Business & the Environment
- Academic Papers
Databases:
- ScienceDirect
Provides scholarly publications related to business and the environment including commercializing science and technology. - ABI/ProQuest
Provides articles from business and management journals.
Harvard University:
- Belfer Center: Environment and Climate Change
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (John F. Kennedy School of Government) provides a rich selection of publications and speeches on environment and climate change topics. Some of the titles are in full text while some are with abstract only. - Digital Access to Scholarship At Harvard (DASH): Climate
DASH is a central, open-access repository of research by members of the Harvard community. The link leads to a set of articles from a pre-defined search. Some of the articles are full-text free. Get a different set of articles by conducting a keyword search in the database. - Harvard University Center for the Environment
Provides News and Faculty by Research Areas
Other Universities:
- MIT
Includes News/research, updates in Center for Global Change Science (CGCS), and a list of research labs, centers and programs in areas of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences - Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Provides News, Faculty & Research,and Yale F&ES Publication Series - Stanford University School of Earth Sciences
Provides News and Research Areas
- ScienceDirect
- Analysis and Research
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BCC Research
Includes market oriented reports on the environment and energy.Bloomberg Academic or Bloomberg Professional
Bloomberg includes an Environmental and Social Governance Function (ESG). To access the Bloomberg ESG menu that includes news, research, indices, energy and emissions regulations, screening and analytics, type ESGX and then press the green GO key.Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan provides research reports on industrial processes and market trends in many manufacturing industries. Environment & Building Technologies is one of the services to which HBS subscribes. For best results use the Advanced Search and select "owned" in the ownership filter.
- Climate Change
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Climate Change Guide | A Guide to Information and Disinformation
From the Society of Environmental Journalists, the guide includes sections on Basic Science, Outstanding Coverage, Regional Climate Information Resources (including sources for climate impacts & implications),Reporting on Climate Change, among many other subjects.Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports of scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of human induced climate change, potential impacts of climate change and options for mitigation and adaptation.Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Good analysis on climate change and reports on corporate strategies that address climate change.United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Brings together official documents, reports, data and news regarding the UN conferences on climate change.WIREs Climate Change
Includes Overviews -- provide a broad and non-technical treatment of important topics suitable for advanced students and for researchers without a strong background in the field; Advanced Reviews -- examine key areas of research in a citation-rich format suitable for researchers and advanced students; and Focus Articles -- present specific real-world issues, examples and implementations. New and updated reviews are added every month.
- Companies
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Thomson One
Can create a list of companies by industry, product, and location. Provides company and industry analyst reports.Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
The CDP is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world. Includes sustainability reports from thousands of organizations from around the world.CorporateRegister.com
Free registration allows users to search for companies social responsibility reports.MSCI iRatings
A suite of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research and analysis products from MSCI. Includes Carbon Beta -- ratings and analysis of corporate climate change risk exposure and management, including company-specific GHG emissions footprint data and compliance cost scenarios. (See also Companies: Social Responsibility Ratings.)SustainableBusiness.com
Features global news on sustainable business, a jobs board and database of companies.
- News and Journals
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Factiva
Provides recent development via worldwide news and industrial publications.Business Strategy and the Environment
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Provides results of research on corporate environmental management tools, particular industry sectors and responses of business to contemporary environmental issues.Ecological Economics
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Publishes articles on environmental incentives and policy.International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management
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Publishes articles that blend issues associated with market sustainability (i.e., sustaining superior organisational performance) and environmental sustainability (i.e., consistency with environmental and social concerns).Journal of Green Building
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The purpose of the Journal of Green Building is to present the very best of practical applications (Part I) together with the very best of peer-reviewed research (Part II) in green building design and construction.Responsible Investor
News service reporting on responsible investment, ESG (environmental, social and governance) and sustainable finance.See also Find articles for databases to search on the topic.
HBS Resources
- Business and Environment Initiative
- HBS Working Knowledge: Science & Environment
- HBS Working Knowledge: Environmental Sustainability