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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-709019-EArcadia Biosciences is an entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September, 2008. The company had a plan to share carbon credits allocated by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farme...Starting at €8.20
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Marks and Spencer: Plan A
Bell, David E.; Sanghavi, Nitin; Winig, LauraCase HBS-509029-EMarketingMarks & Spencer initiated a comprehensive approach to sustainability (reduction of waste, carbon emissions, fair trade) called Plan A. Does it offer a competitive advantage?Starting at €8.20
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Note on Socially Responsible Investing
Sucher, Sandra J.; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-609060-EThis note describes Socially Responsible Investing, providing a brief history, description of different socially responsible investing approaches, and overview of selected players and institutions involved in the socially responsible investing field. It has been written to provide background for the case study on Generation Investment Management.Starting at €8.20
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Verne Global: Building a Green Data Center in Iceland
Steenburgh, Thomas; Okike, NnamdiCase HBS-509063-EMarketingVerne Global, a pioneering startup created to build the first large-scale data center in Iceland, faces critical challenges regarding its green strategy. Verne Co-Founder Isaac Kato is tasked with evaluating how the company can most successfully market and sell the green components of its service offering. Using only renewable energy in its data center facility, Verne can drastically reduce customers' carbon emissions, enabling customers to meet ...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability at Millipore
Toffel, Michael W.; Lee, KatharineCase HBS-610012-EService and Operations ManagementThis 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, he needed to recommend whether the company should purchase carbon offsets to help meet its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, and whether to continue publicly reporting its greenhouse ga...Starting at €8.20
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Genzyme Center (B)
Toffel, Michael W.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-610009-EService and Operations ManagementGenzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green building rating scheme, the CEO charged the building team with exploring opportunities that would enable the building to earn the highest rating, LEED Platinum. Five additional green bui...Starting at €5.74
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Genzyme Center (C)
Toffel, Michael W.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-610010-EService and Operations ManagementGenzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green building rating scheme, the CEO charged the building team with exploring opportunities that would enable the building to earn the highest rating, LEED Platinum. Five additional green bui...Starting at €5.74
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Sustainability at Millipore, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-610013-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [610012].Starting at €0.00
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Genzyme Center (A), (B) & (C), Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-610011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [610008], [610009]. and [610010].Starting at €0.00
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Herman Miller CEO Brian Walker on meeting sustainability goals - with customers' help (Spanish version)
Walker, Brian; Akresh-Gonzales, JosetteArticle HBS-F0912EStrategyThe CEO of the office furniture maker Herman Miller talks about his ambitious, perhaps impossible-sounding goal of relying completely on green energy by 2010.Starting at €8.20