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UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Raabe, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-707511-ELeadership and People ManagementMarco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was part of a report that environmental specialists and senior executives at UBS had compiled. It suggested the company adopt a more progressive policy on climate change. Suter thought about the...Starting at €8.20
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South Pole Carbon Asset Management--Going for Gold
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Hamschmidt, Jost; Hyman, MikellCase HBS-709030-EIn late 2008, Christoph Sutter, CEO of South Pole Carbon Asset Management, reflects on his firm's early success at originating carbon credits in developing nations, and selling them to governments and firms who seek to offset their greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily or to fulfill regulatory obligations. South Pole's early strategy has focused on being a first mover in the niche market for premium quality carbon credits. But as the market evolve...Starting at €8.20