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Climate Rising Podcast 

How Boards Can Drive Climate Performance

  • 27 SEP 2023
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  • Climate Rising
As part of our 2023 back-to-business school series, this episode features a session from Harvard’s Climate Action Week in May 2023. Moderated by HBS Prof. George Serafeim, the panel includes Carter Roberts, President & CEO of World Wildlife Fund, HBS professor Deb Spar, Bonita Stewart, Board Partner at Gradient Ventures, and Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner of Impactive Capital. They discuss how companies and their boards can use accountability and transparency to drive climate performance. For transcripts and other resources, visit climaterising.org Climate Rising Host: Professor Mike Toffel, Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Initiative Moderator/Panelists: ● George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School ● Carter Roberts, President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund ● Debora L. Spar, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific ● Bonita Stewart, Board Partner, Gradient Ventures ● Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital
As part of our 2023 back-to-business school series, this episode features a session from Harvard’s Climate Action Week in May 2023. Moderated by HBS Prof. George Serafeim, the panel includes Carter Roberts, President & CEO of World Wildlife Fund, HBS professor Deb Spar, Bonita Stewart, Board Partner at Gradient Ventures, and Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner of Impactive Capital. They discuss how companies and their boards can use accountability and transparency to drive climate performance. For transcripts and other resources, visit climaterising.org Climate Rising Host: Professor Mike Toffel, Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Initiative Moderator/Panelists: ● George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School ● Carter Roberts, President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund ● Debora L. Spar, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific ● Bonita Stewart, Board Partner, Gradient Ventures ● Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital

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