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  • 28 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

On March 24, five teams of Harvard students came together to pitch innovative impact investment opportunities in early-stage social enterprises. The students were participants in a hands-on impact investing... View Details
  • 24 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast

from a business standpoint and from a climate impact standpoint, that emerged. That element of surprise areas of leverage are incredibly potent. None of the areas of highest View Details
  • March 2025
  • Teaching Note

Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena: Ticket to a Greener Future

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 325-110. CEO Tim Leiweke reviewed the process by which his newly formed Oak View Group had managed a major rebuild of a landmark arena in Seattle which attracted a National Hockey League franchise and major entertainers concerned about... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Leadership; Bids and Bidding; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Green Buildings; Construction; Partners and Partnerships; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Seattle
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  • February 9, 2024
  • Article

Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries

By: Madalina Vlasceanu, Kimberly C. Doell, Joseph B. Bak-Coleman, Boryana Todorova, Michael M. Berkebile-Weinberg, Amit Goldenberg, Eric Shuman and et al.
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Policy; Knowledge Sharing; Values and Beliefs
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  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities
  • Web

Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

by factors associated with climate change and the wide-ranging effects of environmental risks are impacting the financial sector in unprecedented ways. Industrial Production & Materials Reducing Waste... View Details
  • 19 Feb 2020
  • News

Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

sticker shock would carbon prices trigger?). Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), engagement officer for climate and impact investing at the International Finance Corporation, also responded that government policies... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
  • Video

David Chan (MBA 2018): Reflecting on Scholarship’s Impact

  • 2018
  • Dictionary Entry

Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Within the corporate sector, climate change represents an unfolding market shift, one that is driven by policy but also by pressures from a variety of market constituents such as consumers, suppliers, buyers, insurance companies, banks, and others. The shift takes... View Details
Keywords: Adaptation; Climate Change; Transition; Innovation Strategy; Markets
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  • 23 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining
  • 05 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

the spectrum, which was part of what drove me to enroll in the MBA program.  What influenced your decision to go into clean tech? I’m definitely passionate about the environment and interested in finding ways to contribute to solutions to our environmental challenges,... View Details
  • Web

Global Climate Change - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Global Climate Change Course Number 1143 Professor Gunnar Trumbull Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Paper Global Climate Change explores the impact of human-induced... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

potential anchor’s impact will be magnified by early allocation to the fund. About the Author Sean Silverthorne is editor-in-chief of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: Kaipungyai] Related Reading Investors Have More Than... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 23 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Chicago

business and the environment. Email bei@hbs.edu to learn more about upcoming events. On April 2nd, BEI partnered with the HBS Club of Chicago to bring together alumni dedicated to making an impact on climate... View Details
  • March 2025 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena: Ticket to a Greener Future

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Tim Leiweke reviewed how his development group and partners had completely rebuilt an aging Seattle landmark into the world’s greenest arena, carrying the visible name Climate Pledge Arena. It had attracted a new National Hockey League franchise, the Kraken, and... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Leadership; Bids and Bidding; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Green Buildings; Innovation Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Operations; Green Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Seattle
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  • 01 Apr 2025
  • Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

Are you interested in connecting with other alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change? BEI invites HBS Alumni to join our Alumni in Climate Networking Series for a chance to connect with... View Details
  • 15 Jan 2025
  • Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

opportunities within ACP’s pipeline. Each day was an immersion into critical questions about climate impact and financial viability, set against the backdrop of a fast-evolving sector. Why This Path? I came... View Details
  • 2007
  • Book

Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Carbon Strategies describes specific steps any business can take to implement sound, practical, climate-related corporate policies. Based on Andrew J. Hoffman’s widely praised report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and significantly revised in light of... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Policy
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  • 17 Jun 2025
  • Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience

Are you interested in connecting with other alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change? BEI invites HBS Alumni to join our Alumni in Climate Networking Series for a chance to connect with... View Details