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  • 1.  Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

    Posted 11-24-2008 16:25

    Hi,

     

    Does anyone know of a teaching case study on business strategies related to cap and trade systems? I would like to find a case that helps students understand the functioning of Emissions trading systems but also firms strategies related to climate change regulations.  

    The only case I know is the HBS case Global Climate Change and Emissions Trading but it does not really deal with firm strategies.

     

    Thanks for your help.

     

    Best,

     

    Magali

     

    Magali Delmas

    Associate Professor of Management

    UCLA Institute of the Environment

    La Kretz Hall, #300

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    Phone: 310-825-9310

    Email: delmas@ioe.ucla.edu

    http://www.ioe.ucla.edu/delmas

     



  • 2.  Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

    Posted 11-24-2008 17:33
    Magali,

    While not dealing with carbon emissions, the first edition of Mike Russo's text has an excellent case on the decision The Southern Companies faced regarding whether to buy sulfur dioxide emission permits, install scrubbers, or shift to low sulfur coal. I can't remember whether it is in the 2nd edition or not.

    Gordon

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Magali Delmas" <delmas@IOE.UCLA.EDU>
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:25:10 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
    Subject: Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade




    Hi,



    Does anyone know of a teaching case study on business strategies related to cap and trade systems? I would like to find a case that helps students understand the functioning of Emissions trading systems but also firms strategies related to climate change regulations.

    The only case I know is the HBS case Global Climate Change and Emissions Trading but it does not really deal with firm strategies.



    Thanks for your help.



    Best,



    Magali



    Magali Delmas

    Associate Professor of Management

    UCLA Institute of the Environment

    La Kretz Hall, #300

    University of California ,

    Los Angeles , CA 90095-1496

    Phone: 310-825-9310

    Email: delmas@ioe.ucla.edu

    http://www.ioe.ucla.edu/delmas


  • 3.  Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

    Posted 11-24-2008 20:11
    Hi Magili,
     
    Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) by Forest Reinhardt is dated (1992), but it's the only case I know of that permits students to cost out various options in a cap and trade system.  It focuses on an electric utility assessing its options under the Clean Air Act.  The link to the case is pasted below.
     
    Anne Lawrence
     
     
    In a message dated 11/24/2008 3:39:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, GP-Rands@WIU.EDU writes:
    Magali,

    While not dealing with carbon emissions, the first edition of Mike Russo's text has an excellent case on the decision The Southern Companies faced regarding whether to buy sulfur dioxide emission permits, install scrubbers, or shift to low sulfur coal.  I can't remember whether it is in the 2nd edition or not.

    Gordon

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Magali Delmas" <delmas@IOE.UCLA.EDU>
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:25:10 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
    Subject: Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade




    Hi,



    Does anyone know of a teaching case study on business strategies related to cap and trade systems? I would like to find a case that helps students understand the functioning of Emissions trading systems but also firms strategies related to climate change regulations.

    The only case I know is the HBS case Global Climate Change and Emissions Trading but it does not really deal with firm strategies.



    Thanks for your help.



    Best,



    Magali



    Magali Delmas

    Associate Professor of Management

    UCLA Institute of the Environment

    La Kretz Hall, #300

    University of California ,

    Los Angeles , CA 90095-1496

    Phone: 310-825-9310

    Email: delmas@ioe.ucla.edu

    http://www.ioe.ucla.edu/delmas



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  • 4.  Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

    Posted 11-25-2008 06:51

    Magali,

     

    Forest Reinhardt also put together the BP Amoco case which dealt with internal trading for GHG emissions (I am not sure if this is the same case you mentioned).  It is a small aspect of the case.  It fits in with a broader set of stakeholder issues and BP Amoco's response.  Their internal trading program is more of an operational response to meeting their goals.  But, there are numerous strategic issues they faced. 

     

    I am not familiar with any cases dealing with external trading of GHG emissions. 

