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- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
Grolsch Brewery in Enschede, the Netherlands. Highlights: Product and Operational Sustainability Initiatives Sustainable Packaging. One of the most surprising facts we learned at Grolsch is that the average beer bottle in the Netherlands is View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a more just and celebrated multicultural world
products are sold at Whole Foods, specialty stores, and online. Endline’s approach to chocolate is “colorful, whimsical, and playful.” The reusable, recyclable tins that serve as sweetriot’s packaging feature artwork submitted by art... View Details
- Student-Faculty-Profile
Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton
make when disposing of things they no longer want — and change those decisions for the better. Research focus Currently, municipal waste management companies provide limited options for disposal: a trash can, a recycling bin, and in... View Details
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale Cover image features Anand Burman (left) and María Emilia Correa (right). A recent article in the Boston Globe describes the disheartening reality of plastic View Details
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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library
Department of Commerce. It depicts the recycling of aquaculture and agriculture-derived cash flowing through a community: "If the community sets up its own business such as a motel, gas station, credit union, supermarket, variety store,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
line of upcycled drinking glasses. To acquire the raw materials, the founders identified a partner in the Houston area that had relationships with local bars and restaurants. Now, instead of tossing empties in the municipal recycling... View Details
- Web
Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
Middle East & North Africa Middle East & North Africa Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path Pictured: Plastic bottles are sorted for recycling at Cedar Environmental on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. Professor Nien-hê Hsieh tries to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Going Green at HBS
Ivy is not the only green growing at Harvard, as the University-wide Green Campus Initiative, begun last year, takes hold. At HBS, in areas such as water use, lighting, and cogeneration, smart systems are now saving the School more than $200,000 per year. These... View Details
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
example by refurbishing electronic products and selling them in stores to contribute to the recycling effort. “Purpose becomes your lighthouse in the storm,” Barry says. “Purpose is the direction you’re always going to move the company.... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Advancing the Mission
Growing up in India as the children of government workers, Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) had an innate sense of the inequalities and problems facing their country and an optimism to want to do something about them. Together, the siblings cofounded... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
have been a huge mistake. Two years earlier, she and her partner, Peter Strugatz, had purchased the assets of Great Harbor Design at public auction for $26,000. The former owner had invested $4 million in perfecting a durable building surface made from cement and View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
Plastic bottles are sorted for recycling at Cedar Environmental on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. Professor Nien-hê Hsieh tries to bring his students to the “gray area”—that uncomfortable and all-too-common space where leaders face... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
long-term solutions to fundamental problems. In Haiti, a recycling program built to reduce flooding from clogged canals has helped to reduce cholera transmissions and create sustainable jobs. In Brazil, a business consortium is providing... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
global production of plastic packaging is on course to quadruple by 2050—no amount of conventional recycling will get us out of this mess. Instead, experts say we need to improve our mopping-up efforts through recycling, upcycling, and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Richard Linder
and consider adopting their practice as my own. I want to display leadership through both simple, quiet actions such as recycling or being uplifting in my encounters with others and by participating in national movements to improve public... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Finding sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises
market-based solutions to difficult problems. "Business can be the greatest force for good on this planet," says Goodwin. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, he led the establishment of a nationwide recycling program that currently... View Details
- Career Coach
Okan Okutgen
start-ups, Okan enjoys helping students and alumni discover and navigate work/life/family balance. Work Experience: Head of Global Sales Operations & Strategy, Head of APAC, Head of Finance @ Formlabs Inc, Consultant @ Bain & Company, Business Development... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Healthy Profit
crew is offered medical checkups, and more than 90 percent of employees participate in yearly health fairs that provide free screenings and educational resources. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH “All of their cruise ships have an internal water View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Editor's Letter
Illustration by Antonio Giovanni Pinna Illustration by Antonio Giovanni Pinna Change is hard. I am reminded of this every time I get a new laptop and there are new, generational expectations that require me to hunt down videos of overly caffeinated youths walking me... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
(MBA 2019) Jonas Lee (MBA 1993) Meghan Kenny (MBA 2019) Jonas Lee (MBA 1993) Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains Scaling carbon capture in Southwest Wyoming Photo credits: Meghan Kenny; Jonas Lee Todd Brix (MBA 1997) Todd Brix (MBA 1997) Carbon's Second Act A startup... View Details