Is your business doing something really great on the journey to sustainability? Or maybe you have an idea you'd like to try but are not sure how? Share here, in this open forum, ways you see to accelerate the pace at which we're having an impact. We can learn from...
In 2017, just a few days after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, a freshman GOP lawmaker with only a few days on the job of his own, proposed House Resolution 861. Its language was ominous: “The Environmental Protection Agency shall terminate on December 31,...
Business sustainability has come a long way, but problems such as climate change, water scarcity, species extinction, and many others continue to worsen. Fresh thought leadership from Andrew Hoffman at the Erb Institute is pivoting the thinking on how companies can...
ANN ARBOR—The added weight, electricity demand and aerodynamic drag of the sensors and computers used in autonomous vehicles are significant contributors to their lifetime energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. However, when savings from...
Hello from Ann Arbor! It is hard to believe that two weeks ago, we were just beginning our UNLEASH adventures. I had the opportunity to reflect on my experience, and I have come to realize how big of an impact UNLEASH has had on me. It was inspiring to see 1,000...
Erb student, Noah Feingold, joined It's Hot in Here podcast hosts Ben Sonnega and Heena Singh for a conversation about green aviation, the focus area of his summer internship with the Rocky Mountain Institute. "Global aviation accounts for approximately 2 percent of...
I glided quietly into the darkness. Sunset slowly disappearing behind me, I pressed on—this was a race. Having cycled 2,000 miles through the temperate Cascade and Rocky Mountains, I needed to change my strategy for the Great Plains. The flatlands were windy and hot,...
Connect with the Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability newsroom at 3BL here. Erb Institute, faculty member, Tom Lyon along with A. Wren Montgomery and Kimberly S. Wolske, have recently completed research which considers differences between Millennial’s...