Why green consumerism isn’t taking off
If sustainability is so “in,” why aren’t more people buying ethically made clothes? The past few decades have changed the shape of the apparel industry. A few iconic media scandals over child labor and sweatshop labor have made Western shoppers sensitive to certain...
Sustainable Business News – Supply Chain – 2/3/2018 – 2/9/2018
Each week, the Erb Institute shares a collection of news and updates regarding business sustainability. This month, the Erb Institute blog and social media are focusing on a key aspect of both business and sustainability: supply chain. Sustainable Business News...
Erb Institute Board Member, Tom Catania Helps Push the Needle on Sustainability – New Energy Index for Fans will help Gauge Efficiency
A new metric for fan efficiency is set to revolutionize how commercial and industrial fans are regulated and considered for utility incentive programs. It will drive significant energy savings and technological improvements, and it will also help consumers,...
Action, reaction and market transformation in the apparel industry
Sustainability—or a lack of it—has punctuated the apparel industry’s most notable moments over the last few decades. They include Nike’s sweatshop scandal in 1991, Patagonia’s public commitment to recycled polyester in 1992 and organic cotton in 1996, Levi’s 2010...
Sustainable Business News – Supply Chain – 1/27/18 – 2/2/2018
Each week, the Erb Institute shares a collection of news and updates regarding business sustainability. This month, the Erb Institute blog and social media are focusing on a key aspect to both business and sustainability: supply chain. Sustainable Business News...
A New Model for Building Social-Benefit Markets – Research by Jacqueline Corbett and Erb Institute Visiting Scholar, Wren Montgomery
Like all markets, social-benefit markets provide a platform for buyers and sellers to exchange commodities, but they are distinguished by their unique goal of improving social and environmental conditions. For example, most people are familiar with carbon trading...
Gauging the Workability of Carbon Credits in Morocco: A Q&A with Erb Institute Alum Dannan Hodge
How does HAF work toward sustainability? HAF works in both social and environmental sustainability. On the social side, they seek to provide additional sources of income for rural farmers that will allow them to stay on their land farming, versus migrating to urban...
Sustainable Business News – Consumer Goods – 1/20/18 – 1/26/18
Each week, the Erb Institute shares a collection of news and updates regarding business sustainability. This month, the Erb Institute blog and social media is focusing on consumer goods, leading up to our C-Suite speaker event with Campbell’s CSO, Dave Stangis,...