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 […]
The University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Sustainability in Business (Erb) and the World Environment Center (WEC) brought together 40 senior-level thought leaders and executives from business, academia, government and nonprofits, as well as selected Erb Institute students, for a roundtable discussion. Held November 30 to December 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C., with support from […]
The University of Michigan's Erb Institute is continuing its partnership with Sustainable Brands, and we are reconvening the community built at last year's conference in Detroit. As we look forward to the upcoming SB 2018 conference in Vancouver and then SB 2019 coming back to Detroit, we have partnered with Sustainable Brands to hold a […]
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. 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 […]
