Join us for a webinar on the circular economy with a member of our External Advisory Board, David Clark. David is the Vice President of Sustainability, for Amcor Ltd. His work is focused on transitioning the industry from single-use plastic packaging toward circular economy principles. This includes working with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, […]
Join the Erb Institute and Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies (ZLI) for an alumni professional development webinar with Lee Gorman on consulting and entrepreneurship in relation to sustainability. Lee is currently a Mentor in Residence at the Lawrence Technological University Collaboratory and a Consultant for Barton Consulting Services. In both cases, Lee’s work is […]
Dr. Jeremiah Johnson NC State, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Improving environmental outcomes requires systems approaches that consider impacts that extend beyond a factory or company's walls. By using life cycle assessment (LCA), companies can identify the best opportunities to reduce environmental impacts, informing decisions relating to material choice, supply chains, […]
Dr. Sara Soderstrom University of Michigan, Assistant Professor, Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment During this session, Dr. Soderstrom will introduce the triple-bottom line framework that underpins sustainability and brings attention to economic, social, and environmental priorities. Corporate sustainability is "in vogue" at the moment, which makes it easy to forget that this role […]
Dr. Andrew Hoffman University of Michigan, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan Business sustainability has come a long way. From the dawn of the modern environmental movement and the establishment of environmental regulations in the 1970s, it has now become a strategic concern driven by market forces. But problems such […]
Dr. Joe Arvai University of Michigan, Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan Decision-making in service of the “triple-bottom-line” (TBL) refers to choices made by individuals and groups that balance social, economic, and environmental objectives. On the one hand, we are often told the story that “people, planet, […]
Dr. Kaitlin Raimi University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Many sustainability initiatives rely on individual consumers being able to recognize more sustainable products and practices and being willing to choose sustainable options. Yet most consumers are not experts in sustainability, do not readily understand sustainability-related indices, and may even avoid sustainable options because […]
Dr. Daniel Vermeer Duke, Executive Director – Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment and Associate Professor of the Practice of Energy and Environment Wicked problems differ from conventional problems by virtue of their complexity, unboundedness, multiple stakeholders, and resistance to resolution. Wicked problems exist in many domains, including environmental degradation, global pandemics, inequality, […]
Dr. Tima Bansal Ivey Business School, Professor, General Management, Sustainability & Strategy In this session, Dr. Tima Bansal outlines some of the key assumptions made in conventional business strategy, which is grounded in neoclassical economics. However, this worldview is being challenged across a number of fronts, including eroding firm profits. Business strategy is being disrupted […]
Curious about the Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability and the dual-degree program? Erb Institute Student & Alumni Manager, Emily Keeler and Coordinator, Noor Fahmy will be leading a webinar to take prospective students through the program, the application process, opportunities for funding, our Erb alumni network and career pathways. Register at the link below!
U.S. law defines human trafficking as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor or services against their will. The one exception involves minors and commercial sex. Inducing a minor into commercial sex is considered human trafficking regardless of the presence of force, fraud or coercion. […]
Free and open to the public. Join us for a discussion between Lisa D. Cook and Betsey Stevenson on economics, development, diversity, and innovation. Professor Cook’s research on innovation and diversity has shown that while both women and underrepresented minorities have earned an increasing share of bachelor’s degrees and advanced degrees in fields most associated […]
Future 500 CAN Briefing: Corporate Political ResponsibilityFri, Feb 26 @ 10AM PT | WebinarFuture 500 is partnering with the Erb Institute's Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce, Business for America, and In This Together for a cross-sectoral, cross-functional exploration of corporate political responsibility and transparency in 2021 and beyond.
Corporate Political Responsibility in a World on Fire:Aligning on a Firm-wide Approach for Proactive & Principled EngagementWed, Mar 3 @ 1PM ET | Webinar Tom Lyon, Faculty Director of the Erb Institute, and lead author of CSR Needs CPR: Corporations, Politics and Sustainability (California Management Review's Best Article 2019)Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University […]
Corporate Political Responsibility: What is business’ role in restoring trusted, well-functioning representative government? | a conversation with Paul Polman, MaryAnne Howland & the Corporate Political Responsibility TaskforceWed, April 21 @ 10-11:15 EDT Paul Polman Co-founder and Co-Chair of IMAGINE, Vice-Chair UN Global Compact, and former CEO Unilever 2009-2018.MaryAnne Howland Chair of the Race and Equity Working Group […]
About this event Deepening divisions in the US, both politically and culturally, pose a threat to our democracy. The issue goes beyond a move to the right for Republicans or to the left among Democrats, as extremism has marginalized long-standing moderate political beliefs in both camps, and bipartisanship has been vilified. Our political system’s polarization […]
Reflecting on the accomplishments of the first five years of the University’s strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion with the Voices of the Staff DEI Team. Panelists Dr. David Brown, Associate Vice President & Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion at Michigan Medicine Lauren Davis, Director of Diversity, Equity and Community, School for […]
Companies have become increasingly powerful political players in recent decades, using their political clout to influence public policy on social, economic and environmental issues – often behind closed doors and too often, in ways that undermine the public interest. In his new book, Corporate Political Responsibility, Tom Lyon and a series of leading scholars of […]
An invitation to executives to manage risk, maintain stability and take non-partisan action to ensure the health of our civic institutions The 2024 General Election is approaching fast. Across the country, voters will go to the polls in a political landscape that is increasingly polarized and volatile. With energized stakeholders looking for companies to lead, […]
A practical introduction to the Erb Institute’s Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce and the Leadership Now Project’s Corporate Guide to Navigating U.S. Political Risk In this critical election year, executives in every business function are faced with unprecedented risks and uncertainties related to an increasingly polarized and volatile US political landscape, from supply chain disruption to […]
A practical introduction to the Erb Institute’s Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce and the new CPR Decision Tool based on the Erb Principles for CPR Following the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump, the realities of an increasingly volatile and unpredictable geopolitical environment have never been more clear. In response, boards, companies, and associations are […]
As business leaders seek alignment between their political engagement and their companies’ stated mission and values, leading companies are increasingly auditing their trade association memberships. As unveiled by The Good Lobby Tracker, benchmarking around engagement with trade associations is increasing. In some cases, as in the recent high-profile Unilever trade association assessment, this analysis reveals […]
With the tumultuous events of the 2024 US election season, companies are reviewing a wider range of risk scenarios — from political violence to election interference, conflicting stakeholder pressures, regulatory uncertainty, and the politicization of strategic business issues. These challenges are unlikely to abate completely after the election. In this hyper-politicized environment, proactive risk management is […]
As students, employees, consumers and investors consider the companies they want to work for, buy from or invest in, they are increasingly interested in how those firms use their political influence, including political spending. Indeed, as we heard from the Center for Political Accountability in July, trendsetters view disclosure as a strategy for reducing risk […]
