Greenhouse Gas Mitigation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
News

Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

14.5% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions are a result of livestock, and beef and dairy production account for 65% of livestock emissions.” Fix: Give Up Beef. “Given Shake Shack’s position as a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2009
News

Up on the Green Roof

commitment to doing its part to help the University meet its ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from 2006 levels by 2016, explains Doug Scatterday, director of facilities. The... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Construction of Buildings; Construction

01 Sep 2010
News

HBS Wins Green Business Award

64 cubic yards of growing medium spread over 5,000 square feet and planted with 9,000 perennials, photovoltaic panels, a cogeneration unit, and a full lighting retrofit. Since 2003, HBS has enacted more than 100 energy conservation measures. These measures, coupled... View Details

02 Feb 2023
News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

Right? And if you look at all the curves, that means that we have to not only stop the increase of greenhouse gas emissions, but we have to significantly drive those down to zero by 2050. And we're still... View Details

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

decades and accounts for roughly 5 percent of domestic US oil production. However, it's not particularly environmentally friendly: EOR companies mostly tap naturally occurring fields of CO2, transport the gas to the mature oil fields, and... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

reduction—and declares victory. But these measures fail to even dent the climate problem. And the proof is easy: Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Last month, we hit 400 parts per million... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

and architecture. Still, he wasn’t fully aware of the impact that construction had on climate change before becoming a real estate developer. “Cities are responsible for three fourths of material consumption, of energy use, of greenhouse... View Details

14 Oct 2014
News

When it comes to climate change, companies must prepare now

conservation efforts, but through strategy and innovation. Now is the time to learn about options, before greenhouse gas emissions get costlier. “Climate change is about decision-making under uncertainty.... View Details

03 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen

that the family dynamic of the brothers creates a playful, supportive, and competitive work environment as each brother is responsible for a different area of the business. We started our tour of the facility by walking into the warm, brightly lit 4.5-hectare View Details

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Transportation - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Transportation Transportation is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions The transport sector accounts for about 14% of the world’s View Details

04 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Advice from a Career Switcher: The Value of Informational Conversations with Alumni

mid-March, Adam accepted an offer to join Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) as a Portfolio Greenhouse Gas Impact Analysis Intern; BEV invests in entrepreneurs building companies that can have a significant... View Details

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

the next big thing both as a mitigation strategy and a business opportunity. Indian politician Jayant Sinha admitted that his country generates some seven percent of global greenhouse View Details

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IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment

support. The Emissions Challenge in Rice Farming Flooded paddy fields, essential for traditional rice cultivation, create anaerobic conditions that promote methane-producing bacteria. This, combined with improper residue management practices and overuse of fertilizers... View Details

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

shifting carbon footprint when they have a big life event? Jen Flint: One of the side effects of this crisis has been that we all abruptly stopped getting in our cars and boarding airplanes, we stopped all kinds of activities that also had the effect of reducing our... View Details

24 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 24

Change Authors:Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Suppliers are increasingly being asked to share information about their vulnerability to climate change and their strategies to reduce greenhouse View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

for its high concentration of agricultural innovation, Koppert Cress stands apart from its peers for its unique focus on gastronomy and innovative greenhouse production methods. The company was founded by Rob Baan, an ardent microgreen... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Clean Slate

announced a $1 billion plan to ensure that by the time Massport celebrates its 75th anniversary, in 2031, it will have reached net-zero status. The plan aligns with a Massachusetts law requiring statewide net-zero greenhouse View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

A Healthy Profit

Quelch. New energy efficiency initiatives also saw their greenhouse gas footprint drop by 19 percent between 2005 and 2012. COMMUNITY HEALTH “Royal Caribbean donates a lot of used furniture and household... View Details