Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon was quoted in this recent radio story on the continued struggle of Flint, MI residents as they manage through the crisis of lead tainted water.
Results for research on: Conscious Consumption
Telling a Sustainable Story: An Agribusiness Start-Up Stands Apart
Conscientious consumers are repeatedly encouraged to eat local, buy organic, seek out fair trade labels and ask about the traceability of a product’s supply chain. As sales of organic and ethically labeled products rise, companies both large and small have focused...
Jeff Martin
MBA/MS, Class of 2007 Jeff is currently Director of Project Origination at Clean Focus Renewables, a financier and developer of large-scale solar photovoltaic systems. Prior to joining Clean Focus, Jeff was Senior Director of Sales at SunShare where he led customer...
Allison Burtka
Allison is the Erb Institute’s Writer. Her career as a writer and editor spans various publications and nonprofit organizations, on topics ranging from the environment to education to the law. As a freelance writer, her work has been published by the Sierra Club, the...
Net Impact Highlights Profitable Businesses’ Positive Change
I've been part of the leadership team for Net Impact at Ross in the last two years, but it wasn't until this year, in my third and final year as an Erber, that I attended the Net Impact Conference. I was beyond excited because I had heard great things from fellow Net...
Erb Faculty, Member Andy Hoffman – From Enterprise Integration to Market Transformation: The Future of Corporate Sustainability
"For the foreseeable future, business will be — must be — inseparable from the concept of sustainability, if the human project on Earth is to endure. The market must, and will, adjust to recognize the global nature of the issues we face. The next iteration of...
Wendy Boyle
Wendy is responsible for executing and coordinating Erb events, conferences, workshops, and meetings for the Institute. She began her events career with Erb in 2016 and moved to the School for Environment and Sustainability in 2017. At SEAS she helped with the...
The National Park Service: The Intersection of Environmental Stewardship and Business
Last summer I had the privilege of interning for the National Park Service as a Business Plan Intern (BPI) at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. This 10-week summer internship was an incredible experience. Not only did I have the privilege to live and work inside...
Aaron James
MBA/MS, Class of 2010 Aaron James is currently the VP of Network Partnerships at EnergySage, an online marketplace for solar energy, where he manages the company’s national installer network and marketplace customer service. With the support of two SunShot awards from...
Sarah Shapiro
MBA/MS, Class of 2011 Sarah is focusing her studies on corporate environmental strategy and finance with a particular focus on climate change adaptation. She spent a summer working for Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Operations practice where she returned after...