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HBS Working Knowledge April 26, 2011 |
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day Companies are caught in an economic dilemma when it comes to being responsible stewards of the environment. Society wants them to be efficient in their use of natural resources and to do as little damage as possible to the environment. |
Fast Company March 2006 Giller & Roberts |
Resources: The Revolution Begins Businesses large and small are finally seeing the green light. |
HBS Working Knowledge October 19, 2011 Garry Emmons |
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future Harvard Business School faculty are thinking along with government leaders and business practitioners about how to create sustainable places to live and work. |
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2009 Adam Hadhazy |
How the Manufacturing Sector Can Curtail Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increasing efficiency, which reduces emissions, also improves the bottom line, and so the manufacturing industry has already begun to think creatively about its sizable carbon footprint. |
Geotimes April 2007 Peter Rogers |
Drinking Water for All: A 21st Century Challenge Across Africa and much of the developing world, water is a precious commodity. Providing safe potable water supplies is a nonstop challenge, and will only become more of a challenge as the climate changes. |
Food Processing September 2008 Diane Toops |
Food and Beverage Companies Go Green Consumers are making choices based on sustainability efforts; here's what the top food and beverage companies are doing. |
Wired May 2006 Alex Nikolai Steffen |
The Next Green Revolution How technology is leading environmentalism in the United States out of the anti-business, anti-consumer wilderness. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 28, 2010 |
Earth Day Reflections Harvard Business School professors Robert G. Eccles, Rebecca Henderson, and Richard H.K. Vietor shared their views on the sustainability-related challenges and opportunities facing today's business leaders. |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz |
The Pros and Cons of Alternative Energy Learn how to weigh the merits of non-conventional power sources in manufacturing. |
Reason July 2000 David R. Henderson |
Save the Environment, and Get Rich Book: Natural Capitalism, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins |
HBS Working Knowledge November 15, 2012 Lisa Chase |
Funding the Design of Livable Cities As a burgeoning global population migrates to the world's urban centers, it's crucial to design livable cities that function with scarce natural resources. The critical connection between real estate financing and innovative design in the built environment is discussed. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 24, 2014 |
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective) How can business leaders cut through the noise and actively address climate change from an economic perspective? John Macomber proposes a list of ABCs. |
Reason October 2005 |
Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business A debate featuring Milton Friedman, Whole Foods' John Mackey, and Cypress Semiconductor's T.J. Rodgers in which these men lay out their personal vision of the social responsibility of business. |
Salon.com September 18, 2000 Jim Fisher |
Poison PCs Lead, mercury, chromium -- that's what computers are made of. So why aren't electronics makers keeping them out of landfills? |
Entrepreneur November 2001 Joseph Conlin |
Natural Order Customers get their products, clients get their services -- but the environment is still waiting on its big shipment of respect... |
Outside June 2008 Elizabeth Hightower |
The Upside of Downturn Could a tanking economy actually be great for the planet? |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
This Common-Sense Change Makes Good Business Strategy Many companies are going green, but still struggling with how to get there. |
InternetNews April 1, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Friedman Calls for an Energy Tech Revolution While the IT revolution has delivered wealth and efficiency to the world economy, we need a new technological revolution, and it must be led by the U.S., the pundit said. |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2007 Ralph Keller |
Continuous Improvement -- What's This Sustainability Stuff All About? Manufacturers are discovering there are many good business reasons for focusing on profit, people and the planet. |
HBS Working Knowledge October 3, 2011 Michael Blanding |
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit Every manufacturing process leaves waste, but Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Deishin Lee believes much of this left-behind material can be put to productive and profitable use. |
BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Jay Greene |
Taking Tiny Loans To The Next Level An idea, not a person, was the most powerful force in philanthropy in 2006. |