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HBS for Life

As a lifelong member of the HBS community, you have access to insights, training, expertise, and support from faculty and fellow alumni that will help you navigate opportunities and challenges throughout your life and journey.

Balancing Profitability and Social Accountability

Professors Debora Spar and George Serafeim discuss ways to develop an action plan to drive and measure performance improvement on key environmental and social issues.

Big Ideas from Klarman Hall

Watch recent videos featuring HBS faculty members, alumni, and other subject experts addressing timely topics on business and society, recorded live in Klarman Hall. Includes presentations from the 2022 Fall Reunions and other events.

Career Coaching for You, for Free

An HBS career coach can guide your career development and job search process through six free coaching sessions per year, including self-assessment, interviewing prep, and offer negotiation tips.

Keep Learning with Alumni Virtual Programs

Expand your knowledge and skills with online programs led by HBS faculty and other subject experts. View videos of recent sessions from Alumni Programs, HBS Clubs, HBS Initiatives, and other partners.

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19 May 2023
HBS Business & Environment Initiative

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

Where to find rays of sunshine amid the gloomy news about our planet.

11 Apr 2023
HBS Cold Call Podcast

A Rose by Any Other Name: Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Flower Industry

Sian Flowers ships its products by ocean to save money and energy, but is a flower that travels halfway around the world truly a “low-carbon rose”?

Re: Willy C. Shih (Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration); Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management)

16 Mar 2023
BiGS - HBS Business and Global Society Institute

Collaborating for Climate

Professor Peter Tufano discusses why collaboration is necessary to combat climate change.

Re: Peter Tufano (Baker Foundation Professor)

28 Feb 2023
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative

The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship

Lyndia Downie, longtime executive director of the Pine Street Inn, and current board chair Lorn Davis discuss the critical role of board chairs and their relationship with the executive director in advancing impact.

Re: Amelia Angella (MBA 2001)

13 Feb 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

More companies than ever use ESG reports to showcase their social consciousness. But are these disclosures meaningful or just marketing?

Re: Ethan C. Rouen (Assistant Professor of Business Administration)

14 Dec 2022
HBS Climate Rising Podcast

Nature-based Carbon Removal: DroneSeed’s Reforestation Model

Grant Canary, CEO of DroneSeed, on how his startup has developed a business model to address both climate and financial risk.

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management)

14 Dec 2022
Financial Times

How to Pay Executives in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism

Soaring executive pay is prompting resistance from those who believe business should play a role in shaping a fairer, more equitable society.

Re: Lynn S. Paine (Baker Foundation Professor John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita)

13 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Programs

Balancing Profitability and Social Accountability

Professors Debora Spar and George Serafeim discuss ways to develop an action plan to drive and measure performance improvement on key environmental and social issues.

Re: George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management)

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

New institute will elevate the study of how to build a more inclusive economy

Re: Michael Chu (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); Robin J. Ely (Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management); By: April White

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

Visiting Fellows to explore racial equity issues in 2022–2023

Re: Drew Keller (MBA 2022); David A. Thomas (Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management); Robin J. Ely (Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

Institute to amplify the work of the Business and Environment Initiative

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management); George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration); Peter Tufano (Baker Foundation Professor); Rebecca M. Henderson (John and Natty McArthur University Professor (Leave of Absence)); Shirley Lu (Assistant Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Contributing to a Better Future

HBS institute furthers the study of business’s role in confronting societal challenges

Re: Drew Keller (MBA 2022); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management); By: April White

25 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Companies Can Partner with Nonprofits

Done well, these partnerships can boost growth, shareholder value, and societal impact.

16 Nov 2022
HBS Climate Rising Podcast

US DOE’s Jigar Shah & the State of Carbon Removal

Director of the Loans Program Office shares some of the technical and finance challenges and opportunities of carbon removal solutions.

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management)

14 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

Startups Need an ESG Strategy

Be aware of the material risks and opportunities in your industry, which is essentially what a careful ESG strategy provides.

09 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

From Droughts to Floods, Water Risk Is an Urgent Business Issue

New regulations are forcing companies to confront the issue.

02 Nov 2022
HBS Climate Rising Podcast

McKinsey's Climate Consulting

How the company works with its clients to address climate risk and find opportunities through its pillars of net-zero strategy, green business building, decarbonization transformation, net-zero financial institutions, and sustainable investing.

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management)

26 Oct 2022
Harvard Business Review

Climate Risk Is Growing. Is Your Company Prepared?

Four steps for protecting your property - prioritize, transfer, avoid, or minimize - before the next “big one” hits.

Re: John D. Macomber (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

16 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

As Climate Risk Grows, So Will Costs for Small Businesses

Lessons in risk management based on research on Texas businesses affected by Hurricane Harvey.

11 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

Why Companies Aren't Living Up to Their Climate Pledges

With many organizations struggling to deliver on their climate commitments, here are five remedies to get back on track.