Is your business doing something really great on the journey to sustainability? Or maybe you have an idea you'd like to try but are not sure how? Share here, in this open forum, ways you see to accelerate the pace at which we're having an impact. We can learn from...
I came to the Erb Institute because I believe that business represents the greatest opportunity to solve our most pressing social and environmental problems. Because most established corporations focus on increasing profits as their sole purpose, I suspect that it...
By Merriam Haffar I had the great opportunity to host a roundtable discussion on setting science-based targets at Sustainable Brands’ 2018 New Metrics conference in Philadelphia in October. Science-based targets (SBTs) have received a growing amount of research...
When you realize, it’s not just you. Shedding light on gender and navigating academiaOr how two professors are bringing awareness and a voice to gender issues in higher education: Erb Staffer Carolyn Kwant talks with Sara Soderstrom, Asst. Professor, University of...
Reposted from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation website Until recently, we have lived in a linear economic system that operates under a “take, make, and dispose” philosophy, which ends in waste. In contrast, circular economies develop services and products that...
The Erb Institute engaged with several speakers and participants around key questions that relate to business, academia and sustainability, during a partner event with Innovation Forum in Detroit. Below we take a look at what academia has to offer business...
The Erb Institute sat down with Erb Seminar speaker and BSR Manager Ouida Chichester to talk about the business case for human rights. Through her work with BSR, Ouida has worked with many companies to improve their human rights policies. In the video, she digs into...
Erb Faculty Director Joe Árvai and I took Erb on the road in November—to India! India is one of the institute’s priority emerging markets for sustainability impact, and we’ve been working with the India Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) to develop a partnership...
Erb Institute students have many opportunities to pursue short- and long-term projects to both further their career goals and have a positive impact on the world. One of those opportunities is Ross Open Road. Ross Open Road supports social entrepreneurs across the...
Soon we’ll be celebrating the start of a new year, and with it will come New Year’s resolutions. I’ll challenge myself to resolve to change some habit or way of thinking. How about you? What resolutions will you make for 2019? On Thursday, January 31st, at Hop Cat in...