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- 03 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Zurich
advanced waste management and waste to energy processes being developed. The group expressed the value of galvanizing the Harvard alumni base... View Details
- 12 Jun 2023
- News
How AI Will Accelerate the Circular Economy
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
industrial ecology literature that highlights the environmental benefits of by-product synergy. By-product synergy is defined as the conversion of a firm's waste stream from a manufacturing process into... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID
social utility. I am working this summer with Circulate Capital, an investment fund focused on waste and recycling businesses that fight ocean plastic waste View Details
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Novo Nordisk
learned details of how Novo Nordisk manufactures within its 1,200,000 square meter facility high-quality active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that tackle not only diabetes but also hemophilia, growth disorders, and obesity. At their... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories
Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP. Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
company's commitment to sustainability mean that firms that ignore this do so at their own risk. BMW Group has been a leader in recognizing this. Several years ago, it issued a Sustainable Value Report detailing energy consumed, water consumed, View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
Create processes and controls. The innovation process is inherently uncertain, so companies must develop new ways of tracking progress in these units. Rewarding a manager who... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
materials and required for handling waste streams. Because closed-looped processes are more efficient, they emit few greenhouse gases. Major Impact Areas Refrigerant Management... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
call-out process just needed a minor tune-up, or that they had always required five signatures to approve a purchase and they had to keep it that way to run their business. It went on View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Organic Matter
above: Neil Black (left) and N. Ross Buckenham at a California Bioenergy partner dairy in Bakersfield, California (photo by Christina Gandolfo) Cars and coal—not cows—are most frequently cited as drivers of... View Details
- Student-Faculty-Profile
Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton
people to dispose of their unwanted, but still useful items? A process that didn't require a trip to a donation center, and alleviated the guilt that might be associated with filling up precious landfill... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
One MBA's Path to Boston Consulting Group
process and play. Someone once told me that recruiting is as much about you evaluating the firms as it is about the firms evaluating you. As I look back on that hectic fall of last year, what stuck out most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
put the figure at 37 million before the pandemic and some researchers suggest it could rise to 54 million before 2020 is out. And yet 133 billion pounds of food go to waste... View Details
- 20 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management
securing the city’s water systems for a more sustainable future. Setting the Context: The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) identifies six focus areas for mitigation and adaptation: energy, mobility,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
from firms such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Marathon Capital, and FullCycle discussed the need for patient capital to be aligned on the longer timelines it may take for alternative energy investments to fully develop a return. As one... View Details
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
largest pump manufacturer in the world, headquartered in Bjerringbro, Denmark. Grundfos shared the same ecosystem of energy, material, and waste flows with other companies we visited. For example, Grundfos... View Details
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
the uncomfortable moments. The ability to have a difficult conversation is a necessary social skill that mature leaders have to develop. Knowing someone is deceptive is quite different from knowing the truth. It’s important to recognize that difference. We don’t have a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Struggle is an experience we instinctively avoid, looking for any way to minimize the hard work and pain involved in getting what we want. And yet—nearly every book we read and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
that works for both sides. "If not, you need to move on because otherwise you're wasting your time and someone else's time. Finding the right party to negotiate with is often more important than working... View Details