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- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Clean Air Act was one of the first and most influential federal environmental laws—and many in the business community saw benefits from a national strategy to combat pollution. Prof. Michael Toffel Prof. Michael Toffel Now, as the world... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia
implement meaningful campaign-finance reform and curb special-interest groups corrupts sound energy policymaking.” To begin to break this cycle, Bazerman proposes several steps. For example, the new 2009 administration could make decisions that bestow visible and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment Zobel de Ayala Photographs by Tom Epperson Issue Focus The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS The City Solution Green Day Related Links Watch Ayala discuss... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
the conservation transactions that are so important our investment strategy. We strongly believe in the benefits of a strategy that appeals to both purely financial investors and mission-driven investors, since it allows us to access more... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
Jennifer Tisdel Schorsch (MBA 1992) is president of Water.org, a Kansas City–based nonprofit dedicated to bringing safe water and sanitation to the world through market-driven initiatives. In this interview she discusses the way the... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
to launch than the sector in which he would be working. “We wanted to start a company that helps people and benefits society,” he recalls. The energy sector, which was at the beginning of what Riley calls the “renewable power revolution,”... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone
truly enjoyed me and that my father's Sicilian relatives gave me so much love," she says. That encouragement - combined with her father's military benefits - enabled her to attend Bennington College, where she majored in psychology and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
Alvarez moderated a panel that offered solutions from the perspective of the alumni business community and industries addressing climate change on the ground.) Part of a global series of events produced by the HBS Business & Environment... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 08 May 2015
- News
Adopting a common language can strengthen global companies
can help all employees work together more effectively, including building awareness of the emotional dynamics involved in cross-language business communications; creating safe environments for language... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
type of firm he wanted to launch than the sector in which he would work. “We wanted to start a company that helps people and benefits society,” he says. The energy sector, which was at the beginning of what Riley calls the “renewable... View Details
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
Save the Bay to identify a problem, engage the [municipality] and share how the project will benefit the community,” says Stone. “Then comes the work of cobbling together the funding for everything from feasibility studies and permitting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
issues, and basic survival needs. You need to be able to show people how preserving the environment can help them economically. For example, we created a buffer zone around a national forest by establishing an "extractive reserve." We... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
a revolving crew of geologists, biologists, and oceanographers who collect and analyze data from every dive. They are studying the forbidding environments and the biodiversity that thrives in these places and the ways in which life can... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
closer to market rates. In true throwback fashion, the mutual bank opened a branch office on Main Street in Concord, New Hampshire, and carries the distinction of being the state’s first mutual in 99 years. When the model originated in the early 1800s, it was designed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
allows for breakthroughs in conservation and economic progress. Besides depending on the environment for water, air, and land, organizations can reap substantial commercial benefits in risk mitigation, cost... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
whack, when you can make a high return with very limited risk. My view is that you can target risk versus return. So you can say, I’ll take the very safe 6 percent, I’ll take the somewhat risky 12, or I’ll take the enormously risky 20,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
breaks down safely in the environment. Enter Full Cycle Bioplastics, a California startup that has found a cost-effective way to produce mass quantities of PHA, which is an eco-friendly alternative to plastic that harmlessly degrades on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
got to be able to engage institutions at that level because any kind of strictly local solution is going to fail. Third, we need to tell our stories better than we have. Instead of describing the environment as something out there that’s... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
part of that evolution—as the cofounder of a professional services firm, an investor, a developer, and a corporate board member. “The challenge and the opportunity is to work to ensure all Pittsburghers benefit from this transition,” he... View Details
Keywords: April White