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Approaches to Assessing Corporate Performance on Socially Responsible Operations

Recent Erb Institute research aims to review the current status of indicators used by different assessment methodologies to measure corporate performance on socially responsible operations and identify potential gaps in their effectiveness.

Will people take advice from AI to make important decisions?

By Larkin, Otten and Arvai - Published in the Journal of Risk Research Will people take advice...

Diving into African seafood processing—understanding waste and loss

Nov 30, 2021

Figuring out how to start to be great

Nov 30, 2021

I now know I did not have to be a great environmentalist to join Erb, and the experience and resources at Michigan and Erb are helping me start my career in environmental sustainability strategy.

COVID-19’s effect on domestic farmworkers and meat processing workers

Nov 11, 2021

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery stores’ shelves sat empty as consumers rushed to stockpile toilet paper, canned goods and other necessities. With roughly 50% of Americans transitioning to remote work, the pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities of food system workers who were unable to work safely from their homes.

Inside the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Tomorrow’s Business Leaders

Oct 13, 2021

Tailoring the Erb experience to future careers in local nonprofits or city government

Sep 28, 2021

Here are a few pieces of advice I’d like to share with prospective students, especially those considering a less traditional post-MBA career in local government or nonprofits.

Charting a new course, with the help of Erb peers

Sep 16, 2021

COVID-19 and the global apparel value chain: A call for responsibility and resilience

COVID-19 and the global apparel value chain: A call for responsibility and resilienceCOVID-19 may...

Dow Sustainability Fellowship Experience: Addressing Utility Burden in Detroit

Dow Sustainability Fellowship Experience: Addressing Utility Burden in DetroitDisproportionate...

Combating GHG Emissions in the Forest, Land and Agriculture Sector with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Combating GHG Emissions in the Forest, Land and Agriculture Sector with the World Wildlife Fund...

Reflecting on a year at the Erb Institute: Impact Investing and DEI

Around this time last year, I was weighing my grad school options. The Erb Institute rose to the...

Taking Off: A Proposal for People-Powered Sustainability at Delta Airlines

A group of Erb Institute MBA/MS students prepared a sustainability strategy for Delta Airlines as...

Student Proposal for Whole Foods Sustainability Strategy

Each year, as part of Erb Seminar, groups of Erb Institute MBA/MS students are asked to prepare...

Are the keys to supply chain transformation closer than they appear?

"The biggest issues in supply chains seemed to be not what tools to use in agricultural...

The plastics packaging problem

Rapacious consumption of single-use plastics has led to their widespread accumulation in the...

The future of business sustainability—Extending inclusiveness to people with disabilities

People with disabilities constitute the largest minority group, at an estimated one in six people...

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