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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
only the costs for capital, labor, and traded goods but also social costs like the effect of air pollution on health or even the value people derive from the continued survival of an endangered species. At...
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Judith A. Ross
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
their cars’ batteries to the grid during the trial period between 2019-2020, Erika explained. Because of its local air pollution, China is the strongest market for EVs, Erika said. She credited China’s two-front strategy to prepare the...
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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
industries predicted dire economic consequences from the 1970 Clean Air Act-including the end of the automobile and "irreparable damage" to the America economy. Yet history has shown that industry responses often hugely overestimate the...
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- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
Twenty-five years ago, the average businessperson did not need to think too much about the environment. Although there was concern over clean air and water, safe food, and an intact ozone layer, people didn't summon the words "the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
emissions, restructuring the urban environment can have an enormous positive impact on the global climate. Within a relatively contained geographic space, a city's "inputs" of water, transportation infrastructure, energy and breathable View Details
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
pollutants that cause climate change. Transitioning to fossil-fuel free energy sources for these processes, improving efficiency and reducing waste, and bringing low-carbon alternatives to market could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
structures that we occupy. The authors make the case that the characteristics of where we live and work—things like air quality, acoustics, and lighting—have a massive impact on our physical and mental health, and lay the foundations for...
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- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
several very large companies cannot, on their own, get us there. In fact, historically, no big environmental problem, from air and water pollution to acid rain or ozone depletion, has ever been solved by...
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by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
balance are our priorities,” says Yang. Pro-worker and pro-environment policies aren’t just a social good at Esquel. “They save money and strengthen our competitive advantage,” notes Yang. For example, polluted water impedes the...
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- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
government incentives to bolster their arguments. This view was characterized by Mark Townsend Cox, who commented, "I can count almost twenty methods of creating electricity without burning something, every one of which is essentially an infinite resource that...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
widely used would reduce the amount of fossil fuel we ultimately burn. Taken together, these developments perhaps serve as a snapshot of the environmental landscape today. On the one hand, scientific indicators continue to warn of the long-term effects of air, water,...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
the Arctic. There are multibillion-dollar mineral reserves — copper, zinc, gold, diamonds, lead — as well. Most people don’t know that FedEx and UPS have very large hubs in Alaska and that most of the world’s international air cargo now...
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- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
public spaces that will absorb carbon and provide cooler ground temperatures for local populations to electrifying two- and three-wheel transportation to mitigate air pollution in major cities, there are so...
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- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
levels of related expertise; (ii) subsidiaries exhibit significant heterogeneity in this expertise; and (iii) the subsidiaries are more diversified and less concentrated. We examine the efforts to diffuse pollution prevent practices...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
properties. “They are in waterproof jackets, bike chain grease, ski wax, and even some fast-food containers and popcorn bags.” The risks, experts say, are that PFAS are “forever chemicals” and can stay in water or the air for hundreds of...
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- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
maintenance and repair with specific curriculum focused to get a workforce up and running within weeks. Urban Energy - this Brooklyn-based company installs solar panels with the goal of accelerating clean distributed energy adoption among NYC building owners. Aclima –...
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- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Environmentalists find the private sector increasingly receptive to their message (or pressure). Numerous companies know that reducing waste, recycling, and avoiding pollution makes economic sense. When Home Depot encouraged two of...
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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
the conditions under which P-Will would work—and not work? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-058 BreezoMeter: Making Air Pollution Data...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Pittsburgh had a second act (or third, counting the city's reversal from untenable air and water pollution levels in the 1940s). Pittsburgh's recovery offers a potential model for Detroit. It went on to...
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
speeds with variable coverage, and airlines desperate for a next-generation air traffic control system to reduce delays and fuel burn, why is it so hard to get public support for long-term infrastructure investments? There is an...
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