GreenBiz 2025: 13 Takeaways for Business Leaders In the fast-moving sustainability-in-business field, it’s important to keep abreast of the latest trends. This is especially true when political change shocks the landscape. Last week, I attended Trellis’ GreenBiz...
Insider social change agents can spur action on urgent societal issues “To address societal and environmental challenges, organizations need to move beyond symbolic gestures and greenwashing. The key is to integrate change across all aspects of the organization,” and...
Beyond Shareholder Primacy Our current form of capitalism, focused on shareholder primacy, isn’t going to cut it anymore, says Stuart Hart, professor in residence at the Erb Institute and professor emeritus at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management....
UN Global Compact PRME Award honors Andrew Hoffman for Management as a Calling course Andrew (Andy) Hoffman, the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, has received the 2024 Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)...
Student Research Michigan Athletics Scope 3 Analysis and NCAA Power 5 Landscape Assessment As the University of Michigan and other universities set net zero goals, a key area of focus is integrating sustainability within athletics. College sports are evolving at an...
Erb Impact ProjectAdvancing energy equity in Michigan: An analysis for the state’s largest electric energy provider Energy equity is a critical concern in Michigan. Electric companies face myriad challenges to meet modern energy demands, including increasing...
2013 Alum launches new MÁS Scholarship Fund to open doors for future sustainability leaders Miguel Andrés Sossa-Mardomingo’s mother came to the United States as a refugee from Cuba when she was 13. Growing up, his mother always encouraged him to meet as many people as...
New Scholarship Fund Empowering Graduate Students to Build Sustainable Futures By: Chelsea Liddy Pivtorak Just in time for Earth Day, a Michigan Ross alumnus has established a new sustainability-focused scholarship fund, hoping to help underrepresented students pursue...
Tom Lyon’s book on corporate political responsibility helps to ‘unrig’ the system Many Americans believe business has too much influence in politics, says Erb faculty member Tom Lyon, the Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce. “If you look at...
Erb Institute students help plan largest ClimateCAP MBA Summit By Dana Pflughoeft (MS ’24), Originally published by the School for Environment and Sustainability The ClimateCAP MBA Summit, a conference that aims to prepare future business leaders on how to...
