Join us for a groundbreaking day of discussion and interaction around what it takes to discover, develop, scale, and achieve meaningful progress on climate solutions. Through expert panels, case discussions, and networking, we will consider the role of the firm, individual business leaders, and HBS, as well as new business and investment opportunities. The conference, hosted by HBS External Relations in partnership with the Business & Environment Initiative as part of Harvard Climate Action Week, will bring together distinguished faculty, HBS alumni and other business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs.

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Climate change touches every discipline we teach, research, and learn here at Harvard University. That’s why every School at Harvard is home to students and scholars working to meet the climate challenge. Harvard Climate Action Week, May 8 – 12, 2023, is a celebration and acceleration of that work. Harvard Climate Action Week will convene thousands of experts, decision–makers, students, alumni, and scholars across campus and online.

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Join us for some perspectives on establishing or optimizing a values-aligned retirement portfolio for you, your team, and / or your organization. You will find this discussion helpful if you are trying to establish an individual account for yourself, or a group retirement plan for your organization, or if you are trying to pressure your organization to offer a values-aligned retirement option. Come with questions for an extended Q&A and stay tuned for a more detailed discussion focused on implementation in the coming months.

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Join us at the Circular Economy Catalyst to learn more about the impact and opportunity of circular economy. Circular economy is an innovative production and consumption model that drives economic growth while reducing environmental degradation. This model also creates trillions of dollars in value across the economy and reshapes profit pools across value chains with new technologies, innovative business models, and collaborations with suppliers and customers. However, many businesses face challenges to implementing the circular economy model, such as high costs, lack of infrastructure, consumer behavior, and regulatory voids. In this event, you will learn how to tap into the opportunity of circular economy and overcome these challenges. This event will share interactive sessions where you will learn about the fundamentals of circular economy, discover new products and processes emerging across several industries, learn from start-ups providing new solutions, and explore how investors are finding opportunities for value creation in the private equity industry through circular economy.

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The Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability invite you for a pre-release film screening of Nuclear Now, followed by a discussion featuring Oliver Stone, Director and Co-Writer; Joshua S. Goldstein, Co-Writer; and Richard Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and Associate Provost, MIT. The panel will be moderated by Dan Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment, with opening remarks by Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University.

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This catalyst event targets the entrepreneurs, investors, and data analysts interested in climate change who are seeking to understand the landscape and magnitude of opportunity in climate adaptation. Through a series of live case discussions, workshop exercises, and interactive class discussions, participants will: gain perspective on climate adaptation broadly, including a taxonomy of risks and opportunities in adaptation; dive into a range of tools available in different locations; develop an understanding of how to use the data and information that drive decision-making; and gain contextual intelligence that can help entrepreneurs decide what to avoid, what to embrace, and how.

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How can business reduce carbon emissions at scale? Four HBS alumni will share their efforts on the ground to drive this change through innovations in business operations, structured finance, public-private partnerships, and technological advancement with potential for impact across the global economy. From developing fusion energy to improving manufacturing processes, these individuals are demonstrating the important role business plays in addressing the challenges of climate change. Join Professor Michael Toffel as he sits down with Matthew Arnold, Mitch Goldstein, Heather Takle, and Christian Weeks for a panel discussion on Friday, February 10 from 9:15 – 10:45 am ET.

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Save the date for the 2nd Annual Harvard Business School Climate Symposium on Sunday, November 6th in Boston! The Symposium is organized by three HBS student clubs: the Energy & Environment Club, the Food & Agriculture Club, and the Sustainability Club.

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HBS Alumni Relations and the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship invite you to join a select group of alumni founders, builders, and VC investors on November 4-5 in Boston for a convening that will provide a rich opportunity to forge connections through HBS with leaders of high-growth, deep tech, and biotech ventures. The summit will feature a climate entrepreneurship panel organized by BEI, featuring practitioner insight on entrepreneurial solutions to the climate challenge.

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We hope to bring together everyone interested in using synthetic biology to address the pressing problems of climate change, food insecurity, and much more.

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The D^3 Assembly Climate and Sustainability Series showcases conversations with HBS alumni leaders taking action in business, climate, and sustainability. This series is hosted in collaboration by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative and the Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute. We will be hosting more sessions in this series throughout the year. We invite you to join us virtually on October 24 from 5:00 – 6:00 pm ET, with George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who will sit down with Reynir Indahl to discuss his journey as founder of a private equity firm and his experience in raising and deploying capital in the resource transformation value chain. This conversation will center on the founder’s journey and how to address waste as an obstacle in business and sustainability through the design of new systems. Reynir Indahl is Partner of Summa Equity, an investment firm focused on companies that address key global challenges.

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Climate change is one of the, if not the, most significant threats facing our planet today. It affects life on Earth in countless known, and many still unknown, ways—from atmospheric health to wellness; natural ecosystems to small businesses; global security to neighborhood food insecurity; and international policy to individual decision-making—while exacerbating underlying patterns of inequality. The Mike and Nina Patterson Science Symposium will explore these interconnected issues through sessions investigating global climate systems and climate disasters, public policy, health, climate justice and activism, and methods of adaptation and remediation.

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