Business sustainability has come a long way, but problems such as climate change, water scarcity, species extinction, and many others continue to worsen. Fresh thought leadership from Andrew Hoffman at the Erb Institute is pivoting the thinking on how companies can...
What 840 “Employees” Say about Creating Change Think interns aren’t like other types of employees? Think again. Since 2008, 840 graduate students have spent a summer working on corporate environmental and sustainability projects as fellows in the EDF Climate...
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...
https://youtu.be/HtOu4BI6yxs Erb Institute alumnus, Joe Tate, shares his experience working on The Youth Impact Project, a partnership with the Erb Institute, Sustainable Brands, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice and EcoWorks. While attending Sustainable...
Sustainability - A Guide for Boards and C-Suites is a succinct business-focused summary of how business leaders should think about the risks and opportunities associated with sustainability. The book includes the Gib Hedstrom's insights not only from the approximately...
Report: Cargill: The Risky Business of Integrating Climate Change and Corporate Strategy (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-506) – published 04/2017, 14 pages Developed by: Whitney Augustine, Kimberly Kennedy, and Jon Moss....
"After nine months of much sound and some intense fury, the Trump administration continues its efforts to implement an environmental agenda based on major 2016 campaign themes while also having to address the more practical realities of governance. To paraphrase the...
It's well known that some of the biggest issues of our time are polarized along religious or political lines, meaning that people with different religious and political affiliations tend to have different beliefs on these issues. A new paper by Erb Institute...
Innovations in Cross-Campus + Cross-Disciplinary Models An excerpt from the Executive Summary Andrew P. Hoffman, Erb Faculty Member THIS IS A STUDY OF THE DISTINCTIVE characteristics, activities, challenges and opportunities of a specific type of sustainability...
Report: Climate Change and the Napa Valley Wine Industry (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-510) – published 04/2017, 22 pages[/text-with-icon] Developed by: Alex Engel, Robert Meyer, and Sarah Perry. This case was...