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  • November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
  • Case

Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature

By: Marco Iansiti, Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing so, the company developed direct... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Sequestration; Operations; Supply Chain; Social Enterprise; Product Development; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Digital Platforms; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Climate Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • 2023
  • Article

A Review of Commercialisation Mechanisms for Carbon Dioxide Removal

By: Conor Hickey, Sam Fankhauser, Stephen Smith and Myles Allen
The deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) needs to be scaled up to achieve net zero emission pledges. In this paper we survey the policy mechanisms currently in place globally to incentivise CDR, together with an estimate of what different mechanisms are paying... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Dioxide Removal; Climate Change; Markets; Cost; Policy; Environmental Regulation
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  • March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

C12 Energy

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade
C12 aimed to build not only a company, but an entire industry around carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). "You change the world by building a market, and you build a market by building a profitable company that other people copy," said Dawe, C12 Energy's CEO. "In... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Sequestration; Sustainability; Cleantech; Oil And Gas; Business Model; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Energy Industry; North America
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  • October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
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AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
By October 2010, American Electric Power, the largest coal-fired, electric utility in the United States, had been operating a carbon capture and sequestration pilot plant for one year. Using a proprietary, Alstom chilled ammonia technology, AEP was capturing and... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Government Legislation; Technological Innovation; Partners and Partnerships; Projects; Decision Choices and Conditions; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Utilities Industry; United States
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    Keywords: Phosphates
    • 07 May 2020
    • Video

    Innovative Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

    • 04 Mar 2020

    Innovative Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

    • 06 Sep 2022
    • Blog Post

    Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

    (Brazilian Energy & Infrastructure conglomerate) Tom Troxel (MBA 2023, Section K), Summer Internship: Carbon Sequestration Project MBA Intern at Conservation International Natural Climate Solutions (NCS)... View Details
    • 27 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    Working to Change the Food System

    mode of production, we can also reduce the amount of forests and grasslands that are cleared for traditional agriculture (and avoid releasing tons of carbon into the air), protecting our world’s carbon View Details
    • 04 Sep 2019
    • News

    A Climate Change Optimist

    Verizon’s move to shift its energy use to 50 percent renewables by 2025, and supply chain programs to increase carbon sequestration through soil health initiatives with companies like Danone and Cargill:... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Seth Lowe
    • 10 Apr 2013
    • News

    Tapped In

    steady income, provide carbon sequestration and protection for the land's underground water reservoirs, and—eventually—may help increase resin production for T&R. Eventually, Arias-King hopes to help... View Details
    Keywords: pine resin; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Preserving Patagonia

    recognized that conserved land has many embedded values: limited development (environmentally friendly real estate), sustainable agriculture, carbon sequestration potential, recreation (eco-tourism), water... View Details
    • 26 Oct 2017
    • News

    Can Farming Save the Planet?

    According to a report from the University of California Berkeley, “Current carbon sequestration in US cropland soils is only 8.4 million metric tons CO2 Eq. per year, compared to an annual potential of 100... View Details
    Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture
    • 16 Jan 2025
    • Blog Post

    Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

    leveraging my experience to support hundreds of startups working on wildly different technologies, such as carbon sequestration and next generation heating and cooling. How do you see your current role... View Details
    • 22 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System

    production, we can also reduce the amount of forests and grasslands that are cleared for traditional agriculture (and avoid releasing tons of carbon into the air), protecting our world’s carbon 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)

    leveraging my experience to support hundreds of startups working on wildly different technologies, such as carbon sequestration and next generation heating and cooling. How do you see your current role... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2023
    • News

    Clearing the Air

    projects deployed in the United States. At full capacity, which we hope to reach by the end of 2030, Project Bison will capture and store 5 million tons of carbon dioxide annually [in partnership with Frontier View Details
    Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge
    • 30 Jul 2024
    • Blog Post

    Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting

    at BCG as a consultant and I was fortunate to get staffed on some climate and sustainability focused projects, including tractor electrification, off highway charging infrastructure, precision agriculture technologies, carbon capture and... View Details
    • 04 Nov 2021
    • Blog Post

    STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

    production, we can also reduce the amount of forests and grasslands that are cleared for traditional agriculture (and avoid releasing tons of carbon into the air), protecting our world’s carbon View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship
    • 04 Nov 2021
    • Blog Post

    STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

    production, we can also reduce the amount of forests and grasslands that are cleared for traditional agriculture (and avoid releasing tons of carbon into the air), protecting our world’s carbon View Details