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- 15 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change
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HBS - Key Metrics
Sold 17,773,000 16,726,000 15,392,000 15,209,000 14,539,000 Harvard ManageMentor Active Users 8,810,000 7,384,000 6,061,000 5,037,000 2,837,000 HBR.org Average Monthly Users 9,902,000 11,239,000 11,787,000 9,956,000 6,916,000 Sustainability CY2022 CY2021 CY2020 CY2019...
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Campus & Culture | About
Campus & Culture Take A Tour A Vital Residential Community A Campus Built on Philanthropy A Commitment to Sustainability 76% Reduction in waste, CY 2021 59% Reduction in GHG emissions, CY 2021 17 LEED certified buildings, CY 2021...
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Papers in progress
- “The ‘Carbon Club’: Oil Companies, Climate Change & the Shaping of Public Policy”. Conspiracy theories abound, but the roles of the major oil companies in influencing public policy on climate change remain largely obscure. This... View Details
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HBS - Key Metrics
CY2018 GHG Emissions6 (metric tons of CO2 equivalent) 9,098 9,103 11,562 11,614 Energy (kbtu)7 121,948,442 122,569,467 150,713,824 152,538,748 Water (100 cubic feet)8 32,735 40,754 51,025 48,626 Municipal Solid Waste (tons)9 204 196 394...
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A Commitment to Sustainability | About
A Commitment to Sustainability We are addressing the challenges and opportunities of sustainability leadership through campus operations and community engagement. Harvard Office of Sustainability 76% Reduction in waste, CY 2021 59% Reduction in View Details
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Featured Research - Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society
operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P 500 now issue some form of environmental, social, and governance report, almost always including an estimate of the company’s GHG emissions.
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
the principles leads to rigorous measurement and auditing of the offsets, enabling trading markets to develop to encourage new investment in assets and technologies that remove GHG from the atmosphere and sequester them indefinitely....
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- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
sustainable development and GHG reduction. TS Conductor is backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, National Grid, and NextEra. Jake's role prior to HBS was an Army Special Operations Officer. Hazel Tan (MBA 2024, Section D), Summer...
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- 15 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
health and well-being, and culture and learning. After Harvard achieved its 30% GHG reduction goal (and HBS achieved a 47% reduction!), the University launched a separate Climate Action Plan, which includes the goals of being fossil fuel...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
net-zero emissions by 2040. In the interim, we are targeting absolute GHG reductions of more than 40 percent by 2030. From the way we source our crops to the energy we use in creating and distributing our products, we are taking...
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Transportation - Business & Environment
contributions are even greater; in the U.S., transportation is the top GHG contributor. [37] Transportation infrastructure--roads, bridges, airports, and ports-- is particularly at risk of disruption from climate change. Flooding, storms,...
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Global Climate Change
Emission: GHG Emissions Accounting 101 View Details
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Policy - Business & Environment
survey by Yale and George Mason University: 87 % of people surveyed supported investments in renewable energy (infrastructure and research) 82 % supported regulating GHG emissions (requiring companies to limit their pollution) 72 %...
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Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond
levels. We have made steady progress toward our goals. In 2021, as part of Harvard's University-wide goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, HBS achieved a 59% reduction in GHG emissions (including growth) along with a 39%...
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- 16 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society
implications of not meeting the 1.5 degree goal, as outlined by the IPCC. The talk coincided with President Biden’s announcement that the US has set a target to achieve a 50-52% reduction in GHG pollution (from 2005 levels), which...
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- 17 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
health and well-being, and culture and learning. After Harvard achieved its 30% GHG reduction goal (and HBS achieved a 47% reduction!), the University launched a separate Climate Action Plan, which includes the goals of being fossil fuel...
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
leaks and implementing more robust strategies to recover, recycle, and destroy refrigerants at the end of their useful life can mitigate climate change impacts. [43] Cement The manufacturing of cement generates 5%–6% of global GHG...
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- 25 Mar 2022
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ClimateCAP 2022
developing, supporting, and progressing solutions to address the climate crisis. In the Food & Agriculture breakout panel, the likes of Indigo Ag, Apeel Sciences, and Benson Hill discussed the importance of thinking about solutions within the food system, which...
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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment
and cooling and deploying resilient infrastructure designed to withstand the impacts of climate change. 40% of GHG reductions required by 2050 could be achieved through energy efficiency, according to the International Energy Agency. [35]...
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