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Climate and Sustainability
Climate Action
MIT Sloan is committed to developing principled leaders educated in and dedicated to sustainable business practices. We take a multidisciplinary approach to climate and sustainability research, exploring societal and economic issues in addition to environmental concerns. Pairing MIT Sloan research with the Institute’s scientific expertise enables us to discover ways to build a sustainable future with a robust economy. MIT Sloan boasts a diverse range of climate-related centers, faculty research, and initiatives such as the MIT Climate Policy Center, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, PROMISE/Aggregate Confusion, and the MIT Climate Pathways Project.
Evaluating the Impacts of the Foreign Pollution Fee Act
This research commentary analyzes some of the economic and environmental effects of a proposed Foreign Pollution Fee Act that has been introduced by two U.S. Senators.
Despite Trump’s Fossil Fuel Embrace, Some Moves Rankle Industry
“Firms do not like economic uncertainty,” Christopher Knittel, MIT Sloan Professor of Applied Economics and Faculty Director of the MIT Climate Policy Center, explained in this article in The Hill.
Is the Clean Energy Economy Doomed?
The U.S. is at risk of falling behind in a world economy that is decarbonizing, explains MIT Sloan's Christopher Knittel in an interview on Marketplace.
Extreme Heat Is Coming. One Key Program Could Help Provide Energy Security.
MIT Sloan's Christopher Knittel, the MIT Climate Policy Center's Faculty Director, makes the case for strengthening, rather than weakening, the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Pursuing Sustainability & Profitability: Brewing Up Disruption at Keurig
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Neha Thatte Mallik, MBA ' 16, Sustainability Certificate, Director of Product Management at Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc., is on a mission to disrupt the single-serve coffee industry.
Pioneering Climate Change Solutions
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From a new climate policy center to slow fashion and circular plastic, MIT Sloan is at the cutting edge of innovation.