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- February 2020
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Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water
By: John D. Macomber and Carla Larangeira
Private companies were being turned to for potable water in the world’s megacities due to impacts of climate change including droughts and flooding. Mexico City had endured several water-related crises, with its population suffering from floods, droughts, water... View Details
Keywords: Water Supply; Water Management; Finance; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Business and Government Relations; Latin America; Mexico
Macomber, John D., and Carla Larangeira. "Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water." Harvard Business School Case 220-064, February 2020.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Uniting business, industry, and governments to save the planet
governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," says Roberts, who hopes to do more to get the US government out of gridlock and into the fight to save the world from climate change and... View Details
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
the world that has benefited everything from lemurs in Madagascar to sage grouse habitats of Wyoming, forests in New England to water quality on the Rappahannock River. Such efforts have also a spurred significant innovation in financing tools for the sector, which in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Dec 2020
- News
Nine Ways to Have a Better 2021
illustrations by Rose Wong Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness Invest in the New Abnormal Bounce Back from a Blunder Hit Pause Kill Groupthink Up Your Time Affluence Advance Racial Equity in the Office... View Details
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Immersion Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Randolph Cohen Field Course: Field X Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4... View Details
- 10 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
- 04 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy
adoption of sustainable technologies. What I envision right now in the long term is, after I’ve built up my investing experience at BlackRock, I pivot into the world of VC by either starting my own fund or... View Details
- Portrait Project
James Corcoran
Think strategically. Invest for the long-term. Build sustainable institutions. These are all dogmatic precepts I've come to believe. But do I miss out by not paying enough attention to the things that are by... View Details
- Fast Answer
Confronting Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
Investing Network - Read the GIIN's latest Op-eds and publications, along with Investor Spotlights, Investment Profiles, and third-party research from other leading impact View Details
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Accounting for Climate Change
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Corporations are facing growing pressure—from investors, advocacy groups, politicians, and even business leaders themselves—to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P... View Details
Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Social Accounting; E-liabilities; Business And The Environment; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "Accounting for Climate Change." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 6 (November–December 2021): 120–131.
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs
Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA/MPA 2007) founded a business that improves the health and hygiene of millions of women. But her goal is much bigger: empowering women by fostering entrepreneurship. Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) brings... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Understanding the global economy from a new perspective
to further economic growth and environmental preservation in the United States and China. “The United States and China need to help power global growth, rebalance the global economy and global investment flows, and, ultimately, assure a... View Details
- Career Coach
Grace Keliher
the climate & sustainability consulting practice at BCG. Additionally, she has spent extensive time grappling with how she will make her impact in the world, exploring the gamut of career options from nonprofits to startups, impact... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
standard of living. But Amar Bhidé (MBA ’79, DBA ’88) thinks the “gathering storm” theory is not only wrong but alarmist and harmful. Writing in his book The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. Ruhr, who joined the mission shortly after it began, has been central to its work. At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Clean Slate
says. To get there, Massport is reducing the carbons tied to the operation of its airports, container ship and cruise terminals, and all related equipment and vehicles. Logan’s central heating system represents the biggest opportunity: Converting that to a more View Details
- 13 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course... View Details