Climate Rising
Business leaders and scholars discuss how companies are responding to climate risks and opportunities.
- Host
- Mike Toffel
- Published by
- Harvard Business School
- Topic
- Climate & Climate Resilience
- Format
- Interview
- Orientation
- Sustainability
- Themes
- Resilience, Net Zero
- Made for
- Founder / Entrepreneur, Corporate Leader, Investor
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30 Sept 2026 · 69 min
Powering AI and the Energy Transition: Why Permitting Reform Matters
Permitting reform has become one of the most consequential—and controversial—topics in U.S. climate and energy policy. As electricity demand rises due to AI, data centers, electrification, and economic growth, many argue that the country’s permitting, transmission, and interconnection processes are too slow to support the clean energy transition. In this special crossover episode jointly produced by the Climate Rising and CleanLaw podcasts, Mike Toffel and Harvard Law School Professor Jody Freeman speak with Nat Keohane, President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). They dis
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16 Sept 2026 · 40 min
Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly Program: Can Sustainability Labels Change How Consumers Shop?
How can companies make sustainability information useful to consumers at the moment they make a purchase? Justine Mahler and Cameron Westfall of Amazon join Climate Rising to discuss Climate Pledge Friendly, Amazon’s sustainable shopping program. They explain how Amazon uses third-party certifications to identify products with sustainability attributes, how the company evaluates which certifications qualify, and how it translates complex standards into information consumers can quickly understand. The conversation also explores what Amazon has learned about consumer behavior since launching th
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2 Sept 2026 · 24 min
How Companies Tell Climate Stories: Lessons from New Belgium, Allbirds, and Microsoft
Climate action requires more than technology, policy, and capital. It also requires communication. In this special curated episode of Climate Rising, we revisit three past conversations to explore how companies communicate about climate change to different audiences. The episode features excerpts from Mike Toffel’s conversations with leaders of New Belgium Brewing, Allbirds, and Microsoft that illustrate distinct approaches to climate storytelling. New Belgium used products and campaigns to engage consumers directly. Allbirds embedded sustainability into product design and customer experience.