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Sarvajal: Water for All

Entrepreneur wrestles with business model using SMS and RFID technology, franchising, and leasing to rapidly grow off-the-grid water purification business without subsidies. The company seeks to provide potable water services to rural and urban India where…
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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…
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Aspen Skiing Company (A)

Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering “greening” its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen’s…
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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…
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U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the “Valley of Death”

The case focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the $38 billion of stimulus funding the DOE received to encourage clean tech. They focus on “bridging the valley of death” (i.e., helping young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very…
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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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1366 Technologies

Just months after declaring their intent to become a solar cell equipment supplier, van Mierlo and Sachs were again revisiting the issue of what the company should be. Becoming a successful solar cell manufacturer would potentially be much more lucrative…
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Suntech Power

Suntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the world. About 90 percent of its sales have been in Europe—especially Germany and Spain. But with its new “pluto” technology, and with new governmental…
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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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VeeV on the Rocks?

Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world’s first alcoholic beverage infused with acai berries. Brothers Courtney and Carter Reum founded VeeV in 2007 and the…
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Colbún—Powering Chile

This case is about Colbún, Chile’s second largest electricity generator, which is facing significant uncertainty regarding the cost and availability of alternative energy sources. Problems with the contracted supply of natural gas and the volatility of oil prices, coupled…
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Cook Composites and Polymers Co.

This case describes how a company improves resource efficiency and process quality in its manufacturing process by developing a waste by-product into a new product. The case describes how CCP cleans production equipment between batches using styrene, which…
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The Suzlon Edge

With prices of oil, coal and gas at historically high levels, the wind industry had installed more than 20,000 MW of wind energy, representing a $37 billion investment in 2007. Besides high prices, wind energy represented a solution for consumers seeking an energy…
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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…
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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,…
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