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- July–August 2000
- Article
What Every Executive Needs to Know about Global Warming
By: Kimberly O'Neill Packard and F. Reinhardt
O'Neill Packard, Kimberly, and F. Reinhardt. "What Every Executive Needs to Know about Global Warming." Harvard Business Review 78, no. 4 (July–August 2000): 128–135.
- 18 Apr 2011
- News
Capitalism Meets Conservation
provide Patagonia’s isolated inhabitants with English education, preventative medical care, conservation and conservation education, and sustainable economic development. The...
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- October 20, 2023
- Article
How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts
Nearly half of CEOs view climate change as affecting their companies now or within the coming decade, but there is also a wide gap between what CEOs say is progress on tackling climate change and what many of their investors believe are effective actions. Companies...
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Climate Change;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Toffel, Michael W. "How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 20, 2023).
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
created a hybrid model where paying clients subsidize the “free” clients. The whole organization, however, is doing only one thing, eye surgery or heart surgery or orthopedic surgery and so on. But to think that an View Details
- August 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Unifying Divisions: Joro's Mission to Preserve the Planet
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Marilyn Morgan Westner
The case focuses on the initial startup team and Founders’ agreements. In March 2018, Sanchali Pal proposed renegotiating the informal founders’ agreement and equity split she and her co-founders had drafted the previous spring. They had been working together for over...
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Founders' Agreements;
Business Startups;
Climate Change;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Conflict Management
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Marilyn Morgan Westner. "Unifying Divisions: Joro's Mission to Preserve the Planet." Harvard Business School Case 820-032, August 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
future research. Specifically, I call for research on the materiality of environmental and social issues for the future financial performance of corporations, the design of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
social and environmental issues? NGOs have become an important element of the global economy and firms should expect to interact with...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51875 2016 Transformational Change in Environmental View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first six months after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
France;
Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-355, August 2021.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first year after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
France;
Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-356, August 2021.
- 20 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)
solutions underway, and did my best to develop an ambitious, actionable strategy plan for MMAC and partners’ consideration. The skills that I am learning at HBS were very helpful in helping me make an...
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- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
firms' social responsibility and sustainability practices. Linguists suggest that obligatory future-time-reference (FTR) in a language reduces the psychological importance of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
the world into a multidimensional crisis. We are not only facing a health crisis, but economic and social crises, too, characterized by rising inequalities on top of an View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
sufficient consumer demand and investor interest. But they did so knowing that if the company could get its product right, grow its sales and geographical footprint, and...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
They also must create value when their inputs and outputs are valued at prevailing market prices: otherwise they cannot stay in business. "Realistic assessments of a country's or firm's sustainability need...
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Judith A. Ross
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
Godrej Group has a huge potential environmental impact, and the mangroves conserved at the company’s HQ serve as a symbol of company’s social and...
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- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
lengthening the lifecycle of each product and reducing landfill waste. This case provides an update on Patagonia's PLI as well as on other company environmental and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
into catalyzing and scaling sustainable solutions. Moreover, the nature of environmental challenges requires problem solving that is no longer strictly in a public or private...
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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
eventually purchased in Observatory Hill was moldy, with terrible indoor-air quality and standing water in the basement. Over the last three years, Harper, through her company, Birchwood Sustainable...
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