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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
remains the most expensive way to produce usable water. In addition, water is not economically transportable from coastal to inland areas. Right now, for agricultural and industrial use, it’s more cost-effective by half to recycle... View Details
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
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 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
lights when we leave the room or recycling our bottles," Karmarkar says. "Bringing bags is interesting in that it's a difficult thing to remember to do, and actually requires a fairly big behavioral change on the part of the... View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
report, Axios.com recently reported that garment production continues to grow annually by 2.7%, while 25% of garments remain unsold and less than 1% are recycled into new garments. Estimates are that the fashion industry is responsible... View Details
- 04 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Blogs
since April 2009) MBA 1999K Rich Lloyd, http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/richlloyd (a struggle with cancer; archived since Sept. 2007) MBA 2001F Kaiser Fung, Junk Charts: Recycling Chartjunk as Junk Art, http://junkcharts.typepad.com/... View Details
- Web
2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA
noise and impact to neighbors and other community members. Residents and guests are responsible for leaving any common space clean after their gathering, including recycling empty cans, bottles, or cups. Harvard Business School, via HBS... View Details
- 24 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco
efficiency to cut down on emissions, a robotics company that is focused on modernizing the recycling industry, several alumni working for renewable energy firms, and a number working in the electric vehicle space. I left the event... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
including seemingly irrelevant if not ridiculous ones such as the shape of bananas, the use of children’s balloons, or the recycling of tea bags. With all the noise, it is easy to forget that Europe is the largest economy, the leading... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- Web
For Guests | Commencement 2025
guests to reduce bottled water plastic waste; donating leftover food to Food for Free ; providing waste sorting stations to divert usable resources from trash into the recycle and compost (which is anaerobically digested) streams; using... View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
stages: Compliance: In this initial phase, companies often start with activities related to complying with regulations. Activities are not strategic or centralized. In addition to compliance, employees may volunteer to work on recycling... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
able to manufacture many of the things we need on our 3-D printers with recycled materials? Will the Internet of Things and "collaborative commons" enable even greater productivity and efficiency leading to fewer jobs? Or do... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
the Valley's "Band of Angels," a group of entrepreneurs who are recycling their capital and energies into new ventures. This month the Center's first two intellectual products will make their debut in Sahlman's Entrepreneurial Finance... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 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
- 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
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
Chinese regulations refusing to allow the firm's stores to use recycled wood, and mandating of animal testing, were challenging to the brand's global natural brand position. The case can be taught both in marketing classes concerned with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
called his wife, Breeda, to confirm that they were hosting a dinner party that weekend for some friends from Ireland who were in town for a golf tournament Dubai Duty Free was supporting. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511034-PDF-ENG Harvest:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
Ricoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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