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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
From the Classroom to Casablanca
sometimes you have to discover new knowledge in new places in order to solve problems.” ADVANCING THE MISSION Far-Reaching Impact Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Fueling Innovation View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
customers, so of course it makes sense that we care for our employees and our communities as an extension of that. Eco-consciousness has been part of the company since the beginning, given our practice of recycling and renovating older... View Details
- Web
Art Nature Business
photographs to works that incorporate recycled and industrial materials—in order to bring new perspectives to conversations on campus about climate change. Click on the images below for more information about each work in the exhibition.... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101
sure you sound smart and confident but not cocky, listening to the same things over and over again (and I came to realize that my friend was not the only one with a list of FAQ’s to recycle as needed). With time, having one or two of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
less so. Taylor contributed to a not-for-profit to help pay airfare to bring orphans to the United States for month-long summer vacations with prospective adopting families. The program ran so well, he doubled his loan the following year. “The View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
estimate that the value at stake is approximately 10% of the firm equity, 25% of the average founder stake, or $450K in net present value. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40285 Waste, Recycling and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID
social utility. I am working this summer with Circulate Capital, an investment fund focused on waste and recycling businesses that fight ocean plastic waste and advance the cause of a circular economy. The work has allowed me to... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
will eventually come out, and when it does, there will be an opportunity to give it new life before recycling it or creating hazardous waste.” As SER looks ahead, the company knows smart energy is a smart investment, yet its mission is... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
using renewable electricity for stores, offices, and headquarters by 2020. By 2025, the company has committed to using only renewable or recycled materials in the products. It has been making Fair Trade apparel since 2014 and today has... View Details
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!
insights into modern, innovative, and sustainable waste management. Notably, the facility follows several best practices to maximize the sustainability of its operations like first extracting recyclables such as paper, glass, and metals,... 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
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? Before HBS, I worked at Tesla as a design engineer and project manager. I had the opportunity to work on groundbreaking products alongside some of the smartest and most resilient people in the world.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
E-waste recycling Marcel Brenninkmeijer (AMP 155 1998) Good Energies Foundation London, New York, and Zug Foundation focused on poverty alleviation through sustainable access to renewable energy Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002) Serious... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist
that we can get renewable energy down to 1 cent per kilowatt-hour through intervention, and the gallon has received next to no support. That support could ensure the deployment of an entire ecosystem of technologies from recycling &... View Details
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
eroding quality of life mostly for the poor, and draining natural resources. This project explored ways to grow Wecyclers (a Nigerian plastics recyclable collection company) by analyzing the economic viability of a Collections Agent... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
paradox the result of an in-depth comparative analysis of two of the organizations in their sample. The two WISEs appeared to be extremely similar: Both operated in the recycling industry with similar work-training missions, and both had... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
are designed to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. In addition, HBS now provides full-tuition scholarships to students with the greatest need, nearly 10 percent of the MBA Program's student body, and more support for students from middle-income... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Novo Nordisk
company currently faces with its circular sustainability approach is how to handle the end of life recyclability and reusability of their injection devices. While researching Novo Nordisk before our visit, one of the solutions that looked... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Limbaugh," Scher laughs. Through various Web sites, the company also helps coordinate volunteers with hundreds of nonprofit groups. Moreover, the Working Assets phone bill (which, Scher proudly points out, is printed on 100 percent post-consumer View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 29 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact
recycler in Texas. It’s a company that has been family-owned for 25 years, with a vibrant, strong management team, but the owners are ready to step back and the company has a lot of growth opportunities to expand. We’ve known the owners... View Details