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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

2006) + More Info – Less Info Can one be a fiduciary and invest sustainably? Are these roles at odds with one another other? What does it mean to be an ESG investor? In this session, we will use a case study on JP Morgan Private Bank to... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details

03 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

flavijus For the first time, a link has been drawn between public sentiment about a company’s sustainability practices and how that company is valued in the market. The results are important both for investors searching for under-valued, socially responsible companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

earnings. Thus integrated reporting requires a change in the behavior of investors: They must take a longer-term view and more explicitly incorporate ESG metrics into their financial models, thereby... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

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Sustainability in VCPE & Investing

perspective and concise coverage of key areas of ESG as it relates to private equity investors and asset managers. Climate Finance Markets and the Real Economy Report by the Global Financial Markets... View Details

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

more tech companies getting into this sector using AI/ML to extract ESG data as well as mandatory reporting requirements from Asian regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Japan. How do you plan on continuing to... View Details

16 Jul 2020
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Accounting for Real Change

independent auditors. The COVID pandemic has revealed a similar problem, Cohen writes. “This time, it is the measurement of companies’ social and environmental impacts that must be made transparent.” One-third of the world’s professionally managed assets flow to View Details

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LSEG Workspace | Baker Library

LSEG Workspace Features market quotes, earnings estimates, financial fundamentals, press releases, transaction data, corporate filings, ownership profiles and sell-side equity research. Read More Features market quotes, earnings estimates, financial fundamentals, View Details

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Learn with Baker Library: LSEG Workspace | Baker Library

engaging, helpful modules on these wide variety of topics. Learn with Baker Library: LSEG Workspace focuses on how to effectively and efficiently leverage the LSEG Workspace platform for your research. Learn how to search and pull analysts' View Details

06 May 2019
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Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

measures. The Global Reporting Initiative captures ESG information from over 80 percent of the world’s largest corporations. Every company wants to be known as a good global citizen, and View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

23 Sep 2024
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2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

two HBS grads) focused on solving the inefficiency and inaccuracy of ESG management processes for investors and companies. Their platform enables integrated reporting of climate, carbon, and other View Details

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Preqin | Baker Library

equity, venture capital, private debt, real estate, hedge funds, ESG Profiles, and Preqin reports . Subscription does not include: natural resources, secondary market, and asset level benchmarks data. Preqin... View Details

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Workplace Diversity: Data Sources

Gender Equality. Associations & Organizations AllRaise.org An organization supporting non-binary and women founders and funders in the technology space. They create an annual report tracking diversity in venture capital and as... View Details

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

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A global database containing information on millions of companies, including private entities. Most U.S. private company data is sourced from Dun & Bradstreet.
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09 Dec 2021
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Higher Returns

that companies with leading sustainability practices may be better long-term investments. Vikram Gandhi, a professor at HBS, did research and he shows that about 22 percent of baby boomers express an interest in impact investing. For Gen X, that’s 31 percent. And for... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Making It Count

Weighted Accounts (IWA) Project has set about tackling accountability, a major hurdle on the path to an impact-driven economy. While the number of firms reporting their own ESG data has grown exponentially,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

Case 111-120 In 2011, the European Commission was deciding on how to best modify the existing European Union policy on corporate disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Previous directives had recommended that European companies View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

BEI helps alumni and other leaders by connecting them to resources or troubleshooting issues they’re facing in their companies, such as how to prepare the workforce to deal with sustainability and climate challenges, or questions involving View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite - Course Catalog

facing demands to look beyond their bottom line, to meet a broader set of responsibilities to society and our planet. This is evidenced by the strength of ESG and impact investing industries but also by the proliferation of roles... View Details

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VCPE Database Comparison | Baker Library

contact info but goes beyond C Suite) HBS alumni screening variable? Yes No No Yes Research/reports Emerging Industries reports, Morningstar reports Private Capital Compensation Report; other reports on... View Details

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