Events
Events
How to Create a Climate Venture
- 08 SEP 2023 |
- Virtual
“How to Create a Climate Venture” focuses on five key areas: unpacking climate solutions, coming up with your idea, leveraging tools to test the viability of your idea, and connecting with fellow climate entrepreneurs to hear their stories and build your network.
The first half of the program is focused on structured ideation, and the second half on idea evaluation. Ideation sessions cover both mitigation and adaptation and use classic ideation frameworks to generate solutions to climate challenges. Climate entrepreneurs tackling both emissions and city-level adaptation share their journeys. Participants use these examples as well as structured exercises to formulate their own elevator pitches.
The second half of the training hones in on idea evaluation, with sessions focused on the five core areas to validate before diving into a startup. Sessions equip participants with tactical tools in demand validation, A/B waitlist testing, assessing climate impact, and ends with using ChatGPT as a co-ideation tool.
The instructor is Rebekah Emanuel, senior advisor for social impact and director of the Harvard Climate Circle at the Harvard Innovation Labs. The class also features entrepreneurs, operators, funders, and other speakers from the climate entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Zurich
- 07 AUG 2023 |
- Zurich
Are you interested in meeting Harvard alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change? Come meet with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative for an evening of networking with other local Harvard and HBS alumni involved in climate change on Monday, August 7th from 5:30-7:30p. This happy hour will provide an opportunity for you to network and share ideas, topics, trends, and challenges with one another. Email bei@hbs.edu to register.
Sustainable Business Education Collaborative Networking Reception: San Francisco
- 27 JUL 2023 |
- San Francisco
Are you interested in meeting other alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change? We invite you to join us on Thursday, July 27 to connect with alumni working in careers focused on the intersection of business and the environment. This happy hour will provide an opportunity for you to network and share ideas, topics, trends, and challenges with one another. This event will include alumni from a cohort of eight Sustainable Business Education Collaborative (SBEC) schools, including Cornell, Duke, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, and Yale. Interested in joining? Email bei@hbs.edu.
Harvard Climate Forum
- 13 JUL 2023 |
- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Harvard Climate Forum, co-sponsored by Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, aims to make climate leaders of us all. The day will feature Harvard faculty presenting climate impact research, practical approaches to galvanize collaboration and change, and opportunities for interactive problem-solving with your peers.
The climate crisis touches every discipline we teach, research, and learn here at Harvard. Engaging sessions will be led by Harvard faculty and thought leaders, including: Joseph Aldy, Harvard Kennedy School, Heather Henriksen, Harvard University, Carrie Jenks, Harvard Law School, Bridget Terry Long, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Peter Tufano, Harvard Business School.
At the Harvard Climate Forum, you will gain: The latest climate research insights from prominent Harvard faculty; Practical climate action strategies you can use in your work and life; A global climate-focused professional network.
This one-day, on-campus event will be led by a multi-disciplinary team of faculty, giving you the chance to network like never before. Space is limited, so register today. We look forward to welcoming you to the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences on July 14.
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Boston
- 12 JUL 2023 |
- On HBS Campus
Will you be in Boston this summer? Are you interested in meeting other alumni and current MBA students leveraging their careers to confront climate change? We invite you to join us on Wednesday, July 12th to connect with HBS students and alumni working in careers focused on the intersection of business and the environment. This happy hour will provide an opportunity for you to network and share ideas, topics, trends, and challenges with one another. Interested in joining? Email bei@hbs.edu.
Industry Spotlight: Sustainability, Climate Change, and the Environment
- 11 JUL 2023 |
- Virtual
The goal of this industry spotlight is to help prospective students uncover the vast resources that HBS provides in the sustainability, climate change, and environment space. The prospective students should feel a spark and a fanning of the flames to pursue their passion in the environmental space and walk away from this session with a better grasp on how HBS sets them up for success from programming, curriculum, and student activities.
Business & Environment: Summer Fellowships & Internships Meet-Up
- 14 JUN 2023 |
- Virtual
Join BEI and SEI on Wednesday, June 14th from 11:00am-12:00pm ET for a chance to virtually connect with other students working with organizations in roles or on projects focused on business and the environment. This interactive discussion will provide an opportunity for you to meet each other, share ideas, topics, trends, or challenges you want to raise for group brainstorming, and to ask the group any specific questions you have.
Climate Change Engagement at HBS Lunch and Learn
- 07 JUN 2023 |
- Virtual & On HBS Campus
Join members of the Business & Environment Initiative to learn the latest updates on Climate engagement at HBS in addition to outcomes and next steps from Harvard Climate Action week and the “Accelerating Climate Solutions” conference.
BEI Open House: Alumni Reunions
- 02 JUN 2023 |
- On HBS Campus
We are excited to highlight climate and sustainability programming taking place during the upcoming reunions this June. There will be tours, faculty presentations, and a chance to connect with alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change. We hope that you'll join us on Friday, June 2 from 1:00-2:00p for the BEI & SEI Open House and Networking Session to learn about HBS activities on climate change and social enterprise, network with alumni working in the space, and share your thoughts.
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions
- 10 MAY 2023 |
- On HBS Campus
Join us for a groundbreaking day of discussion and interaction around what it takes to discover, develop, scale, and achieve meaningful progress on climate solutions. Through expert panels, case discussions, and networking, we will consider the role of the firm, individual business leaders, and HBS, as well as new business and investment opportunities. The conference, hosted by HBS External Relations in partnership with the Business & Environment Initiative as part of Harvard Climate Action Week, will bring together distinguished faculty, HBS alumni and other business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs.
Harvard Climate Action Week
- 08 MAY 2023 |
- On Harvard University Campus
Climate change touches every discipline we teach, research, and learn here at Harvard University. That’s why every School at Harvard is home to students and scholars working to meet the climate challenge. Harvard Climate Action Week, May 8 – 12, 2023, is a celebration and acceleration of that work. Harvard Climate Action Week will convene thousands of experts, decision–makers, students, alumni, and scholars across campus and online.
Take Climate and Social Action: Retirement Funds
- 03 MAY 2023 |
- Virtual
Join us for some perspectives on establishing or optimizing a values-aligned retirement portfolio for you, your team, and / or your organization. You will find this discussion helpful if you are trying to establish an individual account for yourself, or a group retirement plan for your organization, or if you are trying to pressure your organization to offer a values-aligned retirement option. Come with questions for an extended Q&A and stay tuned for a more detailed discussion focused on implementation in the coming months.