Faculty & Research
Faculty & Research
- 2020
- Book Chapter
Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build
By: John D. Macomber
| As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,...
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- 2020
- Working Paper
Measuring the Cost of Corporate Water Usage
By: DG Park, George Serafeim and T. Robert Zochowski
| We develop a methodology that calculates the impact that organizations have on the environment through their water consumption relating to water stress risk. Using the methodology, we derive estimates for four companies that show how assumptions on the geographic...
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- September–October 2020
- Harvard Business Review
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
By: George Serafeim
| Until the mid-2010s few investors paid attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data—information about companies’ carbon footprints, labor policies, board makeup, and so forth. Today the data is widely used by investors. How can organizations create...
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- 2020
- Foundations and Trends® in Accounting
Research on Corporate Sustainability: Review and Directions for Future Research
By: Jody Grewal and George Serafeim
| We review the literature on corporate sustainability and provide directions for future research. Our review focuses on three actions: measuring, managing and communicating corporate sustainability performance. Measurement is the least developed of the three and...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
How to Launch a New Biosciences Product: Start Small or Dive in?
Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang
| C16 Biosciences wants to replace palm oil, a major contributor to deforestation, with a lab-grown substitute. But CEO Shara Ticku faces a tough decision in bringing the product to market. Jeff Bussgang discusses his case study.
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- September 2020
- Case
GreenFire Energy, 2020: Geothermal Innovation
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
| In June 2020, GreenFire Energy Inc. (GreenFire) presented its report to the California Energy Commission indicating that its proof of concept project to demonstrate its new geothermal electricity generation technology, ECO2G , had been a success. While conventional...
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- September 3, 2020
- Harvard Business Review (website)
How to Measure a Company’s Real Impact
By: Ronald Cohen and George Serafeim
| Impact transparency will reshape capitalism. By shifting the pursuit of profit away from negligently creating problems to purposefully creating valuable solutions for the world, it will redefine success, so that its measure is not just money, but the positive impact we...
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- August 2020
- Case
Chesapeake Conservancy: Democratizing Data to Protect 30% of the Planet by 2030
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ankita Panda
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- August 2020
- Teaching Material
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
| This Note has two parts. The first part (A) explores how US private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly available information...
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- August 2020
- Teaching Material
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
| This is the second part of a two-part note. The first part (A) explores how US private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly...
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- 29 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Two Case Studies on the Financing of Forest Conservation
by Andrew Baxter, Connor Cash, Josh Lerner, and Ratnika Prasad
| Case studies about The Conservation Fund and Sonen Capital highlight three broad lessons about fresh approaches to the ownership and management of forestland.
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