Recycling - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

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

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

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 Jun 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2024

complex interplay between reducing reliance on fossil fuels and the growing demand for vital minerals like cobalt. Exploring innovative solutions, from recycling critical minerals to implementing regulations ensuring supply chain... View Details

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

alongside recovery and recycling of minerals out of these existing waste streams, presenting opportunities for those willing to take a long-term view of value. The day closed with a case competition featuring budding companies engaged in... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

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

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

12 Feb 2025
Blog Post

How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)

long-duration energy storage, and greywater recycling. Low-carbon cement can drastically reduce the carbon footprint of construction, long-duration energy storage will enable more reliable renewable energy systems, and greywater recycling... View Details

26 Aug 2009
Op-Ed

Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

have attracted the older, most fuel inefficient used cars. Instead, a $4,500 incentive attracted many perfectly serviceable vehicles. Because of government concerns over fraudulent recycling of trade-ins, vehicles had to be destroyed.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto

19 Oct 2023
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures

Business Development; Dr. Joseph Laux, CTO; Dr. Bhawna Nagar, Research Projects - Grensol closes the materials loop for car recycling to valorize industrial waste, recover valuable resources, and produce energy. TOP FINALISTS Earthbond -... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

New Releases

mountaineer Yvon Chouinard, the company differentiates its clothing along environmental lines, using expensive organic cotton and polyester made from recycled bottles. Patagonia's margins shrank, but sales to its high-end retail clientele... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Do Good: Eat Chocolate

investing ahead of its growth, the company has become more focused on breaking even in the current economic climate. From the start, Endline knew that her approach to chocolate would be “colorful, whimsical, and playful.” The reusable, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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

11 May 2011
News

In a Good Place

everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details

25 Jan 2012
News

Is Tax Reform Viable?

to invest in the careers of politicians who will vow to keep our unfair tax advantages. —Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970) is president and CEO of Brooklyn, New York–based IceStoneUSA, which makes countertops out of recycled glass and cement. The... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

than just argue, you can look at the data.” Putting loyalty to the test The researchers arranged a simple experiment, in which participants were asked to solve a series of number puzzles. Rather than handing in their results, however, they were allowed to score... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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