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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Assistant Professor of Business Administration Kaplan's co-authored 2021 article, “Accounting for Climate Change,” introduced the E-liability carbon accounting system for measuring corporate supply chain... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12
the Use of Unverifiable Estimates in Required Goodwill Impairment Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts Publication:Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming) Abstract SFAS 142 requires managers to estimate the current fair value of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Sustainability, Innovation, Strategy, Supply Chain Management The case describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy, and how the company measured carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its vehicles and used tools... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23
gap discourages research effort directed towards clean technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though the transition will typically be slow. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
and to account for potential risks and opportunities associated with climate change. In this paper, we examine the effectiveness of monetary and nonmonetary incentives provided by companies to their employees in order to reduce View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
switching to green utilities or switching to a bank account that doesn't invest in fossil fuels. That could also be an opportunity for Commons to make money. It's not something we do yet, but also once we can prove that we're successful... View Details
- 07 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
chemical recycling technology that is able to remove contamination and reproduce virgin plastic qualities. Earthbond: Digital platform that combines traditional group guarantees with carbon accounting and... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
not be taken into account or even noticed-as a strategy for managing diversity and intergroup relations. Despite research demonstrating that race is perceived automatically (and thus, the seeming improbability of actual colorblindness),... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
year) offers optimism. If individuals in rich countries contribute USD 700 each, we could potentially meet the funding needs. 2) Where is the Current Funding Going? 80% of the allocated funds are directed towards energy and mobility, View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
companies had already begun using this methodology to calculate their emissions in three categories. Carbon accounting Scope 1: GHG emissions that come directly from sources that a firm or group controls or... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
accountability in encouraging companies to develop products with a lower carbon impact. There was debate around the feasibility and accuracy of measuring these emissions but an overall agreement that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
“If people want to reduce carbon emissions, they must reduce their energy use.” — Paul Baier (MBA ’94) The residential sector is the single-largest end-use sector for energy, accounting for 25 percent of... View Details
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
urban Nigerians with affordable financing for clean, reliable energy. We leverage group financing and carbon accounting to lower costs and risk in the energy transition of Nigeria's $14B fuel-based, off-grid... View Details
- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
can decarbonize is by doing it at scale and thinking about the future implications that a solution like green cement would have,” Dylan tells us. (02:10) The energy-intensive processes involved in construction, including cement production, View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
Section H), Summer Internship: Summer Project Manager, E-liability Institute The E-liability Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded by two HBS professors that are reshaping carbon accounting... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
scientific consensus on climate change (as represented by the IPCC reports), or attempted to undermine public policy frameworks that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions." And ClimateCounts ratings account for support for (or... View Details