Publications

May 2025
Teaching Note

Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits

By: Michael W. Toffel and Adam Chen

Teaching note to support the Calyx Global: Ratinng Carbon Credits case (HBS No. 625-102) View Details

January 2, 2024
Article

Academic ‘Elders’ Wanted: Inquire Within

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Keywords: Business Education

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Policy - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Policy From obstruction to leadership For much of the last 50 years, powerful segments of the business community have opposed government action on View Details

June 2024
Article

Economics of Enhanced Methane Oxidation Relative to Carbon Dioxide Removal

By: Conor Hickey and Myles Allen

Mitigating short-term global warming is imperative, and a key strategy involves reducing atmospheric methane (CH4) due to its high radiative forcing and short lifespan. This objective can be achieved through methods such as oxidising methane at its source or... View Details

Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Pollutants; Research; Measurement and Metrics

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November 2011
Teaching Note

Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Energy Sources; Green Technology Industry; Energy Industry; United States

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

BiGS Fellows The BiGS Visiting Fellows are scholarly researchers who focus on issues of business and society. Consisting of scholars who study climate change or racial equity, they provide intellectual... View Details

April 2024
Teaching Note

Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain

By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-076. View Details

Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Blockchain; Supply Chain; Green Technology; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

01 Mar 2008
News

UN President Speaks at HBS

environment. In his presentation “Globalization and the Sovereignty of Nations: Does Globalization Mean That National Sovereignty Is on the Decline?” Kerim, from Macedonia, cited the fight against climate View Details

Keywords: Government

January 2024
Case

President Biden's Industrial Policy

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard Ruback, Justin Katz and Robert Ialenti

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

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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society

, BMW , Inditex , Syensqo , and more , as they navigate the complexities of climate regulation and share their perspectives on transparency, climate alliances, systems change, new business models, and View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

your hands.” The “aha” moment: A 2010 sabbatical to sail with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, in an activist campaign against whale hunting in Antarctica. “I don’t think I intended to change careers but, afterward, I almost had no... View Details

Keywords: April White

August 2024
Case

Iogen: Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors

By: George Serafeim, Charlotte Foody and John Mulliken

Brian Foody, CEO of Iogen Corporation, was an early leader in advanced biofuels, developing a range of technologies to transform agricultural waste into transportation fuel. With $100 million in revenue and 350 patents across various biofuel technologies, Iogen was... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Biofuel; Market Attractiveness; Decarbonization; Technological Innovation; Climate Change; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Transformation; Market Entry and Exit; Strategy; Energy Industry; United States; United Kingdom

22 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Carbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions

Keywords: by David F. Drake; Manufacturing

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

its country. The group has influenced customers and suppliers to change their practices, whether by helping a fish harvesting operation in the coastal swamps minimize pollution or encouraging a motorcycle courier company to reduce... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

April 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Case

China (C): Energy and the Environment

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Describes energy and environmental policy in China during the period 1980-1993. China has implemented ambitious plans for electrification and the substitution of fossil fuels (mostly coal) for biomass. The environmental consequences of these changes, at the local and... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Pollutants; Climate Change; Business and Government Relations; Globalization; Energy Industry; China