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How should Impact America Fund, a prominent early-stage socially-conscious investment think about its ongoing strategy after initial fundraising success?
- Topics on: Economics, Impact, Strategy
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Electra Steel is Sandeep Nijhawan’s brainchild to decarbonize the process of making steel by creating green iron ore.
- Topics on: Operations, Strategy
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Net Zero is now a global megatrend,
but net zero isn’t just a brand, or an expression of science, or indeed a target. It truly is a global megatrend, a race, and also a means to a cleaner, healthier way of life
- Topics on: Strategy
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Two business school professors prepared this exercise for students to focus on the strategic dilemmas for fossil fuel groups
- Topics on: Strategy, Technology
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Republicans’ pushback against ethical investing is hitting sentiment elsewhere
- Topics on: Strategy
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Each of our Erb Institute toolboxes is designed to help you better implement decision-making strategies for sustainability at your company. These toolboxes cover a wide variety of topics and are routinely updated to keep up with changing innovations and trends.
- Topics on: Finance, Investing, Technology
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Each of our Erb Institute toolboxes is designed to help you better implement decision-making strategies for sustainability at your company. These toolboxes cover a wide variety of topics and are routinely updated to keep up with changing innovations and trends.
- Topics on: Finance, Investing, Technology
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This is the play against the computer version of Conscious Capitalism. For the play against classmates version, see https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/MP0015-HTM-ENG. Now available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
The goal of the Conscious Capitalism® Bikes simulation is to develop conscious leaders that build sustainable businesses that benefit all stakeholders. Target Course: Capstone strategy, management, and entrepreneurship for undergraduates and graduates. Students are challenged to operate a conscious business in contrast to the traditional profit-maximizing paradigm. They deal with ethical, environmental, and sustainability issues in addition to the usual management challenges of running a business. It is fun, realistic, relevant, and spirited. Conscious Capitalism® Bikes is a collaborative effort between Conscious Capitalism, Inc and the makers of Marketplace simulations. Game Scenario: Student teams start up an international bicycle company. Two innovative technologies, an economical form of carbon fiber and advanced 3D printers, make it possible to build carbon fiber bikes of any size and shape. The new carbon fiber bikes are still pricey, but more affordable than current models. Will buyers pay the premium for a light weight, really cool, carbon fiber bike tailored to their needs? There is also a new mindset emerging in global commerce, Conscious Capitalism. Will the students take on an expanded goal to become a profitable, conscious business that aligns and harmonizes the interests of employees, customers, suppliers, the community, and shareholders? Instructor Involvement: Instructor/student interaction is encouraged. Students are highly receptive to coaching, targeted lectures, and exercises that enhance their business skills. Student work is online, self-guided with an intuitive interface, built-in instructions, help files, and helpful warnings. There are 6 decision rounds of 2 to 3 hours. Designed for small to medium classes, team or individual play. This product was designed and developed to comply with WCAG 2.0 AA standards.
- Topics on: Finance
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What factors should an alternate energy company consider when deciding whether to operate a project once it has been built?
- Topics on: Finance, Impact, Operations
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What is the strategy that the oil and gas “super majors” are implementing as they transition to net zero?
- Topics on: Economics, Finance, Impact, Strategy
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In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important decision.
- Topics on: Finance, Strategy
- Case Description
ERIC JOHNSON AND DANIEL BARTELS
- Topics on: Finance
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Is nuclear power an attractive alternative for the production of cleaner, low-carbon energy?
- Topics on: Decarbonization, Impact, Operations, Strategy, Technology
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Should an incumbent metal manufacturing company make the change to green steel and how should it address its business model to be successful in its move to carbon neutrality?
- Topics on: Decarbonization, Energy, Impact, Operations, Strategy
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Iron ore + coal = iron + carbon dioxide. This chemical reaction, known long before the invention of the periodic table, is a key part of the steelmaking process and has helped build the modern world. But every tonne of iron generates more than two tonnes of CO₂, giving the iron and steel sector outsize importance in addressing climate change: it is responsible for one-tenth of global annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Greener methods are helping, such as recycling steel and producing iron in furnaces powered by natural gas, a somewhat cleaner fossil fuel than coal. Combined, they offer ways to reduce carbon emissions by as much as 70 per cent. These methods account for nearly a third of global steel production, with the remainder from coal-powered furnaces.
- Topics on: Decarbonization, Energy, Finance
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We have 2 units out of 16 that make up the Programme of the subject. We teach international environmental cases, the evolution of legal protection from isolated species to the concept of sustainable development; the relation between environment and economy and the main international instruments that intend to protect the environment, both general and thematic.
- Topics on: Planning
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Virtual learning series for MBA students.
- Topics on: Planning
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Free, open educational resources from the world’s leading experts on sustainable development
The SDG Academy is the premier source of high-quality resources and guidance on education for the SDGs, with the mandate to enrich the field of sustainable development and advance Agenda 2030
- Topics on: Planning
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- Topics on: Investing
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CarbonSim is an artificial intelligence-enhanced, multi-lingual, multi-user, software application that teaches the principles of emissions trading and brings markets to life. ETS program administrators benefit because it demonstrates that program results are driven by design choices made by policymakers. Industries benefit because it demystifies how to develop and implement a carbon portfolio management strategy.
CarbonSim provides ETS policymakers, regulated companies, NGOs, and the public – with means to train key staff, gain risk-free experience, and collaborate with each other to maximize program benefits. Through experiential and collaborative play, stakeholders come to understand the power and limits of environmental markets and, in the process, become more effective advocates. CarbonSim exercises have been run around the world including in cities throughout China and Mexico, as well as Bangkok, Barcelona, Boston, Durham, New York, Pyeongchang, San Francisco, Santiago, Seoul, and Washington DC.
- Topics on: Decarbonization