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  • 2021
  • Article

Nudging the Commute: Using Behaviorally-Informed Interventions to Promote Sustainable Transportation

By: Ashley Whillans, Joseph Sherlock, Jessica Roberts, Shibeal O'Flaherty, Lyndsay Gavin, Holly Dykstra and Michael Daly
Dramatic reductions in carbon emissions must take place immediately. A human-centric method of reducing environmental impacts is to “nudge” employees away from single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs) toward more sustainable commuting options. While an abundance of research... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Science; Transportation Demand Management; Commuting; Single-occupancy Vehicle Commutes; Transportation; Behavior; Change; Environmental Sustainability
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  • July 2009 (Revised January 2014)
  • Case

Sustainability at Millipore

By: Michael W. Toffel and Katharine Lee
This case describes Millipore Corporation's approach to becoming a more environmentally sustainable company. As he prepared for his quarterly meeting with the CEO, the Director of Sustainability needed to develop positions on several issues. Tactically, he needed to... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Disclosure; Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Structure; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants
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  • February 2024 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

CPP Investments—The Road to Zero

By: Vikram Gandhi and Radhika Kak
In February 2022, Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) Investments, the investment management organization that managed funds for the CPP, one of the biggest pension plans in the world, announced a net-zero commitment for its portfolio by 2050. Under its CEO, John Graham, it... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Asset Management; Investment Portfolio; Leading Change; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; Canada; California
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  • 09 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 9

a task that requires information on companies' emissions levels, risks, and reduction opportunities. This paper explores the conditions under which firms participate in this endeavor. Building on theories of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 2019
  • Article

Is There a Future for the Gas Network in a Low Carbon Energy System?

By: Conor Hickey, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
This paper evaluates the potential low carbon opportunities for and challenges to the utilisation and financial performance of Ireland's gas distribution network within a series of low carbon scenarios. There has been a limited amount of academic literature published... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Sustainability; Demand and Consumers; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland
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  • Web

Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
  • December 2024
  • Article

Coordinating the Energy Transition: Electrifying Transportation in California and Germany

By: Nicholas Goedeking and Jonas Meckling
California and Germany share ambitious emission reduction targets. Yet California is ahead of Germany in electrifying transportation by several metrics, including the number of public charging stations. We show that variation in the politics of coordination in... View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Coordination; Technology Adoption; Infrastructure; Transportation; Government and Politics; Energy; Utilities Industry; Germany; California
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  • 21 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

How do countries and companies work to achieve their carbon reduction goals? Is a Green New Deal necessary to transform the United States economy? These were just a few of the questions driving discussions at the 16th annual Symposium... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech
  • November 2009
  • Article

Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies

By: Erin Marie Reid and Michael W. Toffel
The challenges associated with climate change will require governments, citizens, and firms to work collaboratively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a task that requires information on companies' emissions levels, risks, and reduction opportunities. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Problems and Challenges; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Shareholder Relations; Management Practices and Processes; Social Issues; Corporate Disclosure; Values and Beliefs; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics
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  • 16 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society

Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, about how governments, businesses, and society must act together—now—to cut global emissions in half by 2030 to keep temperature rises under 1.5°C and avoid the disastrous effects of... View Details
  • 07 Oct 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

What Environmental Ratings Miss

Keywords: by Auden Schendler & Michael Toffel
  • 2024
  • Report

The Eco-Digital EraTM: The Dual Transition to a Sustainable and Digital Economy

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Andy Feinstein, Amol Khadikar, Jiani Zhang, Noémie Lauer, Hiral Shah, Sally Epstein, Jerome Buvat and Vaishnavee Ananth
Since the proliferation of smartphones and social media in the late 2000s, digital has captured an increasingly large portion of the economy. In this Capgemini Research Institute report, The Eco-Digital EraTM: The dual transition to a sustainable and... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Digital Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Trends
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  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices

Keywords: by Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder & Michael W. Toffel; Auto

    Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

    The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
    • Web

    Publications - Faculty & Research

    Migration Fear Is High." Research Policy 54, no. 1 (January 2025). December 2024 Article Coordinating the Energy Transition: Electrifying Transportation in California and Germany By: Nicholas Goedeking and Jonas Meckling California and Germany share ambitious View Details
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    Faculty & Research

    2025). Coordinating the Energy Transition: Electrifying Transportation in California and Germany By: Nicholas Goedeking and Jonas Meckling December 2024 | Article | Energy Policy California and Germany share ambitious emission View Details
    • 30 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 30

    Peter Tufano Abstract We use a unique, nationally representative cross-national dataset to document the reduction in individuals' usage of routine non-emergency medical care in the midst of the economic crisis. A substantially larger... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    FAQs - Alumni

    the emissions of an economy flight from San Francisco, CA to Boston, MA would cost $13.50. HBS has made significant reductions in its campus greenhouse gas emissions as part of... View Details
    • 07 Mar 2023
    • Blog Post

    Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

    2050? The LEGO Group’s goals and benchmarks include 100% “sustainable elements” by 2030, a 37% baseline emissions reduction by 2032, and net zero by 2050. Even for Scope 1 View Details
    • Web

    Podcast - Business & Environment

    energy transition in the United States is being driven by public policy, community engagement, and new funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. He explains the U.S. EPA’s role in balancing climate... View Details