Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College Business & Environment Initiative
The BEI Team 2 Michael Toffel BEI Faculty Chair Marina Jokic BEI Coordinator Jennifer Nash BEI Director
Mission & Strategy 3 The Business and Environment Initiative seeks to deepen our collective understanding of the urgent environmental challenges confronting business leaders and to help them use the tools of business to design effective solutions. The BEI aspires to help leaders create the economic and political institutions that will enable firms and societies to thrive while maintaining the physical and biological systems on which they depend. We work toward this mission by engaging with: Faculty – to catalyze research and leverage its impact Students – to educate and support future business leaders Alumni – to highlight inspiring work and create connections External constituents – to share HBS contributions and to learn
Environmental Issues Are Key for Businesses RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS 4 REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION LARGE-SCALE RISKS DESIGN INSPIRATION NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INVESTOR CONCERNS SAFETY, ETHICS AND LICENSE TO OPERATE
Curriculum integration within the First Year FIRST-YEAR CURRICULUM Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change, Technology & Operations Management BASIX (Abridged), Finance I Cree Inc.: Introducing the LED Light Bulb, Marketing International Carbon Finance and EcoSecurities, Finance I Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting, Leadership & Corporate Accountability Tesla Motors, Strategy The Pepsi Refresh Project: A Thirst for Change, Marketing Zipcar: Refining the Business Model, The Entrepreneurial Manager We are working with students and faculty to further define core environmental concepts, and to identify and bridge gaps in the RC. 5 Environment-related cases recently taught in the required curriculum (RC) include:
Second-Year Electives ( ) CORE BUSINESS & ENVIRONMENT COURSES Building Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure Immersive Field Course: Africa; Building Cities Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems KEY INDUSTRY VERTICALS Innovating in Energy Agribusiness 6 OTHER RELATED COURSES Business at the Base of the Pyramid Creating Value in Business and Government Entrepreneurial Finance Field Course: Social Innovation Lab Retailing
Extracurricular Programs & Events 7 Alumni Mentor Program Faculty Lunches Student Advisory Board Lunch & Learn with BEI Faculty Conferences
Career and Professional Development Cleantech 101 Professional Perspectives Day Personalized career coaching 8
Notable Alumni 9 Warren Adams (MBA 1995), Patagonia Sur David Blood (MBA 1985), Generation Investment Management Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982), CEO of General Electric Henry M. Paulson Jr. (MBA 1970), The Paulson Institute John Replogle (MBA 1993), CEO of Seventh Generation Carter Roberts (MBA 1988), CEO of World Wildlife Fund Mark Tercek (MBA 1984), CEO of The Nature Conservancy
10 Faculty Affiliates
Faculty Affiliates continued: 11