As an MBA student at HBS, you will prepare yourself for leadership in a rapidly changing
world in which natural resources are increasingly scarce and the threat of climate
change ever more urgent.
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
- 30 JUN 2020
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- Book
Almost a decade after writing Capitalism at Risk, Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that not enough companies are stepping up to fix big global problems.
Sustainability, Business, and Health
- JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated that response demands involvement from every sector of society. As a major example, some businesses have stepped up in ways previously unimaginable. Garment companies have repurposed production to face masks and other protective equipment. Alcohol distilleries and perfumeries have shifted production to hand sanitizers. Automobile companies, both voluntarily and as compelled by the Defense Production Act, have worked with the ventilator industry to increase production. More broadly, an early analysis estimates that 64% of the US’s 100 largest publicly traded companies have made customer accommodations to COVID-19, including deferred bill payments; 43% have expanded paid sick leave, including, in some cases, for part-time and hourly employees. Such positive changes, however, are in contrast to a host of other public concerns, including that future vaccines and therapeutics may not be affordable for much of the world. In the next phase of the crisis, the safe reopening of society will require intense interactions between the health and business sectors to address these and other issues.
Generation Investment Management
- JUNE 2020
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- Teaching Material
This teaching note provides guidance for teaching the case “Generation Investment Management” (820-033), which looks at the challenges facing a sustainable investment firm.
Fossil Fuel Divestment
- JUNE 2020
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- Teaching Material
Teaching note to accompany HBS case 620-093, Fossil Fuel Divestment, by Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Gulick.
Financial Regulation and Climate Risk Management
- 07 JUL 2020
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- Climate Rising
Explore different approaches to modeling and managing climate risk from the vantage
points of industry leaders Robert Litterman, a seasoned risk management expert; Nushin
Kormi, a specialist in sustainable finance; and Kevin Stiroh, a financial regulator.
The discussion, moderated by Professor Ramana Nanda, focuses on the concept of transition
risk—the potential consequences if climate regulations are imposed gradually or suddenly—and
investment strategies to prepare for and mitigate this risk. This is one of 4 new
episodes this summer based on live content from the Harvard Business School Climate
Risk conference held earlier in 2020.
Explore different approaches to modeling and managing climate risk from the vantage
points of industry leaders Robert Litterman, a seasoned risk management expert; Nushin
Kormi, a specialist in sustainable finance; and Kevin Stiroh, a financial regulator.
The discussion, moderated by Professor Ramana Nanda, focuses on the concept of transition
risk—the potential consequences if climate regulations are imposed gradually or suddenly—and
investment strategies to prepare for and mitigate this risk. This is one of 4 new
episodes this summer based on live content from the Harvard Business School Climate
Risk conference held earlier in 2020.
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Food Agriculture and Water Club Convenes Experts on Food Security Amid COVID-19
- 16 Jul 2020
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- Harvard Business School
We spend 90% of our time inside—why don’t we care that indoor air is so polluted?
Re: John Macomber
- 20 May 2020
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- Fast Company