News Archive
Union of Concerned Scientists and Erb Institute to co-host Climate Change Town Hall
January 15, 2012
Jan. 20 town hall discussion brings together academics and practitioners in hopes of improving climate change discourse.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Never mind that it’s an election year. The issue of climate change has been a political tinderbox for a long time.
And, in professor Andrew Hoffman’s opinion, social science academics and communications practitioners have been living in separate realms, a fact that’s helped contribute to the stalled public debate. Read More
Advice for MBAs Aspiring to Be Sustainability Leaders
January 10, 2012
A look at how students can get the meaningful experience they need from Neil Hawkins, Dow Chemical Company vice president of sustainability and EHS, and Erb Strategic Advisory Council Chair. Advice for MBAs Aspiring to be Sustainability Leaders (pdf) or Read the story online
U-M 2011 Annual Sustainability Report Released
January 9, 2012
The report presents the University’s impact on the environment while highlighting many examples of stewardship and sustainability efforts taking place throughout the Ann Arbor campus. The report is available on line (pdf) and an interactive overview of more than 170 Environmental Metrics is available at http://www.ocs.umich.edu/11AERrawdata.shtml.
Erb students contribute to major SRI publication from Wiley
December 22, 2011
Colm Fay, Erb ‘12 and Amrita Kumar, Erb’11 contribute to new book featuring case studies from SRI leaders from around the world. Evolutions in Sustainable Investing released as part of the Wiley Finance Series on December 27, 2011). Details
Andy Hoffman interviewed in the Atlantic
December 22, 2011
Business and environmental concerns are often at odds with one another. Sustainable initiatives championed by activists often cost more than corporations would like to spend. Andrew Hoffman tries to bridge those interests in his position as professor of sustainable enterprise at the University of Michigan.
“A Conversation With Andrew J. Hoffman, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise.” (pdf) or Read the story online.
2012 Rice Business Plan Competition now accepting applicants
December 15, 2011
$1.3 million in prizes, 250 judges, 42 teams, 3 days, 1 winner. We’re looking for the best and brightest, graduate-level business plan teams from around the world to toss their hats in the ring for the world’s richest and largest business plan competition! More than 133 past competitors have launched their companies and are in business today. Past teams have raised more than $397 million in funding.
Competition Dates: April 12-14, 2012
Competition Location: Rice Univ., Houston, TX
Application Deadline: February 17, 2012
Details & Registration
Erb Family Foundation announces new grants
December 12, 2011
Fredrick A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation approved $836,000 of new grants to support Detroit area arts, literacy and wetlands. Read more about the gifts.
Erb Students Get a Voice at U.N. Climate Change Conference
December 9, 2011
Erb students Miguel Sossa, Dan Gerding and Erb alum, Gabriel Thoumi, worked to create and gain approval for an official panel event at the United Nation’s global climate change convention in Durban, South Africa on professional standards in carbon markets. The panel was co-presented by the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute and the International Forest Carbon Association with panelists from Terra Global Capital and other organizations.
Read the full story: Ross Students Get a Voice at U.N. Climate Change Conference
Understanding core values first step in climate change debate
December 5, 2011
Professor Hoffman was recently a keynote speaker at “Paved with Good Intentions: Righting the Course for Corporate Citizenship,” a conference hosted by Interbrand at Harvard on December 1-2. While there he spoke with IQ Interbrand Corporate Citizenship about how to make progress in a world polarized between Left and Right and also addressed related issues in corporate culture. “The culture you create determines the success you have, and when you try to integrate new or emergent issues like corporate citizenship or sustainability, it has to fit the culture. It has to work internally, and that affects who they engage and how they engage.”
Read the full interview: Culture Cure (pdf) | Browse the complete issue: Is Corporate Citizenship Failing? (pdf)
Why the Business World Needs New Leaders
November 30, 2011
Erb Managing Director, Rick Bunch, discusses the new generation of business leaders prepared to take on the complexities of a sustainable future in Why the Business World Needs New Leaders.
