Sustainability, commerce and economics: How to create the right balance – Andy Hoffman quoted in Business Today

Oct 18, 2018 | Faculty News

We may be losing the war against climate change, as we fail to approach sustainability-related issues in the right manner. Read the article in Business Today In a recent article ‘The Invisible Hand Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis. Capitalism Must...

Andrew J. Hoffman delivers 2018 Convocation Address at Loyola University Chicago

Oct 17, 2018 | Faculty News

On August 24, 2018, Andrew J. Hoffman, the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, delivered the Convocation Address at Loyola University Chicago to 3,250 students and 250 faculty members. “First-Year Text” is an initiative that...

The future of business sustainability – Diversity in environmentalism: past, present and future

Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, Student Experience

The future of business sustainability Diversity in environmentalism: past, present and future Oct 11, 2018 We are excited to kick off the Erb Institute’s Future of Sustainability blog series, which we hope will help inspire environmentalism in people who may have...

Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change – Andy Hoffman in The Conversation

Oct 9, 2018 | Faculty News

Co-authored by Andy Hoffman and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick Yale economist William Nordhaus has devoted his life’s work to understanding the costs of climate change and advocating the use of a carbon tax to curb global warming. It’s no small irony, then, that on the same...

ICYMI! Fall 2018 – A Magazine for the Business Sustainability Professional

Oct 5, 2018 | Alumni, ICYMI, News

The University of Michigan’s Erb Institute second edition of ICYMI! ICYMI! is a business-focused publication sharing the work of the Erb Institute.  In this publication, we share how our research, teaching and engagement provide ideas and frameworks that help...

Erb Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program: Overview of Responsibilities

Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized

The expectations of a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Erb Institute include the following: RESEARCH. Post-Doctoral Fellows are expected to contribute to the research agenda of the Institute. Produce Scholarly Research. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will submit for publication...

Why Erb? with Method’s Chief Optimist Hank Mercier

Oct 3, 2018 | Blog, Student Experience

VIDEO: Why Erb? with People Against Dirty Chief Optimist, Hank Mercier | Erb Institute With so many choices, why would you pick to earn a dual-degree from the Erb Institute? People Against Dirty’s Chief Optimist Hank Mercier explains why: “It’s a...

Kellogg’s Amy Senter sits down with the Erb Institute ahead of Innovation Forum Detroit

Oct 1, 2018 | Blog

  How did sustainability become a career for you? When I was going into undergrad, I wanted to do something in the sciences and had always had a strong affinity for the environment. I can remember back to my elementary school days when we had a “cans for...

Erb Institute Managing Director, Terry Nelidov is panelist on Innovation Forum Webinar

Sep 24, 2018 | News

Innovation Forum is partnering with the Erb Institute in Detroit Oct. 2-3rd, to talk about the latest approaches to materiality, and how to establish a robust business case in 2018.  Want to be a part of the conversation?  Register here! As a preview to the...

The Erb Institute at the Global Climate Action Summit Sept. 12-14th

Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Student Experience

I hadn’t been to the California State Capitol for the longest time—probably since my visit back in elementary school, while growing up in Oakland, California. Fast forward to July 2017, and—after a quick selfie with “the bear” famously guarding the entrance to the...