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Confronting Climate Change: Boston-Based Ideas that Can Change the World

02/12/2019 | Harvard Business School, Boston

Over time, climate change will transform Boston’s landscape and economy. Disruption will bring opportunities as well as risks. What are Boston-area businesses doing to confront this challenge? What can they do? What should they do? Find out, and share your ideas with a dynamic panel of some of Boston’s top leaders from business and government. Enjoy conversation and a networking reception with fellow alumni and the HBS community before and after the panel. 


Moderated by Mike Toffel, John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, Harvard Business School; Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Initiative, panelists include:

  • Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), Co-founder, Chief Investment Strategist, and Chairman of Grantham Mayo and van Otterloo (GMO, LLC)
  • Gina McCarthy, Former U.S. EPA Administrator (2013-2017) and Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • David Perry (MBA 1997), President, CEO, and Director of Boston-based Indigo Agriculture (Indigo Ag, Inc.)

This event is co-organized by the Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS and is part of a series of regional alumni events on the role of business leaders in the age of climate change.

WHEN
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm

WHERE
Williams Room/Spangler Center, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163

TICKETS
Tickets are complimentary but space is limited, RSVP today!

Complimentary parking is available in the HBS Spangler parking lot.