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Business & Environment Initiative

September 8, 2015

The BEI Team

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Forest L. Reinhardt BEI Faculty Co-Chair

John D. Black Professor of Business Administration

Rebecca M. HendersonBEI Faculty Co-Chair

John and Natty McArthur University Professor

Libby HamerConsultant

Marina JokicBEI Coordinator

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Mission & Strategy

The mission of the Business and Environment Initiative is to deepen business leaders' understanding of today's environmental challenges and to assist them in developing effective solutions.

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

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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 RC

FIRST-YEAR CURRICULUM 2014-2015

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

Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa, Marketing

Outotec (A): Project Capture, Marketing

Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces, Technology and Operations Management

Tesla Motors, Strategy

The Pepsi Refresh Project: A Thirst for Change, Marketing

Urban Water Partners (A), Financial Reporting and Control

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.

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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

Energy

Agribusiness

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OTHER RELATED COURSES Building & Sustaining a Successful Enterprise

Business at the Base of the Pyramid

Entrepreneurial Finance

Field Course: Social Innovation Lab

Operations Strategy: Managing Growth

Real Property

The Role of Government in Market Economies

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Extracurricular Programs & Events

Speaker Series

Alumni Mentor Program

Student Advisory Board

Lunch & Learn with BEI Faculty

Harvard Climate Week

Conferences

Career and Professional Development

Cleantech 101

Professional Perspectives Day

Personalized career coaching

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Notable Alumni

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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

Faculty Affiliates

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