Natural Products Expo East is one of the biggest natural foods trade shows in the world. The September 2018 event in Baltimore attracted 1,500 businesses and 30,000 attendees, including us—two Erb students participating as MBArk Fellows, with the support of fantastic...
"The environmental movement has come a long way, spurring government policies and embedding sustainable practices into business. However, one area we have not been able to transform effectively is consumer behavior. Although the movement has grown over time, the...
How can the “sustainable consumption” movement mainstream itself by becoming more accessible and thus inclusive and diverse? This year, I had the privilege of co-organizing the Erb Institute’s first-ever diversity, equity and inclusion panel, alongside fellow Erb...
Earlier this year, Erb Institute student, Chris Owen, MBA/MS 2020, worked with Casa María Amor in Cuenca, Ecuador for an Erb Institute Impact Project. Casa María Amor is a women’s shelter hidden on the outskirts of Cuenca in a crevice of the Andes Mountains. It...
In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the fall of 2017, more than 3 million Americans were left without power across Puerto Rico. It took nearly 11 months for the local utility to restore power in some cases. During the hurricanes’ immediate aftermath, numerous...
In our blog last month, we wrote about UNLEASH, the weeklong global innovation lab we attended in Singapore. We spent a week with 1,000 fellow young professionals and students from 106 countries developing innovative ideas for tackling the United Nations Sustainable...
Curious about the role of business in advancing climate action? Watch this video. This September, a delegation from the University of Michigan's Erb Institute traveled to San Francisco to attend the Global Climate Action Summit. The Erb Institute also hosted an...
UNLEASH is a global innovation lab that brings together 1,000 young people to create solutions for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year, UNLEASH took place in Singapore. On Day 1, we found ourselves surrounded by 998 other participants, eagerly...
The future of business sustainability Diversity in environmentalism: past, present and futureWe 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 previously felt...
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 complete no brainer."...