Business & Environment
Business & Environment
The vital connection between the natural environment and the business world has long been a central focus of our research at HBS – from Richard Vietor’s study of business-government relations in U.S. energy policy in the 1980’s to Michael Porter’s new concept of the relationship between the environment and competition in the 1990’s. Today, our faculty members focus on corporate environmental strategy, operations and reporting; sustainable cities and infrastructure; the role of government and environmental policy; clean energy generation and demand-side energy efficiency; and the effective management of natural resources essential to human prosperity.
Initiatives & Projects
The Business & Environment Initiative and the Social Enterprise Initiative deepen business leaders’ understanding of today’s environmental challenges and assist them in developing effective solutions.
Business & Environment Social EnterpriseRecent Publications
Sustainability as a Business-Model Transformation
- May–June 2025 |
- Article |
- Harvard Business Review
The Limits of Insurance Demand and the Growing Protection Gap
- 2025 |
- Working Paper |
- Faculty Research
Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change
- 2025 |
- Chapter |
- Faculty Research
Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)
- April 2025 (Revised May 2025) |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Prices and Concentration: A U-shape? Theory and Evidence from Renewables
- 2025 |
- Working Paper |
- Faculty Research
Corporate Ownership and ESG Performance
- April 2025 |
- Article |
- Journal of Corporate Finance
How Central Banks Manage Climate and Energy Transition Risks
- April 2025 |
- Article |
- Nature Energy
Hurtigruten: Sea Zero
- March 2025 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits
- March 2025 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena: Ticket to a Greener Future
- March 2025 (Revised March 2025) |
- Case |
- Faculty Research