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  • 06 Jan 2012
  • Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing
  • 03 Dec 2015
  • Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy
  • 22 Apr 2020
  • Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

culminated in a session about some of the innovative technologies that are emerging to address climate change, with presentations from the leaders of Indigo Agriculture, Form Energy, Carbon Cure, and Carbon... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 20 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 20, 2015

empirical results provide strong support for the view that output prices are a key determinant of vertical integration. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49893 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Technology Choice and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Oct 2013
  • Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

fracking and nuclear, as well as some thoughts on a path forward. Fracking The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report's focus on managing cumulative CO2 emissions makes sense to me given the incredible long-life... View Details
Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy
  • 24 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 24

several factors associated with suppliers being especially willing to share this information with buyers, focusing on attributes of the buyers seeking this information and of the suppliers being asked to provide it. We test our hypotheses using data from the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

ESG—factors), both because of its importance to socially conscious investors and as an indicator of long-term corporate health. Firms such as Morgan Stanley Capital International crunch hundreds of factors from carbon View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Aug 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

come into fashion? For example, I was reminded of stretch when the goal of a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2040 was at least informally agreed to at a recent economic summit. In that case, the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43620 Pay for Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon Emissions Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou, Shelley Xin Li, and George... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

explicit limit on carbon emissions from oil sands and a price on carbon. Suncor, which produces more than 400,000 barrels per day of bitumen and synthetic oil must reduce its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Nordisk. At United Technologies, whose products include Carrier air conditioners, Otis elevators, and Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, a recent integrated report focused on such nonfinancial metrics as lower fuel consumption and noise View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

Kamala Harris was part of an administration that passed the largest climate combat bill in history, and Governor Tim Walz led Minnesota to declare a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2040. The other side... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

factors associated with suppliers being especially willing to share this information with buyers, focusing on attributes of the buyers seeking this information and of the suppliers being asked to provide it. We test our hypotheses using data from the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

group had generated. These ranged from stabilizing the company's current carbon emissions to complete carbon neutrality. The UBS Corporate Responsibility Committee would meet... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

sector. Analyzing millions of emissions tests, we find empirical support for our hypotheses that particular product portfolios and forms of governance can mitigate moral hazard. Download the paper:... View Details
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

Sustainability needed to develop positions on several issues. Tactically, he needed to recommend whether the company should purchase carbon offsets to help meet its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, and whether to continue... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

and business problem. Design of market-based systems to reduce carbon emissions has proven difficult. More broadly, national attempts to comply with the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol present both... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

involved in the decision of whether or not to install refrigerator doors in the grocery section of its stores. While the energy savings and reduced carbon emissions are relatively clear and easy to measure,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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