Client Organization: University of Michigan Health System Client Website: University of Michigan Health System Secondary Client Organization: Patient Food & Nutrition Services Secondary Client Website: Patient Food & Nutrition Services SNRE Faculty Advisor:...
This blog is cross posted on Information Systems for Environmental Sustianability I scraped the EPA website for University GHG emissions (not available for download), made a bar chart excluding those with < 50K MTCo2e in 2011, and added colors to group by climate...
Stringency, governance, media coverage and diffusion of environmental and social labeling schemes Co-authored by: Pavel Castka and Charles J. Corbett Abstract The increased focus on social and environmental issues has led to a range of labels being used to inform...
Andy Hoffman and Erb Institute MBA/MS program cited in Financial Times story on Business education: The sustainable path to profit: don't throw out the rubbish. Read more: The sustainable path to profit: don't throw out the rubbish (html)
Elise Hunter's ('13) interview with Mechai Viravaidya (Thailand's 'Mr. Condom') on the successes of one of his social enterprises is featured in the Huffington Post Social Entrepreneurship section as Cabbages and Condoms. A public health advocate and entrepreneur...
Cisco has achieved a 25 percent absolute CO2 reduction from a 2007 baseline, including business air travel scope 3 emissions. The company is looking to further reduce scope 1-2 and business air travel emissions worldwide on an absolute basis 15 percent by 2017, the...
Erb faculty affiliate, Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick published "Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Shale Gas Policy Development" (pdf) in the Review of Public Policy.
Grant Hughes ('13) and his business partner Cavan Canavan from Focus won the $20,000 Pryor-Hale Award for Best Business. Focus is a digital personal trainer integrated into a wristwatch-like device capable of automatically recording repetitions, sets, rest periods,...
Jonathan Huynh (Erb '13), Mike Wohl (Erb '13), Lawrence Han (Erb '14) and Therese Miranda (Erb '15) were on the team that took 2nd place. Congratulations! This is the first time Ross has placed at the case competition, which involves students from across the country...
Allison Shapiro and Rachel Smeak, Advisor: Rick Bunch Erb alumni give top priority to the potential for social or environmental impact in career selection. Read more in the Erb alumni employment survey....