Explore Materials

  1. Home
  3. Explore

Discover climate course materials and resources.

Search the shared repository of simulations, case descriptions and course syllabi to enhance your own climate-related teaching.

Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA
Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY–not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Initially proposed six years ago, in 2001, the wind farm…
  • Topics on: Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
TH!NK: The Norwegian Electric Car Company
On August 1, 2007, 61-year-old Jan-Olaf Willums’ plane was flying along the Greenland coastline on his way back to Norway after intense discussions with several prominent U.S. venture capital investors, among them Kleiner Perkins and Rockport Capital Partners,…
  • Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
GE’s Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project
In September 2003, Jeff Immelt challenged the business leaders at GE to come up with “Imagination Breakthroughs,” innovative new projects that would serve as the centerpiece of GE’s organic growth initiative. Follows the company as these changes are driven…
  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
BASIX
BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if measured rainfall during the growing season falls below a pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah,…
  • Topics on: Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
Supergrid
Supergrid is a mammoth wind-power development scheme for Europe, recently proposed by Airtricity. This firm, founded in 1997, is a fast-growing power-development company focused on wind. Already having built about 600 megawatts of wind turbines in…
  • Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
Akin Ongor’s Journey
A retired bank CEO, one of Turkey’s most admired leaders, wants to start a leadership institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance…
  • Topics on: Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough
In the years since independence, tiny, landlocked Botswana has gone from being one of the world’s poorest nations to becoming a stable, prosperous state, blessed with the highest sustained growth rate in the world. This case highlights the role that foreign direct…
  • Topics on: Business Analytics, Climate Tech
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
United Grain Growers Limited (A)
United Grain Growers Ltd. (UGG), a Canadian grain distributor, audited its exposure to a number of key risks, especially the impact of weather on grain volumes and operating income. Understanding these risks was crucial because the company was in…
  • Topics on: Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
Picture of HBS Cases
HBS Cases
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
China (C): Energy and the Environment
Describes energy and environmental policy in China during the period 1980-1993. China has implemented ambitious plans for electrification and the substitution of fossil fuels (mostly coal) for biomass. The environmental consequences of these changes, at the local…
  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech
Picture of ERB Institute
ERB Institute
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
BP: Beyond Petroleum?

British Petroleum (BP), one of the world’s largest oil companies, had spent over $200 million rebranding itself as environmentally responsible, with the tagline “Beyond Petroleum.” However, after the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, the company’s name seemed to be permanently tarnished.

  • Topics on: Climate Justice, Climate Sustainability, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability
Picture of ERB Institute
ERB Institute
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
Alcoa: The Race to Light-weighting (Spanish)

The race to lightweighting is well underway with the introduction of the aluminum body Ford F150. Raj Reddy, vice president of strategy for global rolled products at Alcoa, one of the biggest aluminum manufacturers in the…

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
Picture of ERB Institute
ERB Institute
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
Alcoa: The Race to Light-weighting

The race to lightweighting is well underway with the introduction of the aluminum body Ford F150. Raj Reddy, vice president of strategy for global rolled products at Alcoa, one of the biggest aluminum manufacturers in the…

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
Picture of ERB Institute
ERB Institute
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
The Clorox Company Goes Green

Finalist and 3rd Place winner in the 2011 Oikos Casewriting Competition In early 2008, Clorox released a new line of environmentally friendly cleaning products called GreenWorks. Following the success of smaller…

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
Picture of ERB Institute
ERB Institute
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
H&M’s Global Supply Chain Management Sustainability: Factories and Fast Fashion

The H&M case is set immediately after the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh. The case explores questions of who is to blame and how it should be addressed. There is no guarantee that H&M garment manufacturing had not been subcontracted to one of the factories…

  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
Picture of ERB Institute
ERB Institute
  • Case Description
Sign in to View Material
Harley-Davidson Purchase (B): Role of the Seller

This is going to be your last Harley-Davidson! You’ve had enough. You’re tired of the oil stain in your garage and the joke about why it’s there: “How do you know when your Harley needs oil? When it stops leaking!” You bought…

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics