT grad... View Details
- Portrait Project
Natasha Pereira-Kamath
lungfuls of oily smoke from diesel generators. In search of causes, I find consequences: chronic asthma, lost productivity, and infrastructure instability. As an adult, I refuse to accept intermittent darkness. My new adventure is to... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- News
Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level
simultaneously shifting away from dirty diesel to clean solar generation. So I think there's a great opportunity for us, in more developed countries, to bring in investment and relatively basic finance techniques to allow these countries... View Details
Tasneem Dohadwala
Tasneem previously worked in financial services on the sell-side at Lehman Brothers and at Matrix Partners. As Founding Partner of Excelestar Ventures, notable investments of hers are Augmenix (acq. by Boston Scientific), nVision (acq. by Boston Scientific), Conformal... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
capita sales. “Europe is a stronger EV market per capita,” she said. And she added that in December, “Europeans bought more EVs than diesels because of well thought out policies. Both public and workplace charging stations along with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Built to Last
business model. “We sell and service products that still rely on an internal combustion diesel engine,” Weisiger explains. “Our manufacturers recognize that sustainability is an issue, and so does CTE. Perhaps our business will be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
sends information about the wearer's heartbeat to a data center, where a proprietary algorithm analyzes it for early signs of a heart attack. KarmSolar/Cairo, Egypt: Egyptian farms rely on pumping water from underground sources, which requires expensive View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
removed from fossil crude. As a result, algae could pull fossil-fuel generated CO2 out of the atmosphere and transform it into nearly carbon-neutral diesel or jet fuel with minimal environmental impact—a handy trick when demand for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004)
and their mothers to be more economically independent and to have a voice. We sometimes have to bring the infrastructure with us when we go to the schools. You can’t just arrive with your JA bag, then plug and play. Sometimes we have to bring View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
make citizens think before they buy new,” Thoren says. “That will be a win for our business and a win for our planet.” First career: Ship engineer. “There’s something extraordinary about being 21 years old, in charge of these massive View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami
Kanter highlighted how this model builds natural constituencies of support by addressing the health impacts of diesel exhaust on children who often stand near bus tailpipes. Highland's innovative financing model makes the transition... View Details