     

    If you do use this case, there is an interesting video that as part of Volume XII McGraw-Hill/Irwin Video Series DVD that is 13 minutes long. It shows how operations in one division actually reduced GHG and made some substantial payback on their efforts.  It is called the "BP Greenhouse Gas Reduction Project".  The video is free if you contact your McGraw-Hill Representative.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne Lawrence
    Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:11 PM
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

     

    Hi Magili,

     

    Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) by Forest Reinhardt is dated (1992), but it's the only case I know of that permits students to cost out various options in a cap and trade system.  It focuses on an electric utility assessing its options under the Clean Air Act.  The link to the case is pasted below.

     

    Anne Lawrence

     

     

    In a message dated 11/24/2008 3:39:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, GP-Rands@WIU.EDU writes:

    Magali,

    While not dealing with carbon emissions, the first edition of Mike Russo's text has an excellent case on the decision The Southern Companies faced regarding whether to buy sulfur dioxide emission permits, install scrubbers, or shift to low sulfur coal.  I can't remember whether it is in the 2nd edition or not.

    Gordon

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Magali Delmas" <delmas@IOE.UCLA.EDU>
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:25:10 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
    Subject: Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade




    Hi,



    Does anyone know of a teaching case study on business strategies related to cap and trade systems? I would like to find a case that helps students understand the functioning of Emissions trading systems but also firms strategies related to climate change regulations.

    The only case I know is the HBS case Global Climate Change and Emissions Trading but it does not really deal with firm strategies.



    Thanks for your help.



    Best,



    Magali



    Magali Delmas

    Associate Professor of Management

    UCLA Institute of the Environment

    La Kretz Hall, #300

    University of California ,

    Los Angeles , CA 90095-1496

    Phone: 310-825-9310

    Email: delmas@ioe.ucla.edu

    http://www.ioe.ucla.edu/delmas



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  • 5.  Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

    Posted 11-25-2008 07:50
    Hi Magali,

    There's also an HBS case on EcoSecurities, a firm that creates carbon
    credits in China and India for sale in Europe.

    -Mike

    Michael Toffel
    Assistant Professor | Harvard Business School
    Morgan Hall 497 | Boston MA 02163
    +1-617-384-8043
    http://people.hbs.edu/mtoffel/


  • 6.  Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

    Posted 11-27-2008 08:51

    Hello,

     

    Jijun Gao and I have written a case study on Suncor and its oil sands operations in Alberta -- a hotspot for greenhouse gas emissions in North America. In the case, Suncor executives must decide whether to push forward with carbon capture and storage (adaptation to climate change). Although emissions trading is not a central aspect of the case study, it does speak to carbon markets and the price of carbon.

     

    The link to the case study is: http://cases.ivey.uwo.ca/Cases/Pages/home.aspx?Mode=showproduct&prod=9B08M073

     

    Cheers,

     

    ...tima

     

     

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    Dr. Tima Bansal

    Director, Centre for Building Sustainable Value

    Executive Director, Research Network for Business Sustainability

    Room 2N34, Richard Ivey School of Business

    London, Canada, N6A 3K7

    Telephone: 519 661 3864

    Email: tbansal@ivey.uwo.ca

    Web: http://www.ivey.ca/faculty/Tima_Bansal.html

     

     

     

     

     

    From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Delmas, Magali
    Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:25 PM
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Teaching Case study on Cap and Trade

     

    Hi,

     

    Does anyone know of a teaching case study on business strategies related to cap and trade systems? I would like to find a case that helps students understand the functioning of Emissions trading systems but also firms strategies related to climate change regulations.  

    The only case I know is the HBS case Global Climate Change and Emissions Trading but it does not really deal with firm strategies.

     

    Thanks for your help.

     

    Best,

     

    Magali

     

    Magali Delmas

    Associate Professor of Management

    UCLA Institute of the Environment

    La Kretz Hall, #300

    University of California,

    Los Angeles, CA 90095-1496

    Phone: 310-825-9310

    Email: delmas@ioe.ucla.edu

    http://www.ioe.ucla.edu/delmas