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HBS Cases
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Middlebury College: Energy2028

In 2018, Middlebury College’s board of trustees is considering a proposal called Energy2028 that would push the small, liberal arts and sciences college in Vermont to become a net zero carbon emitter, decrease energy usage by 25%, divest fossil fuels from its endowment, and build new educational programming focused on energy and climate change.

  • Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Renewable Energy
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Steven Adler
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Sustainability and Risk Management in Business (MGT 376)

This course explores how strategic awareness and risk management influence the relationship between the business,
environment, and society. Students will learn to identify and manage risks associated with sustainability initiatives
through project-based learning. The course highlights the critical role of strategic planning and risk assessment in the
management of projects and their impact to business sustainability in a complex global landscape

  • Topics on: Decision, Risk, and Operations

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MIT Teaching
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Vermont City Electric

In late 2008, Vermont City Electric (VCE), a municipal electric utility company, needed to determine which investments in demand-side management (DSM) programs to undertake in the context of the budget restrictions it faced.

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Social Impact and Sustainability
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ERB Institute
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Tony’s Chocolonely: A Bittersweet Journey to Make Chocolate Slave-Free

Tony’s Chocolonely is a Dutch chocolate company that prides itself on using slave-free labor within its supply chain. However, after it was revealed that the company’s major supplier, Barry Callebaut, used child and slave labor…

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
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ERB Institute
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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
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HBS Cases
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The Bayer—Monsanto Merger: GMOs and ‘Science for a Better Life’

This case allows students to explore the economic, ethical and legal challenges faced by agri-business companies, after several decades of promoting and selling Genetically Modified (GM) crops. Starting in the 1980s, the widespread introduction of GM crops was…
  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Social Impact and Sustainability, Sustainable Food Systems
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HBS Cases
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FIJI Water: Carbon Negative?

Seeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a Carbon Negative campaign that would offset more greenhouse gas emissions than were…
  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Operations, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
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Harvey Michaels
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SSIM: Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid Strategies for a Sustainable Future

5.S05 explores Building Sector Energy and Climate Innovations; such as technologies and services that strategically enhance building efficiency and electrification; incorporate site solar, battery storage, and electric vehicles; and are enabled to integrate with today’s increasingly renewable electric grids. Such innovations provide a foundation for a New Era for Energy Management: technology and business innovations supported by climate-centric public policies as well as a robust Green Capital market. These enable the energy management industry (over $200 billion worldwide) to rapidly grow due to: • Strong economics: with technology and price trends which are positive and dramatic. • Needed for Climate: Large scale energy management is a substantial and essential component of world carbon balance, and with no net cost (positive NPV).

Strong Demand for energy that is Digitized, Decarbonized, and Democratized: especially when market innovations make it costless (up front), riskless, effortless, and for some, a choice as to how and where their energy is produced (Prosumers). With enabling support from the instructors, materials, and assignments, class members examine and reflect on emerging technology, analytic, business, and policy innovations that help achieve today’s imperatives for a sustainable and equitable future. We then consider together strategies that may further advance Energy Management’s impact and benefits

  • Topics on: Behavioral Economics, Climate Justice, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Renewable Energy

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Andrew Hoffman
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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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Frederic SAMAMA
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Capital Market Mobilization for Mitigating Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

Climate change and biodiversity loss are existential threats to the planet, our own health and well-being, and the global economy. The course will identify several key players and leverage points in the capital market and elaborate on whether and how a “systems change” could be achieved to tackle these urgent challenges. In addition to governments and NGOs, the mobilization of capital markets plays a pivotal role. To mobilize capital markets, a thorough understanding of capital markets as well as the mechanisms and obstacles at work is required, as well as innovative solutions that overcome these obstacles. This course will provide a deep dive into several financial innovations that aim to overcome these obstacles and help mobilize capital markets to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss at the system level. In this course, students will learn to think at the system-level, to understand the opportunities and challenges faced in mobilizing capital markets, and to assess concrete obstacles and whether and how financial innovations can bring scalable solutions for the benefit of society.

  • Topics on: Climate Finance, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Decision, Risk, and Operations

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David Rand
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Consumer Behavior

Understanding the behavior of consumers – what choices people will make in a given situation and how those choices can be influenced – is central to marketing, as well as a wide range of other areas including innovation, entrepreneurship, management, and strategy. Furthermore, we are all consumers ourselves, and thus understanding the behavior of consumers helps us to understand – and improve – our own decision-making. In this course, we will explore insights into consumer behavior generated by behavioral economics, cognitive science, and social psychology, and how to translate these insights into action in “real world” settings

  • Topics on: Behavioral Economics, Climate Sustainability, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability

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Witold Henisz
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Kerovka Simulation

The Kerovka simulation is a highly innovative software tool that is used as part of an organised workshop, either in a classroom or in remote format, to deliver an intense experience that helps participants with a wide variety of experience levels to develop skills for dealing with challenges such as managing crisis scenarios, and leading responsibly & sustainably.

  • Topics on: Climate Investing, ESG
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Gernot Wagner
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Climate Knowledge Initiative: Reconsidering Wind

Columbia Business School’s Climate Knowledge Initiative provides business leaders with the curated, actionable knowledge needed to pick investable and scalable green technologies, while unapologetically flagging areas where business and public interests diverge.

This PPT deck and PDF provides a deep dive into wind.

  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Energy

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HBS Cases
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Patagonia

Patagonia was deeply committed to the environment. This commitment, at times, conflicted with the company’s goal to create the most innovative products in its industry. Patagonia’s founder and executives welcomed imitation of both its environmental commitment…
  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy
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ERB Institute
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Chevron and Chad: A Pipeline Dream?

Chevron Corporation invested in a Chadian-Cameroon oil pipeline consortium in the early 2000s. The project was extremely profitable through the decade, but it was subjected to claims of human rights violations that left a…

  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Policy, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Social Impact and Sustainability, Statistics
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IESE Darden
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The Marriott Corporation Human Resources Department (a): Managing a Low-Wage Work Force

The Marriott Corporation, family owned and run, has always had a nonunion stance. Its “welfare-to-work” programs have angered unions but have also created a more reliable low-wage workforce. These cases (see also the B case, UVA-E-0130) deal with the company’s efforts to reduce turnover in its low-wage positions (thus saving money), help those on welfare find employment, and maintain its traditionally high standards of operation.

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Social Impact and Sustainability
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Haas CRB
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General Mills: Driving Food Systems Change through Regenerative Agriculture

In 2019, global food company General Mills committed to advancing regenerative agriculture on one million acres of farmland by 2030. It was a risky proposal because a supply chain for regeneratively-grown ingredients doesn’t exist and the company doesn’t own the acreage.

  • Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Social Impact and Sustainability, Sustainable Food Systems
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change (Abridged)

Arcadia Biosciences is seeking to introduce genetically modified rice to China that will lower farmers’ costs and generate environmental benefits through reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology…
  • Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Operations, Statistics
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