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- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
forest at a nearby Tata Thermal Power Plant. While peering out from a 150 meter-high coal power plant boiler, we saw a large swath of mangroves in the distance. Later, we arrived at the Godrej headquarters, where we were greeted by Godrej’s Head of View Details
- September 2010
- Article
Making Self-Regulation More Than Merely Symbolic: The Critical Role of the Legal Environment
By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Using data from a sample of U.S. industrial facilities subject to the federal Clean Air Act from 1993 to 2003, this article theorizes and tests the conditions under which organizations' symbolic commitments to self-regulate are particularly likely to result in improved... View Details
Keywords: Adoption; Code Law; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Governance Compliance; Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; United States
Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "Making Self-Regulation More Than Merely Symbolic: The Critical Role of the Legal Environment." Administrative Science Quarterly 55, no. 3 (September 2010): 361–396. (Lead article; Featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (Summer 2011) and in Behind the scenes of the Administrative Science Quarterly.)
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The HBS Climate Rising Podcast Reaches 50 (Episodes)
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and management consulting firms. We interviewed leaders from NGOs like World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Defense Fund, and CDP about how they work with companies on their climate initiatives and... View Details
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
environmental groups. Had Stone taken into account the history of strained relationships between Honduras and the U.S. government and multinationals, as well as the fragile status of the presidency in this fledgling democracy, it could... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley
DOERR AND ADVISEE: From bits and bytes to batteries and biofuels. Saul Loeb/Afp/Getty Images “A boyish billionaire in glasses,” John Doerr (MBA ’76) began to shift his focus from bits and bytes to batteries and biofuels about four years ago, according to Time magazine... View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
megacities like Buenos Aires (population of more than 12 million) and Lima (home to nearly 10 million people, a third of Peru’s population). Other students investigated common problem areas such as energy use and environmental concerns.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
over environmental issues such as climate change? We’re a nonpartisan group. Our board is half Republican and half Democrat and includes scientists like Jared Diamond, business leaders like David Bonderman and Ed Bass, and civic leaders... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
levies on pollution, which is by definition an indicator of waste and inefficiency. Gore, who has long argued that carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming, said that solving the environmental crisis represents “the greatest... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
Aravaipa Ventures, a fund to support environmentally sustainable technology businesses in Colorado. Fenwick-Smith had private equity know-how but had never been involved in creating venture funds. It was that lack of direct experience... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
Charnovitz, George Washington University; Stacey M. Childress, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Mihir A. Desai, HBS; Daniel C. Esty, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Yale Law... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
environmental sustainability, health and wellness, natural and organic consumer products, and business services. He was also a member of the founding team of Upstart, which is pioneering crowdfunding for recent graduates. Wu credits HBS... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
the words: “Great Bear Rainforest: Partnership. Balance. Certainty.” Trailing behind the drummers was a line of speakers representing indigenous coalitions, the lumber industry, environmental groups, and the provincial government,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
as well as reduce the corporate tax rate, a longtime goal of congressional Republicans. The idea was the brainchild of Eacho and George Frampton, a lawyer who worked on environmental issues at Covington & Burling and former View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality
Micheal C. Kennedy (MBA 1985) is director of Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency. In this video, he talks about the need for public education and cooperation in areas of water quality and how to combat climate change. “When I was... View Details
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
Harm By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation packages can increase the odds of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Policy - Business & Environment
Research Institute, 1968. Produced for American Petroleum Institute (API). Document posted by Center for International Environmental Law . James Black, “ The Greenhouse Effect (pdf) ,” Exxon, June 6, 1978. “... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
When North Carolina governor Pat McCrory recently signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act, in response to a Charlotte city ordinance that, among other things, would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
speaking on the current movement in Asia to shift to green and renewable energy sources. The event, moderated by HBS professor Ramana Nanda, was cosponsored by the student-run HBS Asia Business Club, Harvard Asia Law Society, and HKS East... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
environmental group NextGen Climate and Ohio Governor John Kasich’s GOP presidential campaign were among the first—are pioneers in an entirely new format. They are learning to script ads that are 10 seconds long instead of 30 and forced... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg