Climate and Sustainability

In an era of increasing environmental concerns, the corporate march toward a low-carbon economy presents both challenges and a wealth of opportunities. In a recent article, “Ten Questions for a Winning Climate-Transition Business Strategy“, HBS Professor and faculty PI in D^3’s Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab, George Serafeim, describes research emphasizing the need for executives […]

Effective data processing and analysis are key factors for businesses that want to make informed decisions. The working paper “Empirical Guidance: Data Processing and Analysis with Applications in Stata, R, and Python”  by Michael W. Toffel, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at Harvard Business School and Principle Investigator of D^3’s Climate & Sustainability Impact […]

On May 7, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured a panel moderated by Robert Huckman, Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and four panelists: Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science […]

Despite living on a planet with finite resources, our economy remains largely linear and full of single-use products. The shift toward a circular economy, where companies recover or recycle resources, has hit roadblocks, including low value of used products and high recycling costs. The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard’s Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab […]

In “Circular Products and Business Models: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Investors”, George Serafeim and Shirley Lu at Harvard Business School share the opportunity of circular economy based on learnings from The Circular Revolution Catalyst hosted by George Serafeim, Vladimir Jacimovic, and Reynir Indahl in April 2023: “Currently, our economies predominantly function in a linear […]

In Creating a Sustainable Future: Unlock the Potential of a Circular Economy, the Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute and Freelancer have partnered to host a crowdsourcing competition to learn new ways to adopt the circular economy for impact across business and sustainability