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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
