Report: Cracking the Egg Industry: Hampton Creek Tries a Vegan Take on Classic Mayo (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-509) – published 04/2017, 14 pages Developed by: Kathleen Carroll, Yu-Han Cheng, Albany Eckert, and Chase...
Results for research on: Consumer Products
Porridge Helps Build a Better Future in Rwanda
Nearly two years ago, through the William Davidson Institute, I had the opportunity to spend a summer in rural Rwanda working with the Ihangane Project (TIP), a small nonprofit dedicated to improving health care outcomes in the Ruli catchment area. Millions of people...
Seventh Generation and Unilever: Would an Acquisition Affect Sustainability?
Report: Seventh Generation and Unilever: Would an Acquisition Affect Sustainability? (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-507) – published 04/2017, 18 pages Developed by: Kirstie Hostetter, Cory Wydysh, Anna Hayden and Mike...
Being the Change: MBA Students Reflect on Natural Foods Industry Trends
At Expo West, the largest natural foods conference held each year in the United States, the conventional rules about food do not apply. Attendees will find bugs in their food, sample snacks that producers proudly note are “alive,” and try vegan burgers that bleed. I...
Breaking Ground: Method and the Brownfield vs. Greenfield Debate
Report: Breaking Ground: Method and the Brownfield vs. Greenfield Debate (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-482) – published 04/2017, 18 pages Developed by: Natalie Payer, Dayna Sason, Mark Green, and Edouard Bapst....
A Texas-Sized Sustainability Training
As part of Erb’s Cool Projects, I recently attended a Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner Training offered by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence. It offered a glimpse into the challenges that sustainability professionals must face on a daily basis....
Bold Ideas: Insight From BSR’s Conference
“Be Bold” was the theme of the 2016 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference last November in New York City. I was able to attend, thanks to Cool Projects funding, and it was my first sustainability conference. As a career changer new to the world of...
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...
Leapfrogging the Grid: How Solar Water Pumps Could Revolutionize Indian Agriculture
In America, the agricultural sector is responsible for barely one percent of total energy consumption. But it's a different picture in India, where a whopping 18 percent of the nation's electricity goes to power agricultural water pumps. Problems in Indian...
Untapped Potential of Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) in our Energy Infrastructure
Thanks in part to the power of the Erb Network, 10-year-old Intel AMT technology could drive down the cost of wind turbine maintenance and improve wind power sustainability Have you heard of AMT? AMT is Active Management Technology. If you haven’t heard about it yet,...