Geoffrey Heal
- Donald C. Waite III Professor Emeritus of Social Enterprise in the Faculty of Business
- Economics Division
- Bernstein Faculty Leader
- Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics
- Areas of Expertise
- Climate, Corporate Governance, Microeconomics
- Contact
- Office: 582 Kravis
- Phone: (212) 8546459
- E-mail: [email protected]
Geoffrey Heal, Donald C. Waite III Professor Emeritus of Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School, is noted for contributions to economic theory and resource and environmental economics. He holds bachelors (first class), masters and doctoral degrees from Cambridge University, where he studied at Churchill College and taught at Christ’s College. He has also taught at Sussex, Essex, Yale, Stanford, École Polytechnique, Stockholm and Princeton. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the Universite´ de Paris Dauphine.
Author of eighteen books and about two hundred articles, Professor Heal is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, past Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies, Past President of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, recipient of its prize for publications of enduring quality and a Life Fellow, recipient of the 2013 Best Publication Prize of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, a Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists and a founder and Director and chairman of the Board of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, developers of the REDD policy for reducing deforestation by awarding carbon credits for forest conservation. Recent books include Nature and the Marketplace, Valuing the Future, When Principles Pay and Whole Earth Economics (forthcoming).
Professor Heal chaired a committee of the National Academy of Sciences on valuing ecosystem services, was a Commissioner of the Pew Oceans Commission, was a coordinating lead author of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, was a member of President Sarkozy’s Commission on the Meaurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, was a member of the advisory board for the World Bank’s 2010 World Development Report and the United Nations Environment Program’s 2011 Human Development Report, and acts as an advisor to the World Bank on its Green Growth project. He is also a Director of Public Business, a foundation that promotes in-depth public interest journalism and a member of the Advisory Board of Green Seal.
He has been a principal in two start-up companies, a consulting firm and a software and telecommunications company, and until recently was a member of the Investment Committee of a green private equity group. He teaches MBA courses on “Current Developments in Energy Markets,” “Business and Society: Doing Well by Doing Good?” and “The Business of Sustainability,” teaches a doctoral course on advanced microeconomic theory, and advises doctoral students interested in sustainability.
- Education
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BA, Cambridge University, 1966; MA, 1968; PhD, 1968
- Joined CBS
- 1983
All Activities
Elke Weber, Geoffrey Heal Appointed to National Academies
Advice to the Next US President: Climate Change
Are US Corporations Above the Law?
Addressing Society's Toughest Challenge
- Case ID
- 240306
ELP Greenport: Scaling Community Solar
What is the future of community solar development projects and what challenges need to be addressed for scalability?
- Case ID
- 220304
Green Bond Research Note
How can green bond issuances gain wider acceptance as a free market vehicle to support environmentally sustainable activities?
- Case ID
- 210304
Orsted's Offshore Wind Farms
Is the time right to invest in offshore wind projects in the United States?
- Case ID
- 180303
From Pioneer to Pariah: SunEdison, Inc., and the Global Solar Photovoltaics Industry
How did Sun Edison's business model, emulated by an entire industry, prove unsuccessful for the organization that originated it?
- Case ID
- 170306
Architects of the Future? Tesla, Inc., Energy, Transportation, and the Climate
Can Tesla replicate its success in the United States to become a global leader in the rapidly growing electric vehicle market?
- Case ID
- 140306
The Mossi Ghisolfi Group Monetizing Beta Renewables
Should M&G stick with the original plan to simply act as a licensor or take a more active role in the biofuel marketplace?
- Case ID
- 70602
Parker Petroleum in Jumandia
How should a US oil company handle opposition to a new refinery in a developing country?
- Case ID
- 80118
Citigroup and the Equator Principles
What are the incentives, costs, and risks of adopting guidelines for corporate social responsibility?
- Case ID
- 80302
Wireless Telecom Inc.
Wireless Telecom: As a new company seeks to join the US mobile virtual network operator market, how should it best price its offerings to appeal to two different demographic groups?