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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
A Strong Foundation: Message from Dean Nohria
called upon to play in improving society and addressing the challenges it faces. READ MORE HBS Campaign Impact Tomorrow, Transformed READ MORE HBS Campaign Impact Tomorrow, Transformed Forces such as... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
feels like a fairly traumatic time in world history as a result of the pandemic, increasing vectors of inequality, and the looming threat of climate change. And at this moment, business is playing a strangely two-headed role. On the one... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Most alumni gifts go to the HBS Fund, which provides flexible resources the School can spend immediately on both core priorities and new initiatives. Your gifts support the people and programs that have a tremendous impact on business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce the University’s environmental... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
benefits of growth increasingly will be enjoyed only by the top quintile, and mostly by the top 1 percent. The business leaders we spoke to were disturbed by the environmental challenges of climate change, scarce water, and depleted fish... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future
imperative for climate awareness,” says Oliveau. Other keynote speakers included HBS Professor Brian Trelstad, who introduced a finance panel with an overview of impact investing’s rise over the last decade;... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
that if they’re going to recruit and retain the best talent, then the city has to be someplace where people really enjoy living. Houston’s quality of life and entrepreneurial climate were what brought Troy Thacker (MBA 2000) back to... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
Coca-Cola and Walmart, and governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," he says. The 51-year-old Atlanta native is married to Jackie Prince Roberts, director of sustainable technologies, climate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Power of Cultural Understanding
people together to solve problems such as youth unemployment and climate change. HBS cases transmit cultural understanding throughout the world. The result is a very positive multiplier effect.” In the MENA region where there are... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Bringing Power to the People
view, in terms of climate change, etc. It really has some impact. But it also has direct impact on the population. So, it’s about being green, it’s about being cheap, and it’s also about giving back to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
Above: Rickards on Jamaica’s sense of community: “It’s good to live in a place where the people are expressive and vibrant.” (photo by Marina Burnel) I had a strong sense when I was at HBS that the skills I learned there would have a bigger View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 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.”... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
hope to create an awareness in the world about the threat of climate change, the need for environmental protection, the legacy we leave for future generations, and the importance of having respect for all human beings." Today, living in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
I cause a problem that harms you, my neighbor, now, we might find a way to negotiate so that I don’t harm you as much, and I’d compensate you for the harm I’ve done. But our biggest environmental challenge these days is climate change,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
development, we strongly believe that the delivery of water and sanitation services to the city of Manila significantly affects the quality of life of the public, especially those in marginalized communities. This opportunity to have a developmental View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How Sarah Kauss Built S’well
on her recent HBS Reunion, where she had listened to Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag discuss the impacts of climate change and the looming global water crisis. “I had this idea that if there was a company... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
framework for taking stock of their own impact on the workplace and strategies for improvement. Areas for promoting mental wellness include reducing stress and stigma, building a safe climate for talking... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
accelerating. And that has a huge impact on the second major trend and that is that, 20 years ago, this was not on the agenda of most businesses. Some companies had the foresight to understand this 20 years ago, but most CEOs were not... View Details