Recent Erb Institute research aims to review the current status of indicators used by different assessment methodologies to measure corporate performance on socially responsible operations and identify potential gaps in their effectiveness.
All around the world, grave signs of climate change are evident. Our warming planet is fueling natural disasters from Hurricane Ida to wildfires in Siberia, drought in the western U.S., and flooding in southeast Michigan. The cost of destructive weather is rising...
In building a more sustainable future, your neighbors matter. For the public and private sectors, important symbiotic relationships are emerging. As a major source of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, cities are adopting climate action plans to strategically...
By Larkin, Otten and Arvai – Published in the Journal of Risk Research Will people take advice from AI to make important decisions? Artificial intelligence (AI) helps people make decisions in many different contexts, from recommendations for movies and music to...
The City of Detroit’s Office of Sustainability was established in 2017, with a mission to create healthy, green, vibrant, accessible neighborhoods where all Detroiters can contribute and benefit through (1) collaboration between city departments and agencies, (2)...
Over the summer, I spent 10 weeks interning with the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC), which is a startup cut-and-sew manufacturer, training and apparel innovation center. I began working with ISAIC in February on a project to create an online resource...
The Erb Institute is a family. There are no two ways about it. I don’t say that lightly, unlike some organizations. The Erb family, like any strong family, is full of people willing to give with no expectation of reciprocation—from material things like a tube for...
One of the Erb Institute’s biggest draws was its numerous hands-on learning experiences. Last fall, Heidi Graves ’22, Wes Davis ’22 and I had the wonderful opportunity to work with the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) through the...
I now know I did not have to be a great environmentalist to join Erb, and the experience and resources at Michigan and Erb are helping me start my career in environmental sustainability strategy.
A Q&A with Erb Institute Director Tom Lyon by Bob Needham Q&A: Helping Corporations Act Responsibly in Politics and Beyond Corporations like to make statements about their responsibility to society, but follow-through is sometimes lacking. The Erb Institute...
