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Kevin S. Rollag
have the greatest impact. I began to wonder if I could make a greater contribution from the outside." Kevin's renewed sense of purpose took him into leadership roles, first at his fraternity, then as president of The Thurtene... View Details
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
opportunities. And while oil prices continue to rise and fall, energy services firms are seeing rapid growth—especially those firms that provide services to both traditional and emerging clean technology View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment
partnerships. During Harvard’s Climate Week in April 2018, we organized guest speakers and activities including a candid conversation with David Crane, former CEO of NRG Energy, about his failed attempt to turn the company into a major View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ears to the Ground
Working with Clark on the ShotSpotter partnership with GE: Jaime Irick (MBA 2003), chief commercial officer of Current, GE’s lighting and energy division. Working with Clark on the ShotSpotter partnership with GE: Jaime Irick (MBA 2003),... View Details
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
long-duration energy storage, and greywater recycling. Low-carbon cement can drastically reduce the carbon footprint of construction, long-duration energy storage will enable more reliable View Details
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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
future, recognizing that solving the intermittency issue of renewable energy is critical. “It will be a mix of everything and we’ll need to determine the optimal mix,” said Tristan Doherty , Chief Product... View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
From left: Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), president, HBSASC; Jennifer Nash, director, HBS Business and Environment Initiative; Professor Rebecca Henderson; Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, Climate and Clean View Details
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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog
90 percent requested renewed participation. Through project work, students can "practice private equity" in a setting as close to authentic as possible. Projects will entail many aspects of private equity, and students will work directly... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
and business, as well as his full career as a professor, drilling engineer, and energy executive. Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century (Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability... 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... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
IFC as well as Western NGOs is now explicitly earmarking 30-40% of funds toward adaptation concepts like dams, irrigation, flood control, reflective roof coverings, and shifts in crops as rainfall and heat alter. This is beyond the financing of carbon mitigation... View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
supported their work: Tell us a little about your background and what your interest in climate-related issues is. I've been in renewable energy project development for the past few years, focusing on how to... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
like a renewed democratic process and appropriate regulatory regimes. I believe that these problems are usually best dealt with by the state, but in many cases that is not happening." Moreover the private sector has resources and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
surprising given the disruptions in those fields. But other industries scored more dismally in this area; for example, only 13 percent of directors in energy and utilities ranked innovation to be of top importance. Groysberg finds that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
ambitious goal is to be a “zero waste, zero carbon company, operating on 100 percent renewable energy in LEED certified buildings” by 2020. The case vividly documents some of the measures taken by Burt’s to... View Details
- 12 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)
long-duration energy storage, and greywater recycling. Low-carbon cement can drastically reduce the carbon footprint of construction, long-duration energy storage will enable more reliable View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
representation on boards, and even the potential to create social good. Covering both public and private markets, the course will present the unprecedented opportunities that have arisen due to energy transition and other trends through... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
order to cover SPI's operating expenses. He notes that the program gives people the means to create an independent, renewable food supply, which builds esteem and has the added benefit of being more cost-effective than continuously... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
the operating decisions of the waste-to-energy firm. Our analyses suggest that if the social planner's objective is to maximize landfill diversion, offering a subsidy as a per kilowatt-hour for electricity is more cost effective, whereas if the objective is to maximize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Learning to Code at Business School
recent graduates who took CS50 to learn what the class is all about. Samuel Gooch (MBA 2015) worked in renewable energy consulting before HBS and is now an engineering program manager at Apple. Sloan... View Details