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- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
the federal government or from Wal-Mart. The solution comes from lots of us deciding that we are going to do what it takes to solve this problem.” In April of this year, Sanchali Pal (MBA 2018) launched Joro—an app that works like a Fitbit for your View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Highly Energetic
industry, forecasting its future grows ever more difficult. Three-quarters of the Fortune 500 now report on their carbon emissions, and “irrespective of what you believe about the science, climate change is a business reality,” said... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
(steel consumes vast amounts of electricity to run its core processes) and circular material usage (ways to abate some of the carbon emissions in steel production, but not all); carbon capture and storage... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
environment. Over the last few years, I increasingly thought about how I can have a maximum impact on guiding, fostering, and encouraging the transition to a carbon free energy system that is needed to deal with climate change threats. At... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
exactly how fast we are changing the climate. We do know that we are treating the atmosphere as though it were free. This used to be a reasonable way to behave: our numbers were small enough, and our technologies sufficiently primitive, that we could have no meaningful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
dire need for US federal policy to address climate change. RH: When you look at Europe, you see many companies agitating for some kind of carbon regulation and beginning to shift their business models in this direction. If you expect your... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
standards and data. Many governments around the world have begun assigning prices to carbon dioxide emissions, but it’s unclear if they can agree on a common global standard. Without industrywide measures, firms have been taking their own... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
certain. What worried the company's leadership was the prospect of Reb A taking off—that is, being widely accepted by consumers and used by food and beverage (F&B) companies in mainstream mass-market products such as carbonated soft... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Global Climate Change
style="color:black">Measuring and reporting GHG emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane are key first steps to reducing emissions. This training consists five modules including scope 1-3. It... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/social-strategies-that-work/ar/1 Working PapersCarbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions Authors:David F. Drake Abstract Carbon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability
Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon EmissionsResearch has shown that reducing carbon emissions and exhibiting good environmental performance are important for corporations.... View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
Agriculture”; and the latest conversation was on the case “Driving Decarbonization at BMW”, which describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy and how the company measures carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
a more sustainable world." Martine Drageset MBA 2015 | A Catalytic Conversion "Engagement and passion matter, and that's why people come to HBS." Bill Eacho MBA 1979 | Carbon Neutral “The most effective way to address the climate crisis... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
capital, project management expertise and domain knowledge of corporations to work on financing and de-risking the various solutions for climate change. 2. Rather than companies acting individually, we need to engage the whole value chain to address the challenges. 3.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Climate change as must-see TV
When a Hawaiian observatory reported in 2013 that carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere had reached their highest point in some 3 million years, many people concluded that climate change was unstoppable. But Dan Abbasi (AB 1986, MBA... View Details
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
influence can equal any government’s. Based in Switzerland, UBS is a financial services company with no obligation to comply with the Kyoto Accord or European Trade Union restrictions on carbon emissions. It has a strong internal culture... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
Capturing industrial carbon dioxide and pumping it back underground to help extract energy from old, unproductive oil fields seems like a plan that might be good in theory but is probably too complicated to pull off in the real world.... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Alumni and Students Take On the Climate Crisis
(MBA 1980), president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit Green America, leverages the economic power of consumers, investors, and businesses to create systems-level solutions. “On climate, it’s simple,” says Gravitz, “Stop putting View Details