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The University of Michigan Endowment Fund: Divesting from Fossil Fuels

This case analyzes the University of Michigan (U-M) Endowment Fund’s capability and potential responsibility to divest from fossil fuels. Similar educational institutions, such as the University of California system, had cut fossil fuels from their portfolios, posing the question of whether U-M President Mark Schlissel would be able to do the same amid the university’s stakeholder pressures.

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Corporate Sustainability Strategy
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ERB Institute
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Molten Metal Technology (A)

This case describes Molten Metal Technology’s beginnings and its new technologies, the impact of regulation on its business, environmental implications, the waste cleanup and disposal industry, and Molten Metal Technology’s…

  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
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Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets

In 2007, Bunge, an agribusiness company, had over $26 billion in worldwide sales and was considered, along with Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), one of three very integrated worldwide agribusiness companies. Headquartered in White Plains, NY,…
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Yale SOM
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Millennium Maize Mills

After Mozambique’s independence in 1975 from nearly five centuries of Portuguese rule, the country’s development continued to be hindered by large-scale emigration, drought, and a brutal 15-year-old civil war. Beyond the emotional and social scars that continued…

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Edward Lundberg and the Rockville Building: Energy Efficiency Finance in Commercial Real Estate

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…
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Sustainable Tea at Unilever

Unilever’s Lipton Tea had been successful with the first phase of its certification partnership with Rainforest Alliance. Now the company faced challenges in how to push forward with the transformation of more difficult parts of the supply chain and how…
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Sustainability at Millipore

This case describes Millipore Corporation’s approach to becoming a more environmentally sustainable company. As he prepared for his quarterly meeting with the CEO, the Director of Sustainability needed to develop positions on several issues. Tactically,…
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ERB Institute
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Interface’s Net-Works Program: A New Approach to Creating Social Value through Sustainable Sourcing

Interface ranks among the top three manufacturers in the carpet industry, measured by revenues per year. Through its sustainability program, the company has achieved astounding results. Still, while Interface has made…

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Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency

Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and…

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Codevasf

With many countries facing scarcity of freshwater and farmable land, Brazil decided to leverage its wealth of both resources to attract global agribusiness players to the historically poor Sao Francisco Valley (SFV) in the country’s northeast. To do so, Brazil…
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Woolf Farming and Processing

Woolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California’s Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought on by a combination of drought, poor quality well water and unavailability of surface water due to federally…
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ERB Institute
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SC Johnson and the Greenlist Backlash

This case centers on SC Johnson’s CEO, H. Fisk Johnson, and his decision on how to move forward with Greenlist™ after the settlement of two lawsuits. SC Johnson developed the ingredient improvement process Greenlist™…

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Husk Power

In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team…
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