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  • November 2017
  • Case

Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

By: Andy Zelleke and Emilie Billaud
This case explores the sustainability efforts at Novozymes, the world's largest and oldest producer of industrial enzymes. In 2015, the Danish company became the world’s first company known to have crafted a new corporate strategy based on the United Nations... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; Europe; Denmark
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  • 03 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

But while corporate political actions such as lobbying can have a greater impact on environmental quality, they are ignored in most current sustainability metrics. It is time for these metrics to be expanded... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Apr 2018
  • News

Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

faculty and emphasize values, ethical entrepreneurship, gender equality, and environmental and social commitment. “Every one of our students has the potential to go back home and lift people out of poverty in some of the most vulnerable... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Savings and Loam

finding brands in every aisle that align with their values. An entire generation of these consumers expects their purchasing power to be deployed as a force for good, whether that means supporting humane working conditions or social or View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Taylor R. M. Keen

environmental improvement efforts. Encouraged by Mankiller, he applied to Harvard as a joint degree candidate at both HBS and the Kennedy School of Government, but deferred admission for a year to help the Omahas reinvest profits from the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 11 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

rate of 37% is fairly close to the model's estimated welfare-maximizing taxation rate of 42%. Reducing corruption provides the largest potential impact for welfare gain through its impact on the uses of tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

environmental damage and climate change over the last two centuries. The time has come for mainstream business history to incorporate the environmental impact of business in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • 14 May 2024
  • Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

products and services, large companies have bought into the success of the trend by making bold “100% sustainable” statements about their business models. However, concerns over greenwashing – a term referring to misleading claims about corporate View Details
  • Web

Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024

consists of direct emissions from onsite fuel combustion (Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased electricity (Scope 2) sources. In addition to the reduced occupancy impacting the % reduction, it was also View Details
  • 19 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

in particular and its impact on perinatal indicators and outcomes. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712495-PDF-ENG Colbún and the Future of Chile's Power Reinhardt, Forest, and Shon R. HiattHarvard Business School Case 713-047... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Publication:Business Strategy Review (May 2011) Abstract We are exploring the value of forcing corporations to issue sustainability reports, which provide information about corporate performance in terms of social, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

fermentation in a carbon-negative biotechnology process. Solugen envisions a global-scale network of automated, carbon-sequestering mini-mills that are multi-product, drastically impacting the way chemicals are produced and transported... View Details
  • April 2006 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

Endesa Chile: Raising the Ralco Dam (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Paula J. Laschober and Dina Pradel
Endesa Chile, the largest electricity generation company in Chile, is building a major power plant on the Biobio River in Southern Chile. A historic conflict involving the indigenous people of the Biobio River, the Chilean government, and international conservation... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Energy Generation; Government and Politics; Negotiation; Business and Community Relations; Natural Environment; Conflict and Resolution; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Chile
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  • August 2013 (Revised January 2016)
  • Case

Sustainability at Siemens

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Emer Moloney
Describes sustainability efforts at Siemens since arrival of Chief Sustainability Officer, Barbara Kux, in 2008. Asks students to evaluate success of those efforts and outline what the company should do going forward. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Energy Efficiency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Conservation; Environmental Sustainability; Gender; Electronics Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Cynthia Carroll

earned prestigious awards. This is the kind of benchmark I want Anglo to be known for. In Alaska, we’ve spent over $100 million on environmental and socioeconomic impact studies pursuant to developing a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining
  • August 2021
  • Article

Business Education as If People and the Planet Really Matter

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Mounting concern over capitalism’s inability to address systemic challenges in our natural world (i.e. climate change) and social world (i.e. income inequality) is prompting reexamination of capitalism within business groups. This article argues that a concurrent... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Business Education; Transformation
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  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Green House

available in the building industry,” she recalls. She could, for instance, track the positive environmental impact of each dollar the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development spent on... 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
Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

supporters note a number of reforms over the past two decades, including a current review of the Bank's information disclosure policy, and a series of "safeguards" on sensitive issues such as environmental View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim