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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Kresge’s Afterlife
Illustration by David Plunkert Alumni looking to reminisce about Kresge Hall might want to book a trip to Jamaica. That was one of the destinations for the 50 truckloads of household and office goods that HBS donated to non-profits as part of its View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 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
- 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
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
was created in 2002. Since then, the School has borrowed nearly $1.6 million for over a dozen projects, including: Energy-efficient lighting at Burden, Kresge, Morris, and Teele halls. A recycling program that now collects more View Details
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
they’ve increased – by 83% since 2000. The company has also focused on reducing carbon emissions of its pumps by initiating a take-back program to disassemble pumps at their end of life in order to recycle the scrap materials. For this... View Details
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
our first visit, Sr. Director of Technology Soren Kristiansen walked us through the LEGO Group’s efforts to develop the next generation of blocks. Their team is working in parallel on bio-based and recycled plastics, iterating on... 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
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Feedback
building) that would harm the harmony of the campus. —Gaëtan Hannecart (MBA 1994) via LinkedIn Kresge’s Afterlife Re: Campus recycling Great efforts by HBS to recycle this used furniture! Sad to see that... View Details
Keywords: feedback
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Web
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
- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
Ogunlesi offers the example of two women-led businesses that have chosen to confront their local environmental hazards. While addressing different issues, Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro (Founder and CEO of MitiMeth) and Ifedolapo Runsewe (Managing Director of Freee 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Profile
Jeremy Burnham
Jeremy’s team was asked to come up with concepts for a “sustainable” shoe that would appeal to impulse buyers. For two months, the team met once a week to brainstorm ideas and ultimately settled on three: an “exchange” program, in which customers who brought in old... View Details