Decarbonization for hire: How the climate consulting industry builds greener local economiesPrivate environmental engineering and consulting firms both provide services necessary to fight climate change and help create greener local economies, which I explore in depth...
Alarmed but unmoved: How people respond to information about local environmental riskInformation about local environmental risk, such as a neighborhood’s air quality data, generally is more accessible than it once was. And businesses have increasingly been required to...
Stop the Arms Race: Align government affairs with ESG and sustainability goals to enable business as a force for goodToday’s companies, particularly in the U.S., are perceived as having tremendous power, economically, politically, and socially. Then why are companies...
Student Report: Illicit Trade and Modern Slavery“Illicit trade fuels modern slavery. Human trafficking is a highly lucrative line of business for the global criminal network that also engages in the trade of drugs, wildlife, counterfeit products, etc. These criminals...
Is Corporate Political Spending Bad for Business? If So, What Can Be Done? A Conversation with Hon. Leo E. StrineOn April 6th, the Erb Institute’s Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce (CPRT) was pleased to joined forces with Preventable Surprises, American...
Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce When should business take a standCompanies face increasing pressure to speak out on a range of issues, from racial unrest to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says the article “When should business take a stand?” by Sarah...
Erb's 25th Anniversary: Lasting lessons on negotiation and building support Sangeeta Ranade remembers a negotiation exercise in a sustainability strategy class at the Erb Institute more than 20 years ago that has stuck with her ever since. Each student had a different...
Erb's 25th Anniversary: Business and sustainability growth at the University of MichiganThe Erb Institute established the undergraduate Erb Fellows program last year bringing together students from across the University of Michigan to focus on business and...
Recent Erb Institute research aims to review the current status of indicators used by different assessment methodologies to measure corporate performance on socially responsible operations and identify potential gaps in their effectiveness.
In building a more sustainable future, your neighbors matter. For the public and private sectors, important symbiotic relationships are emerging. As a major source of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, cities are adopting climate action plans to strategically...