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  • 20 Jan 2011
  • News

Oil Spill Solution

Technologies / Opflex Solutions is a Cape Cod, Massachusetts-based, environmentally responsible manufacturer of low-carbon impact foams for a variety of uses. Opflex, a reusable foam that is biodegradable,... View Details
  • Web

Judging | New Venture Competition

entrepreneurs. Evaluation Criteria All rounds will be evaluated based on: Impact (30% of score) Social impact The social or environmental issue the organization seeks to... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Instilling Production with Principles

competitors in an industry often known for low wages and dismal environmental records. “We can be a catalyst of change,” says Yang, who is planning sustainability conferences and factory tours to share her company’s successful strategies.... View Details
Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing
  • January 2024
  • Case

ECOALF: Fashion for the Future

By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Diego Aparicio, Carlota Moniz and María José Satrústegui
ECOALF, a Spanish fashion brand and sustainability pioneer, aimed to tackle the industry's challenges of excessive consumption and production. The brand's mission was to create timeless apparel exclusively from recycled and eco-responsible materials, matching the... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Decisions; Business Earnings; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Communication Intention and Meaning; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Competition; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Social Marketing; Marketing Channels; E-commerce; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Fashion Industry; Spain; Germany; Italy; Europe; United States
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  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

Ariely Publication:Health Affairs 31 (February 2012) Abstract Policies that mandate calorie labeling in fast-food and chain restaurants have had little or no observable impact on calorie consumption to date. In three field experiments, we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

Pursuing Independent Projects

Many HBS students extend their learning beyond the classroom through faculty-supervised Independent Projects (IPs). IPs take many forms—for example, students have advised companies on their sustainability strategies, written business plans for View Details
  • August 2021
  • Article

(Un)sustainability and Organization Studies: Towards a Radical Engagement

By: Seray Ergane, Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee and Andrew J. Hoffman
In this essay, we trace the evolution of the field of sustainability in management and organization studies and narrate its epistemological twists and turns. Concerned by the current trajectory that tends to diminish a focus on political concerns, we propose a new... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Perspective; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • 01 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.

imminent global impact of harmful carbon emissions have been circulating for months in anticipation of the June 2-4th meetings in Sweden, Stockholm+50 international environmental meetings. The United Nations... View Details
  • 05 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 5

address the diverse values and interests of their companies' stakeholders. Publisher's link: http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=4059 May 2015 Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains Ignore, Avoid, Abandon,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

Harvard Business School Professor J. Gunnar Trumbull balks at the ubiquitous idea that the concentrated power of a few billionaires controls public policy and government regulation. Exaggeration of the impact of big business on public... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 24 May 2017
  • News

Angie Hicks, MBA 2000

success is important, Hicks is particularly proud of Angie’s List’s impact on the Indianapolis community. The company is one of the largest employers in town, and its charitable foundation supports educational and View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 23 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

Propel Your Career Forward with Some of Our Favorite Books

stories of President Abraham Lincoln, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, Frederick Douglass, clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. Learn about each individual from their youngest days to understand how... View Details
  • 04 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

at HBS for confronting environmental challenges like climate change? It’s increasingly evident that challenges in food, climate, and society are inextricably linked, disproportionately impacting those on the... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship
  • 04 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

at HBS for confronting environmental challenges like climate change? It’s increasingly evident that challenges in food, climate, and society are inextricably linked, disproportionately impacting those on the... View Details
  • Web

BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

decarbonization and sustainable energy technologies, and incentives for climate action. Conor Hickey Research fellow in the Climate Research Programme at the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute Examining the financial... View Details
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

copyrighted content over peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks and its impact on the music industry and to assess the viable business models for the industry in the future. Competitiveness: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Faculty Books

Schoar (University of Chicago Press) This compilation of articles explains how a country’s institutional differences and cultural considerations affect the role that entrepreneurs play in its economy. The contributors consider how View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade; Water Transportation; Transportation
  • 06 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 6, 2016

had nothing to do with the trouble. Because the scandal effect is lasting, a company you left long ago could have an impact on your current and future job mobility, not to mention your compensation. Overall, executives who suffer from the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

detailed in Cohen’s new working paper, The Impact of Forced Migration on Modern Cities: Evidence from 1930s Crop Failures, co-written by HBS finance professor Christopher J. Malloy and Quoc Nguyen, an assistant finance professor at the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 May 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim