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  • 01 Mar 2003
  • News

Student Snapshot

organizations develop sustainable strategies for effecting social change. With offices in Boston and San Francisco, the organization is developing plans to expand to Chicago... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; Catalyst Alliance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • Web

Impact Stories - Business & Environment

Martijn Lopes Cardozo MBA 2000 | Reinventing the Wheel Erling S. Lorentzen MBA 1948 | Sustaining Commitment "I created Aracruz to be an environmentally sound industrial company. When the concept of View Details
  • December 2012
  • Supplement

Jefferson County (C): Subsequent Issuance

By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
Jefferson County, Alabama, faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Borrowing and Debt; Alabama
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  • December 2012
  • Supplement

Jefferson County (B): Borrowing in March 1997

By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
Jefferson County, Alabama faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Borrowing and Debt; Alabama
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  • January 2007 (Revised November 2007)
  • Case

Organic Growth at Wal-Mart

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Troy Smith
In 2005, an executive vice president at Wal-Mart must decide whether to expand the retailer's selection of organic food. The decision is made in the context of wider attempts to move the giant retailer slightly upscale and to focus on environmental sustainability. View Details
Keywords: Food; Growth and Development Strategy; Product; Business Processes; Environmental Sustainability; Expansion; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

New Fund Supports FIELD Module 3

HBS has received a $1 million commitment from the DS Foundation MBA Program Innovation Fund to help underwrite the costs of ongoing MBA curriculum innovation. The fund will be used to cover expenses first-year student teams incur while preparing to launch... View Details
Keywords: Profess Rebecca M. Henderson; Professor Robert Steven Kaplan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Thinking Green

Sciences and the Design, Medical, and Law Schools for a Harvard Thinks Green forum in Sanders Theatre. “This transition we face as an economy, as a world is going to hit every major industry,” said Henderson. Kaplan, a member of a Harvard committee on greenhouse gases,... View Details
Keywords: awards; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Mining; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena

William H. Draper III (MBA 1954), one of America’s first venture capitalists, financed hundreds of high-technology companies. He also was chosen by President Reagan to be president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, where he helped to View Details
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

This Is What I Do

to be a journalist,” she recalls. Later, at ABC News, Lemmon twice pursued fellowships in Europe. With each exposure to life overseas, she became more interested in development issues. “People need jobs to create stronger families, and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 04 Aug 2023
  • Blog Post

Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

climate change and create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future. With support from the Business & Environment Initiative (BEI), these four Harvard Business School (HBS) 2023 MBA students are leading innovative... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2025
  • Blog Post

IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2025 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is... View Details
  • 03 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Energy & Environment Club

focused clubs to learn about the history of the club, the impact and mission, and the types of programming that members can participate in. Having been in Energy sector for the last eight years, I developed a deeply rooted belief in the... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

information in the form of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. However, progress is contingent on collecting evidence regarding which sustainability disclosures are financially material. To inform this issue, we examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

lifelong employer due to global competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new ways of grounding to View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 17 Apr 2019
  • News

Financing the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure

tax” to mitigate the environmental impact of development through investment in conserving water-absorbing grasslands. Now the senior director of financing land conservation at investment bank Seale & Associates, he is proudest of his... View Details
  • Profile

Jonathan Bailey

sustainable investment fund, Generation Investment Management. "It will give me a great opportunity to connect the hard skills that I've been learning at HBS with the sustainability and View Details
  • 20 Aug 2024
  • Blog Post

Alumni and Students in Climate Networking Series: Boston

networking series featured a panel of leaders in climate tech, including Mitchell Goldstein (CFO at Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Pasi Miettinen (CEO at Sagewell Inc.), and Emily Stoler (Principal Scientist, Sustainable Materials at the... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

The HBS Fund

Business Become More Sustainable The notion of “doing well by doing good” is gaining momentum as business leaders and investors realize that social responsibility can improve the bottom line. That’s why HBS Online introduced a course on... View Details
  • 11 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 11

Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy By: Eccles, Robert G., and Peijun Duan Abstract—China's sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne