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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise

investors and service providers across the private investment lifecycle. LSEG Workspace - provides public and private company profiles and strong in company analyst reports, current and historical SEC filings. It also provides... View Details

October 2024 (Revised November 2024)
Case

SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea

By: Vikram S Gandhi and David Allen

In August 2023, SWEN Blue Ocean, a €170 million impact fund that invested in startups contributing to ocean sustainability, faced a critical investment decision. Part of SWEN Capital Partners, an €8 billion, Paris-based private equity fund, Blue Ocean was co-founded in... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Science-Based Business; Technological Innovation; Financial Services Industry; France; Paris; Italy

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December 2011 (Revised May 2015)
Case

Aviva Investors

By: George Serafeim

The Aviva Investors case describes the challenge of integrating sustainability considerations into the strategy and business practices of companies and into the decision making process of the investment community. Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at... View Details

Keywords: Investing; Investment Management; Shareholder Activism; Disclosure; Stock Exchanges; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Sustainability Reporting; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Social Impact; Activism; Investment; Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; United Kingdom

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22 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

necessary in order to truly advocate for meaningful change Just as the recent cries for racial justice demand immediate and sustainable change, the Black Investment Club demands that we see changes in our... View Details

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

Children in the United States today are at risk to live shorter lives than their parents. This sobering assessment is one reason big box retailer Target is investing $40 million this year to improve the health of communities around the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

February 2006 (Revised November 2008)
Teaching Note

Banco Real: Banking on Sustainability (TN)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli

Keywords: Investment Funds; Banking Industry

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Certificate Sustainable Investing Professors Shawn Cole & Vikram Gandhi Evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and learn how to incorporate them into View Details

April 2009
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Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details

Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks

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24 Apr 2014
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Fueling a sustainable enterprise in Brazil

almost entirely fossil fuel independent, relying primarily on hydroelectric energy for its grid electricity and sugarcane ethanol to fuel its cars. Diniz, formerly a high-level executive at retail giant Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição, supports her country’s focus... View Details

17 Apr 2015
News

A Driving Force for a Sustainable World

activities. The investments were enormous, but the returns minimal, and that got her to thinking about smarter green practices. She joined SNCF in 2007 as head of strategy and sustainability development, and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

support the contributions of people from different backgrounds a large part of the answer? If so, should organizations initiate efforts to improve diversity and inclusion simultaneously? How do we manage the complexity and time requirements to do so? How do we View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

Harvard MIINT faculty mentor. The five teams of Harvard students pitched investment opportunities across various sectors and geographies, from an anti-bully EdTech startup in Latin America to a cultivated meat company focused on View Details

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

June 2013 (Revised June 2013)
Teaching Note

Brazil's Enigma: Sustaining Long-Term Growth & Currency Wars

By: Laura Alfaro and Hilary White

Over the past decade, Brazil's future as a leading world economic power appeared certain. An expanding middle class and commodity boom had fueled economic growth, with GDP growth hitting a peak of 7.5% in 2010. However, the high cost of conducting business in Brazil,... View Details

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2010
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Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

By: Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul

Two trends are likely to define the 21st century: threats to the sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Investment; City; Infrastructure; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Urban Development; Information Technology; Green Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

grow your career. 6 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Enroll by July 7 $1,850 Certificate Sustainable Investing Professors Shawn Cole & Vikram Gandhi Evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and learn... View Details

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details