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- 17 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience
business and the environment. Email bei@hbs.edu to learn more about upcoming events. The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, in collaboration with Harvard Business School’s Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) and Harvard Law School’s View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
protecting Adirondack parks, improving fishing practices—in his new book, Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, coauthored by conservation biologist Jonathan S. Adams. One of TNC's strategies, as discussed in the book, is to recast... View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
launch his own network of schools because he believed typical elementary education was not preparing students adequately for the future. Instead, Ventilla created "microschools," each with 80 to 150 K-8 students, with a focus on reducing costs, enhancing... View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
Climate Stories Episode #11 – Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy “Students are our futures. Look at the impact of Hurricane Ian. We need to focus less on field trips and more on field studies to help them... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
criticism of its early social media marketing campaign targeting teens. Then Toffel, who is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, poses a tough question: “What should JUUL do now, given the pressure that it’s under... View Details
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Marc Wilson
parents had sacrificed stability for hope, Marc decided on a change in direction: "I wanted to inspire the next generation of engineers." But how? "Sure, I could be an educator and maybe teach a few hundred students at a time," says Marc. "But... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
three-day school trip weaving woolen swatches on a collection of old-fashioned floor looms. Later that day, he notes, the students will learn about—and even pet—indigenous Appalachian wildlife (including a pink-eyed albino corn snake) before wading into nearby Greasy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
This process was different from the process between the environmental groups and the logging companies: Here, Eamer had to explain the parameters and regulations of the first agreement to the First Nations coalition, what rights it gave... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 13 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Welcome to the BEI Blog!
business leaders to address climate change and other environmental challenges. Together, the BEI team works with faculty, students, and alumni to achieve that mission. What does climate change mean for students? It is undeniable that the... View Details
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
need to stay based in Brooklyn with my family. I've always loved hiking, the outdoors, and wildlife, but hadn't considered an environmental focus for my career until I had a chance to pause and reflect during a retreat in Maine with an... View Details
- 2020
- Article
Research on Corporate Sustainability: Review and Directions for Future Research
By: Jody Grewal and George Serafeim
We review the literature on corporate sustainability and provide directions for future research. Our review focuses on three actions: measuring, managing and communicating corporate sustainability performance. Measurement is the least developed of the three and... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainability Management; Nonfinancial Disclosure; Nonfinancial Information; Nonfinancial Performance; Materiality; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Disclosure; ESG Disclosure Metrics; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility; Accounting; Finance; Management; Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Diversity; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Disclosure; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Grewal, Jody, and George Serafeim. "Research on Corporate Sustainability: Review and Directions for Future Research." Foundations and Trends® in Accounting 14, no. 2 (2020): 73–127.
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
of internal and external factors have an impact on their pay, and that, in fact, today's CEO compensation packages are tied very closely to company performance.Lorsch began his study by looking at the proxy statements of 72 companies... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog
sequence of field cases, ranging from internet startups to revitalized state-owned enterprises (SOEs), across a wide range of geographical and product markets. This stands in addition to a series of technical notes address the cultural, economic, political, labor,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
counsel in guiding this then-young MBA student in both these directions—six entrepreneurial start-ups and then a seventh one that is green to boot! The seventh, GreenEarth Cleaning, owns 140 patents in 42 countries and after 12 years is the world’s largest View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
crisis. She has explored all 63 national parks in depth and was a presidential appointee to the National Park Foundation board. Today, she supports immersive Field Science curriculum, embedding environmental and climate literacy in a... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
change.) “I had wanted to do more for climate change for a while. When it became clear I wasn’t going to have as much impact as I could if I stayed in consulting, I decided it was time to make the jump.” When did you first become... View Details
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
principles not only yields environmental and social benefits, but could also generate a net economic benefit of 1.8 trillion by 2030 for Europe. [42] Challenge Linear production processes—where material is extracted, processed,... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
Ricoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
meat consumption. That’s a big carbon pawprint! We’re helping them reduce their environmental impact through sustainably sourced ingredients that are flavorful and nutritious. PicoGreensJesse Lou, MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
but living roofs aren’t a new idea. They’ve been used in Europe for hundreds of years and were common in 19th-century sod homes across the American prairie. The recent surge of interest in green roofs stems from a modern-day concern for mitigating the View Details