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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
of the Northwest Passage as a result of climate change. In 2006, the Panamanian electorate voted in favor of a plan to expand the Panama Canal. The reason is not that the canal had reached full capacity: in fact, a back-of-envelope... View Details
- Research Summary
Energy, IT, real estate, and sustainability
Professor Henderson’s current research focuses on the energy, information technology, and real estate sectors and the challenges firms encounter as they attempt to act in more sustainable ways. This work is an outgrowth of her decade-long examination of the... View Details
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Business in Global Society - Alumni
Climate Rising podcast In a podcast produced by HBS’s Business & Environment Initiative, business and policy leaders join faculty members to discuss what businesses can do, should do, and are doing to address View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Action Plan: Wild at Heart
At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
during travel. In fact, tourism accounts for about 8% of the world’s carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change. Pollution from travel also has major impacts on human health. One approach to help offset the negative... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest... View Details
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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
he's biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and... Load More View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Engaging Students More Deeply
Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 May 2024
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts
Roberts went into consulting to dip his toes into the field of business and discover his passions. He worked in sectors such as economic development and climate and sustainability, founded a nonprofit academy to deliver capability... View Details
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Research - Private Capital Project
Case PFA Pensions: The Climate Plus Product By: Daniel Green , Victoria Ivashina and Alys Ferragamo The case explores whether alternative investments play a unique role in achieving low carbon dioxide emissions at the portfolio level.... View Details
- 27 Feb 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?
- 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
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Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment
MBA Experience Engagement Opportunities 2ms Harvard University Climate Leaders Program Provides students with an opportunity to engage with others across Harvard who share a professional interest in climate-related work, to mentor one... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
today's difficult economic climate was the subject of a panel discussion at Harvard Business School recently. The discussion, part of a one-night event called "Entrepreneurship During an Uncertain Time," featured four highly... View Details
- Fast Answer
Companies: social responsibility
S&P Global ESG Scores: Provides environment, social and governance data and scores and TruCost data. Includes: Climate Analytics, ESG Scores, and Trucost Environmental. Sustainalytics: Provides environmental, social, and... View Details
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HBS - Key Metrics
Staff includes employees classified as admin & professional, internal post docs, service & trade hourly, and support staff. GHG Emissions is calculated using the location-based reporting methodology and Harvard University follows The View Details
- Portrait Project
Sonali Bloom
designers and agents of change. I don’t believe in the status quo. I believe in the power of the new. I believe entrepreneurs will make a difference in the world. And the world does need to be different. I won’t solve poverty, disease, inequality, View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Like-Minded
Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always a hot topic of discussion. Each woman had built a strong... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to a 2018 UN report, up from 55 percent today. That means making room for and creating the infrastructure for another 2.5 billion people to live, work, move, and consume. Meanwhile, the... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
colors so often that it was difficult to know with precision where he stood on any given issue, from climate change to which party, if any, he really belonged to. There is a natural cleavage between the model's first three levels... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique