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- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
Drawing on real-world examples such as the Italian energy group Enel and Swiss cement giant Holcim Group, the authors describe the practices companies can use to face each challenge with intention. Keywords: Environmental Sustainability ;... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
aspirations. If a reason for being allows deep purpose leaders to nourish employees’ trust in the company, these leaders cement that trust by granting employees more autonomy in actualizing the purpose. When employees encounter autonomy... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
opportunities. Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain The case describes Harvard University's consideration to decarbonize its supply chain by replacing cement with a low-carbon substitute called... View Details
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
are far more interesting and promising to me. Building economic relations between the countries, not just through arms-length trade, but investments by individual companies in each other's countries, will cement ties. These will... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
operations, and how can these challenges be overcome? A: The basic question to be faced is whether the organization will be run as "one company" with a common set of values, such as at Mexican-based cement and concrete producer... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
announcement. But the rats don’t run the city; we do.”—went viral, cementing her reputation as “the rat lady” among her fellow citizens. “I don’t expect everyone to change their behavior overnight,” Tisch concedes. “But it’s something... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
of Congress. "That order is not in accordance with the law on the subject," he told Roosevelt. "Damn the law, I want the canal," replied the president. Goethals continued to fight to cement his control over the... View Details
- 03 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit
It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
- Web
Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
indirectly . . . [which] can be controlled by appropriate legislation.” [11] Lehman Brothers also focused on the oil industry, helping to finance TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., Penzoil Company, Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ratnika Prasad
my city. When my father died shortly before I turned 13, his loss was devastating but also cemented my determination to shape a career in sustainability. While my approach to being an “environmentalist” is certainly not by the book, I... View Details
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
sustainable future for fashion.” Rahul Shendure MBA 2001 | CEO, Director, CarbonBuilt “CarbonBuilt is on a mission to help decarbonize the built environment through the production of ultralow-carbon concrete. We use waste materials to create a low-carbon View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association
to subsidize the cost significantly for our members to allow for an inclusive experience. The retreat was so much fun, and we are already looking forward to cementing this tradition in the future! WSA Finals Review Sessions Our academic... View Details
- Profile
Jay Bhandari
advice to prospective students, what would it be? I held several assumptions about HBS when I was a prospective applicant. I highly encourage you to engage with the school before cementing any conclusions about whether you'd be a good fit... View Details
- 10 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service
was 12 when 9/11 happened, and he recalls it as a wake-up call that cemented his sense of obligation and desire to give back through military service. No one in his family had served in the military, so his parents were confused but... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
distance. But the times we share together cement our inseparable bond. When I met Ben, I didn’t find my other half. I found a full whole person who made me feel like a fuller whole-r person myself. By habit and necessity, each time we... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
steel and cement being “hard-to-decarbonize” materials that are inherently reliant on carbon. Therefore, progress on this goal will likely require partnership with upstream suppliers to improve tracking and heightened ability to absorb... View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
undergraduate years at Dartmouth College showed her “how intertwined health and illness are with poverty” and cemented an interest in health. She then served for several years as a research fellow to Agnes Bingawaho, the minister of... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
to green cement and alternative proteins. In addition, partnering to scale next-gen decarbonization solutions through Decarbonization Partners, a fund partnership we have established with BlackRock. Enabling carbon-negative solutions... View Details