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- 13 Nov 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Nadkarni (MBA 1988), Senior Advisor, OCGI Climate Investments Jayant Sinha (MBA 1992), Member of the Indian Parliament and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance Dan Stephens Senior Partner,...
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- Web
Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
experience. Ishita Sen: Winner of the 2022 European Finance Association Best Paper Prize in Responsible Finance for "Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and...
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- 2020
- 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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Macomber, John D. "Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build." In Climate Change: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review. Vol. 12. HBR Insights Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
with Amram Migdal (a former research associate) and Mike Lynch (MBA 2017) for the Business, Government, and the International Economy class to help students explore the impact of policymaking on business around climate change. The case...
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- 05 Nov 2014
- News
Divestment Alone Won’t Beat Climate Change
- June 2022
- Case
PFA Pensions: The Climate Plus Product
By: Daniel Green, Victoria Ivashina and Alys Ferragamo
The case explores whether alternative investments play a unique role in achieving low carbon dioxide emissions at the portfolio level. This case is set in April of 2020 and follows Kasper Ahrndt Lorenzen, Chief Investment Officer, and Peter Tind Larsen, Head of...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Carbon Footprint;
Alternative Assets;
Alternative Investment Vehicles;
Pension Fund Investing;
Private Equity;
Renewable Energy;
Investment Portfolio;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Denmark
Green, Daniel, Victoria Ivashina, and Alys Ferragamo. "PFA Pensions: The Climate Plus Product." Harvard Business School Case 222-088, June 2022.
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
under-conceptualized. That’s why the subject of climate and peace matters so much for business.” Ms. Grande continued: “There’s currently no global cooperation on a range of climate issues that impact...
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- April 22, 2021
- Article
Shareholders Are Pressing for Climate Risk Disclosures. That's Good for Everyone
By: Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel and Kala Viswanathan
Does shareholder activism induce firms to voluntarily disclose climate change risks? And how do markets respond to these disclosures? New research finds that the extent of climate-risk disclosure increases by approximately 4.6% for each environment-related proposal...
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Keywords:
Reporting;
Transparency;
Activism;
Shareholder Activism;
Shareholder Engagement;
Climate Change;
Corporate Disclosure;
Investment Activism;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholders Are Pressing for Climate Risk Disclosures. That's Good for Everyone." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 22, 2021).
- 2023
- Working Paper
When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets
By: Pari Sastry, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva
This paper studies how homeowners insurance markets respond to growing climate losses and how this impacts mortgage market dynamics. Using Florida as a case study, we show that traditional insurers are exiting high risk areas, and new lower quality insurers are...
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Natural Disasters;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Insurance Industry;
Florida
Sastry, Pari, Ishita Sen, and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva. "When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-051, February 2024. (SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 4674279, December 2023.)
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week
develop solutions—scalable and profitable business models and services bettering the lives of people,” said Professor George Serafeim at the opening of the Accelerating Climate Solutions alumni conference at the Harvard Business School...
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- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower Retrofitting buildings in inner cities is just one element of BlocPower’s groundbreaking sustainability strategy. In this episode of Climate Stories,...
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- 22 Jun 2014
- News
Pension funds urged to publish climate risks
- April 2022
- Supplement
PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy
By: Stuart C. Gilson
- October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing
By: George Serafeim, Siko Sikochi and Namrata Arora
The problem was massive: two million hectares of African forests were lost annually to charcoal production for cooking, an area equivalent to 13 times Greater London, resulting in one billion tons of carbon emissions yearly. At the same time, an estimated 700,000...
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Keywords:
Africa;
Clean Tech;
Energy;
Sustainability;
Health;
Digital;
Carbon Credits;
Carbon Offsetting;
Market Design;
Regulation;
Climate Change;
Entrepreneurship;
Energy Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Africa
Serafeim, George, Siko Sikochi, and Namrata Arora. "KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing." Harvard Business School Case 124-022, October 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 01 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond
From the RC’s Finance I discussion on international carbon finance and EcoSecurities, to electives such as Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure, to cases such as “Climate change: Paris, and the...
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Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks - Course Catalog
invest in, advise, or lead organizations in the context of increasing pressures of global urbanization, resource scarcity, and perils relating to climate change. The course takes a finance and real assets...
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Field Course: Climate Solutions Lab - Course Catalog
and readout from the student teams to their project partners. CSL will meet weekly on Thursday's from 310-510pm with class sessions dedicated to project work, and critical climate related topics such as View Details
- 22 Jun 2014
- News
Pension Funds Urged to Publish Climate Risks
- February 2012 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Edward Lundberg and the Rockville Building: Energy Efficiency Finance in Commercial Real Estate
By: John D. Macomber and Frederik Nellemann
A commercial landlord analyzes options for funding and accomplishing energy efficiency retrofit. The situation is complicated by lease terms and uncertain effectiveness of the intervention. Students must grapple with obstacles including changing energy prices,...
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Macomber, John D., and Frederik Nellemann. "Edward Lundberg and the Rockville Building: Energy Efficiency Finance in Commercial Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 212-067, February 2012. (Revised September 2013.)