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  • July 2023 (Revised May 2024)
  • Case

Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service

By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel, Lena Duchene and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of millions of single-use take-out food... View Details
Keywords: Climate Risk; Digital; Platform Strategies; Data; Packaging; Sustainability; Start-up; Startup; Entrepreneur; Impact; Circular; Growth Strategy; Innovation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
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Serafeim, George, Michael W. Toffel, Lena Duchene, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service." Harvard Business School Case 124-007, July 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining
  • 2018
  • Book

Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time

By: Geoffrey Jones
Published at a time of ever-increasing warnings that the pace of climate change and other environmental changes risk making the Earth unsustainable within our own lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides... View Details
Keywords: Green Business; Sustainability; Business History; Eco-tourism; Organic Wine; Organic Food; Waste Management; Sustainable Finance; Ethics; Finance; History; Entrepreneurship; Accommodations Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; Energy Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Europe; Asia; Latin America; North and Central America; New Zealand
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Jones, Geoffrey. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time. Northamption, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
  • 31 May 2023
  • Video

Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

    Peter Tufano

    Peter Tufano is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details

    Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; credit card; education industry; energy; federal government; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; microfinance; mining; nonprofit industry; oil & gas; petroleum; real estate; retail financial services; state government; utilities; video games
    • October 2022 (Revised February 2024)
    • Case

    Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate

    By: Boris Vallee and Fares Khrais
    Masdar City broke ground in 2008 and was conceived by the Abu Dhabi government to be an international beacon of innovation in sustainable energy and real estate. It was also to be a profitable investment for the government. At first glance, the two goals pulled in... View Details
    Keywords: Analysis; Business Growth And Maturation; Decisions; Public Sector; Financial Crisis; Construction; Climate Change; Green Technology; Borrowing And Debt; Corporate Finance; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cost Of Capital; Equity; REIT; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation; Growth And Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Urban Development; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; Sustainable Cities; Green Building; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Abu Dhabi
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    Vallee, Boris, and Fares Khrais. "Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 223-036, October 2022. (Revised February 2024.)
    • 12 Feb 2025
    • Video

    Strengthening Carbon Claims via the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI): A Conversation with Mark Kenber

    • 27 Nov 2021
    • News

    Why the Energy Transition Will Be So Complicated

    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    By: Peter Tufano
    Tufano is the convener for an innovative global doctoral reading group, The Financial Economics of Climate and Sustainability (FECS). This novel course, taught with professors from Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Texas, Imperial, NYU, Mannheim, and Oxford brings together... View Details

      Building Climate-Resilient Cities and Infrastructure

      This episode in our climate adaptation series features HBS Professor John Macomber. John discusses how companies and governments need to incorporate climate resilience as they develop and finance real estate and infrastructure to address the risks of flooding,... View Details

        John D. Macomber

        John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on climate adaptation and the... View Details

        Keywords: building materials; construction; energy; green technology; infrastructure industry; real estate; transportation; utilities; waste management; insurance industry
        • Article

        Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data

        By: Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim
        As the ESG finance field and the use of ESG data in investment decision-making continue to grow, the authors seek to shed light on several important aspects of ESG measurement and data. This article is intended to provide a useful guide for the rapidly rising number of... View Details
        Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Reporting; Data Analytics; Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; CSR; Transparency; Investment Management; Socially Responsible Investing; Sustainable Finance; Sustainable Development; Inclusion; Inclusive Growth; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Investment; Management; Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Integrated Corporate Reporting
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        Kotsantonis, Sakis, and George Serafeim. "Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 31, no. 2 (Spring 2019): 50–58.
        • May 2002 (Revised May 2003)
        • Exercise

        Endeca Negotiation, The: Charlie Yie

        By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
        Students play the role of Charlie Yie, a venture capitalist considering an investment in a venture-backed enterprise software company. In the challenging financing climate of the Fall of 2001, he is trying to decide what terms to offer the company as an outside... View Details
        Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Offer; Management Teams; Venture Capital; Valuation; Software; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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        Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Endeca Negotiation, The: Charlie Yie." Harvard Business School Exercise 802-214, May 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
        • May 2002 (Revised May 2003)
        • Exercise

        Endeca Negotiation, The: Hardy Smith

        By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
        Students play the role of Hardy Smith, one of the founding investors of a venture-backed enterprise software company. In the challenging financing climate of the fall of 2001, he is trying to decide what terms to offer the company as an insider-funded C-round. Presents... View Details
        Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Offer; Management Teams; Venture Capital; Valuation; Software; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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        Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Endeca Negotiation, The: Hardy Smith." Harvard Business School Exercise 802-213, May 2002. (Revised May 2003.)

          Gunnar Trumbull

          Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

          Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

          Keywords: agribusiness; consumer products; credit card; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; microfinance; retail financial services; retailing
          • 07 Sep 2021
          • Research & Ideas

          Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

          New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
          Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance
          • 2022
          • Working Paper

          The Issuance and Design of Sustainability-linked Loans

          By: Maria Loumioti and George Serafeim
          Sustainability-linked loans (i.e., syndicated loans for which pricing is linked to a sustainability performance indicator) have rapidly evolved into a significant private debt product. We find that sustainability-linked lending has been available mostly to borrowers... View Details
          Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Credit Products; Loan Contracts; Loans; Corporate Finance; Credit Risk; Environment; ESG; ESG Ratings; Climate Change; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Risk and Uncertainty; Credit
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          Loumioti, Maria, and George Serafeim. "The Issuance and Design of Sustainability-linked Loans." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-027, November 2022.
          • 21 Jun 2017
          • Blog Post

          Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits

          HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) asked students to describe their career interests and what they are up to this summer. I hope to invest in assets that will be impacted by climate change, and subsequently, mitigate View Details
          Keywords: Manufacturing

            Lauren H. Cohen

            Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

            Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
            • 16 Feb 2023
            • HBS Case

            ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

            The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
            Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services
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