At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery stores’ shelves sat empty as consumers rushed to stockpile toilet paper, canned goods and other necessities. With roughly 50% of Americans transitioning to remote work, the pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities of food system workers who were unable to work safely from their homes.
Erb Director Tom Lyon – Podcast on Marketplace “Look for actions” from companies, not just green pledges, experts say October 2021 Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace invited commentary from Tom Lyon Director of the Erb Institute regarding green pledges. Not a week goes...
Richard Levick Podcast on In House Warrior Beyond ESG – Corporate Political Responsibility With University of Michigan Professor and Author Thomas Lyon October 2021 Beyond ESG — Corporate Political Responsibility: Thomas Lyon, the Dow Chair of Sustainable...
As governments and public entities remain slow-moving, companies backing their values with action matters more than ever. But for those unsure how to respond to shifting expectations, how do they know they’re leading in a responsible way?
By Katie Reilly, TIME.com Inside the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Tomorrow’s Business Leaders October 2021 Tima Bansal begins every new course with a cautionary statistic for her business school students. A 2008 study found that MBA candidates enter...
Here are a few pieces of advice I’d like to share with prospective students, especially those considering a less traditional post-MBA career in local government or nonprofits.
By Amanda Williams, Katrin Heucher and Gail Whiteman Using paradox theory to address planetary emergency Fires in Canada and the western U.S., flooding in Germany, a global pandemic.… Do you feel like the planet is in a state of emergency? In 2009, a group of 29...
In the summer of 2019, I was brimming with existential dread related to my role (or lack of role) in helping to solve the climate crisis. I was working for an automaker with an advanced electric vehicle program, but my work was focused on automated driving software...
This summer, I interned at 501CTHREE, a nonprofit offshoot of JUST Water. Both the company and the organization were founded by Jaden Smith (yes, Will Smith’s son) and serial entrepreneur Drew Fitzgerald, with the intent of reducing plastic pollution by creating...
Tom Lyon Op-Ed: The Hill Ready or not, the era of corporate political responsibility is upon us The politics of racial justice have become red hot, and major corporations are finding it hard not to get burned. On March 25, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law...
