Read the original article: The Conversation During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump called climate change a hoax, threatened to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency, committed to easing restrictions on drilling and mining on federal lands, and...
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Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders
Climate Science - Oxford Research Encyclopedias Andy Hoffman, Erb Faculty Member on Climate Change communication: Within the corporate sector, climate change represents an unfolding market shift, one that is driven by policy but also by pressures from a variety of...
Andy Hoffman Receives 2016 Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award
At the Erb Institute, we teach about the power of business to create sustainable change, so we are excited to announce that Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman, has been recognized for his innovative teaching on Market Transformation as a 2016 Aspen Institute Faculty...
Exploring Best Practices for Human Rights Issues – An Erb Institute/WEC roundtable
Exploring Best Practices for Human Rights Issues By Allison Torres Burtka The field of sustainability has evolved in recent years to include human rights issues. Consumers and investors have made these issues a priority, so businesses are responding. As they do,...
Phil Howard / Erb Colloquium
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Simone Pulver / Erb Colloquium
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Why Companies are becoming B Corporations
Published in the Harvard Business Review, June 17, 2016. The landscape of American corporations is changing. Since the financialization of the economy in the late 1970s, corporate governance practices have tightly linked the purpose of business with maximizing...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai – Better Decisions for a Better World
"For sustainable enterprise to truly drive on the promise in its name, it has to be about more than just 'going green'; it must also account for economic development that is both socially inclusive and environmentally sound. Joe Arvai will take you on an international...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai – “How can “Nudge Units” protect government from future mistakes?” (Michigan Radio)
Listen to the conversation on NPR's Stateside with Joe Arvai, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan When creating new public policies, lawmakers seek to answer...
Erb Postdoc Georgallis, “How Social Movements can Spark Corporate Social Responsibility Initatives” (Ideas for Leaders)
Erb Postdoc Panikos Georgallis' work on social movements and corporate social responsibility was recently featured in Ideas for Leaders. Read his idea summary on How Social Movements Spark Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives (pdf)