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Academic Programs - ESM 281 - CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Prepares students to use creatively conceptual tools and management strategies to improve the environmental performance of firms. Corporate, societal, and political barriers to implementing these innovative strategies will be analyzed and methods for overcoming these constraints discussed.

Syllabus

Instructor(s)

 

Doug Cerf

 

ABB Case

Date Title
3/4/2009 Class Discussion
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Amanco Sustainability Scorecard Case

Date Title
1/28/2009 Case Discussion
1/28/2009 Balanced Scorecard Introduction
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BP Case

Date Title
2/25/2009 Discussion guide
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Brief Articles

Date Title
3/11/2009 The Responsible and Sustainable Board
3/11/2009 Corporate Boards Sustainability Agenda
2/6/2009 Harvard Leading Green Blog
2/4/2009 Advice for Green-Minded People During Red-Ink Times
1/7/2009 2009: The Year of Light Green
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Case studies, Environmental & Business Benefits

Date Title
1/14/2009 Environmental Defence Fund Innovation Exchange
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Chesterfield Municipal Landfill Case

Date Title
1/28/2009 Superfund Article, The Case of General Electric
1/28/2009 Analysis Spreadsheet
1/28/2009 Case Introduction
1/18/2009 Text of Case
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Clarkson Lumber Company

Date Title
1/21/2009 Case Analysis Spreadsheet
1/21/2009 Case Introduction
1/15/2009 Starter Spreadsheet
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Country Level Environmental Perfomance

Date Title
3/11/2009 Yale and Columbia University Project
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Financial Statement Framework

Date Title
1/13/2009 Maria Hernandez Case Study Solution
1/7/2009 Reporting of Sustainable Business Practices
1/7/2009 Maria Hernandez Case Study
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Green House Gas Protocol

Date Title
2/25/2009 Part I
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Patagonia Environmental Strategy

Date Title
2/11/2009 Case Discussion
2/11/2009 Casey Shehan Interview Winter 2009
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Project Selection Analysis

Date Title
1/31/2009 Cartwright Case Starter Spreadsheet (optional)
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Purity Oil Sales Case

Date Title
8/15/2009 Case Text
1/14/2009 Class Discussion Guide
1/10/2009 Disclosure Grid
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Socially Responsible Investing

Date Title
3/4/2009 Shareholder Resolutions
2/18/2009 SRI Overview
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Sustainability Reporting

Date Title
2/25/2009 Overview
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Tradeable Pollution Allowances

Date Title
2/4/2009 Acid Rain Preview
2/4/2009 Acid Rain Starter Spreadsheet
2/4/2009 Negotiation Exercise Wrap up
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Wilkerson Product Costing Case

Date Title
3/4/2009 Case Introduction
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Zipcar case and fishbone analysis

Date Title
3/11/2009 Case Dicussion