Business & Environment Kick-off

September 6, 2016
Business & Environment Initiative
Supports research, education, and outreach to promote
solutions to the urgent environmental challenges facing
business and society

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Business & Environment Landscape
Curricular Extra-Curricular Career

Environmental Content Student Sustainability Energy & Environment

in the RC Associates Career Support

Funding for Summer

Elective Courses and
Clubs Internships & Leadership
Independent Projects
Fellowships

Courses at other HU New Venture Alumni Events and

Schools Competition Mentorship Program
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Examples of Environmental Content in the RC

• Value creation and value capture in an industry where environmental

externalities are critical
Technology and Operations Management: Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds for Change

• Net present value, time value of money, and discount rates in decisions about
whether to invest in energy efficiency
Finance I: Lighting the Way at the Manor House Hotel

• Risk management and pricing in the context of crop insurance in rural India
Finance I: BASIX

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Business & Environment Electives

Core Courses Other Related Courses
• Building Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure • Business at the Base of the
• Immersive Field Course: Pyramid
Africa: Building Cities • Entrepreneurial Finance
• Reimagining Capitalism: • Field Course:
Business and Big Problems Social Innovation Lab
• Retailing
Industry Verticals
• Innovating in Energy
• Agribusiness

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Independent Projects
• Business Model for Wecyclers
Helped Nigerian recyclers increase tonnage of plastics waste collected and set up an
economically viable system to process collected material (Prof. Rebecca Henderson)
• Project ReGeneration — Power Plant Repurposing
Explored the market opportunity, site selection criteria, and unit economics to repurpose coal-
fired power plants (Prof. John Macomber)
• Electric Boiler in China
Addressed feasibility of retrofitting existing coal-fired boiler facilities with pulverized coal-fired
boilers and integrating wind power to provide heating during the winter (Prof. Joe Lassiter)

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Courses at Other Harvard University Schools

• Electricity Market Design: Prof. William Hogan, Harvard Kennedy School
Infrastructure investment, resource adequacy, pricing models, cost allocation, energy trading, forward
hedging, market manipulation, distribution regulation, and policy for clean energy innovation
• Contemporary Issues in Oil & Gas Law: Prof. Kate Konschnik, Harvard Law
School
Fracking, takings, pipelines, and regulation

• Climate Solutions Living Lab: Prof. Wendy Jacobs, Harvard Law School
Design practical solutions for reducing the use of fossil fuels in the U.S. and abroad

• Sustainability for Health—Leadership Series: Prof. Joseph Allen, Harvard

School of Public Health

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Curricular

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Sustainability Highlights (FY15)

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Culture and Learning:
Student Sustainability Associate Overview
• 10 SSAs, one per section
• HBS students with an interest in
environmental sustainability
• Hired by Operations: $18/hrs, ~3-
4hrs/wk
• Lead student campaigns &
SSA Project: HBS Bee Hives
independent projects
• Act as the sustainability resource
for the section
• Serve as advisors to the HBS Business
& Environment Initiative

SSA Waste Campaign Challenge

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Energy & Environment Club: Our Focus

• Connect students in the energy industry, educate and prepare students for careers
Mission in the energy industry, strengthen the energy community at HBS, and serve as a
hub for energy innovation

Continued innovation is necessary to tackle the most pressing challenges in the

Vision energy and environment sectors, and we envision members of the HBS community
having an impact both as thought leaders and innovators

1. Community – strengthen HBS and Boston energy community

Areas of 2. Education – prepare students for careers in energy

Focus 3. Careers – network and build career in energy
4. Innovation – serve as a hub for innovation in energy

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Energy & Environment Club: Our Initiatives
Community
• Third Thursday happy hours
• Small group dinners
• Women’s wine night
• Energy Bar at Greentown Labs
Innovation
• Greentown Labs collaboration
• Harvard i-Lab and Rock Center
• Energy Venture Fellows
• MIT Clean Energy Prize
Extra-Curricular
Education
• Energy Symposium on October 8th
• Energy Industry 101 sessions
• Alumni Panels in Energy
• CPD Introductions to Energy Industry
Careers
• Company treks to San Francisco, Houston
• Club resume book
• On-campus presentations
• Collaboration with BEI on mentorship
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New Venture Competition Seeks Environmental Entrepreneurs

New Venture Competition Kickoff!

October 5, 5:00pm, Williams Room

• Business Track for ventures with

economic returns that drive
substantial market value

• Social Enterprise Track for

ventures that drive social change
Haruumi Shiode (MBA 2016), founder of Nature Inc.
using nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid (Nest for room air conditioners)
models New Venture Competition Finalist, Business Track

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Funding for Summer Internships & Career

Leadership Fellowships
• Summer funding available to explore career opportunities in roles or
geographic regions where compensation may be lower than traditional MBA
• Second-year students entering nonprofit or public sectors may apply to HBS
Leadership Fellows program. Past Leadership Fellow positions:
World Wildlife Fund
Nature Conservancy
Rocky Mountain Institute

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 Alumni Events Career

Smriti Mishra, MBA 2012

Patrick Song, MBA 2002 Energy Markets Team
Senior Director of Leader, EnerNOC
Lauren Burrows, MBA
Finance, Oasys Water
2013 VP WindSail
Sylvain Mansier, MBA 2012 Capital
Co-Founder, CFO Sungage
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BEI Student-Alumni Mentorship Program

• Connects MBA students with alumni working in environment, energy, and
agribusiness careers
• Students paired with alumni based on industry, location, career profile, and
other sector-specific information
• Timeline:
Week of October 3rd – Program announced via email and through BEI
newsletter along with instructions for how to sign up
October 17th – Last day to sign up!
Early November – BEI announces mentor-student matches via email
• Program contact: Marina I. Jokic, BEI Coordinator (mjokic@hbs.edu)

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 Thank you!
Business & Environment Initiative
hbs.edu/environment

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