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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Fueling Innovation
By giving to the HBS Fund, alumni and friends support the School’s core priorities and help catalyze the launch of new programs and initiatives and sustain their growth. Featured here are a few key examples of innovations at HBS that would not have been possible... 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
- 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
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
Another common reason to pull capital could be that the company’s management wants to take profit for themselves in the form of higher compensation. Recycling capital Making an investment rather than a grant allows financiers “to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for construction... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
self-compacting solution to keep streets clean. Last year, however, the Massachusetts-based company’s CEO shared plans to change its business model from selling a product—waste and recycling stations—to selling a subscription-based... View Details
- 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
- 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
- Portrait Project
Alice Yen
orange persimmons and brown turkey figs. Standing by his side, I observed my dad creatively experiment with recycled reflective compact disks to keep the deer and robins from having an early bite. After the season ended, I watched as he... View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®, a ground-glass material made with post-consumer recycled glass developed and produced by Urban Mining Industries. The case protagonists shared that they see themselves as a disruptor of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
clean energy technology, and customer demand for products and services. Another case looks at Norsk Gjenvinning, Norway’s largest supplier of recycling and environmental services, which was purchased by a private equity fi rm in 2012.... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
The Business of Saving Old Buildings
setting up a nonprofit foundation to do recycling of older buildings, and so I started the Architecture Heritage Foundation and was asked by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to come up with what they could do with the surplus wholesale... View Details
- 24 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco
efficiency to cut down on emissions, a robotics company that is focused on modernizing the recycling industry, several alumni working for renewable energy firms, and a number working in the electric vehicle space. I left the event... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
was—naturally—”What are your biggest costs?” Trash, they said—it was 30 percent of the municipal budget. So Cisco outfitted Barcelona’s recycling bins with sensors that would help determine how full they were at pickup. The results: Most... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
From the Classroom to Casablanca
To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
pro-environmental policies are money savers and the key to her company’s continued success, Yang says. More Retail Revolutions Recycling the Consignment Shop Bigger than the local consignment shop and easier than eBay, thredUP, cofounded... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
services to working on a reduce, reuse, and recycle campaign. The job really showed me how government could be a force for good.” Network effects: 2.1 billion people use Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, or Instagram every day. Podcast... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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Mobility Policy | About
beds, couches, or pillows. Don't leave the device unattended while charging. Don’t charge devices while you are sleeping. Dispose of lithium batteries by taking them to your local battery recycler or hazardous waste collection center.... View Details
- 20 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management
recycling and reusing treated sewage water, with plans to make it potable to supply new residential complexes. However, infrastructure challenges persist. While the water exiting the treatment facility is potable, contamination occurs... View Details