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- 13 Apr 2015
- News
Sizing up climate change
- Fall 2024
- Article
The Case for Climate Alliances
Business leaders are under pressure to address the climate crisis, but they can’t do so alone. Climate alliances can help leaders and firms be more ambitious, responsible, and effective in driving the systems change necessary to save the planet. View Details
Gasparini, Matteo, Knut Haanaes, Emily Tedards, and Peter Tufano. "The Case for Climate Alliances." Stanford Social Innovation Review 22, no. 4 (Fall 2024): 48–57.
- October 2007 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Global Climate Change and BP
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Mikell Hyman
Following the sudden resignation of Sir John Browne, Tony Hayward, BP CEO, must decide how global climate change management will figure into BP's corporate strategy. Climate change management was a major part of BP's strategy under Browne: In 1997 Browne broke from his... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Climate Change; Corporate Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Teams; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Energy Sources; Global Strategy; Operations; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Mikell Hyman. "Global Climate Change and BP." Harvard Business School Case 708-026, October 2007. (Revised October 2009.)
- 18 May 2022
- News
10 Teams Tackle Climate Change
- 11 AM – 12:15 PM EDT, 21 Oct 2021
- Virtual Programming
Business Opportunities in Climate Adaptation
In the new virtual program Business Opportunities in Climate Adaptation, with HBS senior lecturer John Macomber (MBA 1983) and a panel of HBS alumni, you will learn how business leaders are currently developing or investing in opportunities that help society adapt to... View Details
- Fall 2012
- Article
Climate Science as Culture War
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Today, there is no doubt that a scientific consensus exists on the issue of climate change. Scientists have documented that anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases are leading to a buildup in the atmosphere, which leads to a general warming of the global climate and... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Climate Science as Culture War." Stanford Social Innovation Review 10, no. 4 (Fall 2012): 30–37. (Winner of the 2013 Maggie Climate science as culture war Award, Best Feature Article in a Trade Journal.)
- Editorial
ExxonMobil's Shareholder Vote Is a Tipping Point for Climate Issues
By: George Serafeim and Sakis Kotsantonis
Serafeim, George, and Sakis Kotsantonis. "ExxonMobil's Shareholder Vote Is a Tipping Point for Climate Issues." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 7, 2017).
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Dec 2024
Climate in the Curriculum
- November–December 2024
- Article
How Robust Is Your Climate Governance?
By: Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan
During the past few years, as evidence of climate change and its effects has mounted, many corporate boards have added climate governance to their agendas. But the maturity of boards’ climate-oversight processes and activities varies widely.
To better... View Details
To better... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governing and Advisory Boards
Paine, Lynn S., and Suraj Srinivasan. "How Robust Is Your Climate Governance?" Harvard Business Review 102, no. 6 (November–December 2024): 86–95.
- September 2016
- Teaching Note
Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change?
By: Michael W. Toffel and Glen W. S. Dowell
This case asks students to take the perspective of a nuclear energy industry association whose objective is convincing politicians and the public about the merits of its industry. The association is considering whether to approach environmental nongovernmental... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Climate Change
On Sunday, 300,000 activists took to the streets of New York for the People's Climate March, the biggest climate protest in history, and the United Nations on Tuesday held the View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
The theme of the 2022 Annual Climate Symposium was “Tackling Climate Together”, with a focus on the intersectionality of climate change and the critical need for businesses,... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- News
We Don’t Have to Ditch Capitalism to Fight Climate Change
- 16 Mar 2023
- Video
BiGS Ideas: Collaborating for Climate
How Robust Is Your Climate Governance?
During the past few years, as evidence of climate change and its effects has mounted, many corporate boards have added climate governance to their agendas. But the maturity of boards’ climate-oversight processes and activities varies widely. To better... View Details
- February 2025
- Tutorial
Preparing Business Leaders for an Era of Climate Instability: Understanding and Managing Physical Climate Risk
By: Michael W. Toffel and Spencer Glendon
In this compelling video, Spencer Glendon, founder of Probable Futures and Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, describes the profound implications of climate change for businesses, the economy, and societies around the world. Drawing from his background in... View Details
Keywords: Risk; Uncertainty; Modeling; Climate Change; Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories
Climate Stories is a series researched and written by Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) and Produced by Lynn Schenk, Director, Business and Environment Initiative The HBS Business and Environment Initiative is excited to launch View Details
- October 2007
- Article
Grist: A Strategic Approach to Climate
By: Michael E. Porter and Forest Reinhardt
Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Logistics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Improvement; Climate Change; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy
Porter, Michael E., and Forest Reinhardt. "Grist: A Strategic Approach to Climate." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007): 22–26.
- 2023
- Chapter
Business, Climate Change and the Anthropocene
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Sukanya Roy
This chapter will assess climate change as a concern for business, both as a stand-alone issue and as part of the broader shift that scientists are calling the Anthropocene. It will begin by examining the extent to which the market – comprised of corporations, the... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J., and Sukanya Roy. "Business, Climate Change and the Anthropocene." Chap. 23 in Corporate Sustainability: Managing Responsible Business in a Globalised World, edited by Andreas Rasche, Mette Morsing, Jeremy Moon, and Arno Kourula, 484–505. Cambridge University Press, 2023.