Prioritizing human rights in extractives companies: A discussion with Ouida Chichester of BSR
Ouida Chichester, manager of Advisory Services at BSR, has firsthand experience working directly with extractives companies on human rights issues. This fall, the Erb Institute was fortunate enough to host her for a series of workshops on human rights. While Chicester...
Sustainable Business News – Human Rights – 12/16 – 12/22
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 human rights, labor rights and corporate social responsibility issues and news. Sustainable...
Erb Faculty Member Andy Hoffman – (Video) Role of Faculty in Public Engagement (Sackler Colloquia)
The Science of Science Communication III: Inspiring Novel Collaborations and Building Capacity Andy Hoffman remarks (5:00), sharing that “56% of University of Michigan faculty believe public engagement is not valued by tenure committees, 41% believe it...
How to practice conscious consumption around the holidays
The holidays are upon us, and there’s no better time to discuss conscious consumption. Typically, it is somewhat a season of consumption—from both giving and receiving gifts to large meals shared with family and friends. Of course, every person’s holiday experiences...
Sustainable Business News – Human Rights – 12/9 – 12/15
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 Human Rights issues and news. Sustainable Business News – 12/9/2017 – 12/16/2017...
Sustainable Business News – Human Rights – 12/2 – 12/8
Each week, the Erb Institute shares a collection of news and updates regarding business sustainability. This month, in honor of Human Rights Day on December 10th, the Erb Institute blog and social media is focusing on Human Rights issues and news. Sustainable Business...
Diving deep into human rights in Barcelona
Doing Good Doing Well is a conference run by students at IESE Business School in Spain. As Erb students, we were excited to be invited to present a workshop at the conference in February. Doing Good Doing Well is the largest student-run conference in Europe. It brings...
5 apparel brands committed to respecting human rights
Ethical apparel brands committed to human rights This month on social media and the Erb Perspective Blog, the Erb Institute is focusing on human rights and human development. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of...