Over 2,600 exhibiting companies and 67,000 industry members attended the 2014 Natural Products Expo West in March. This international group congregated to learn, network, and arrange deals over an intense few days of activity." The exhibit was a maze of booths, each...
Results for research on: Consumer Products
U-M apparel liscensees to follow Bangladesh safety accord
President Mary Sue Coleman announced on April 1st that U-M will adopt a worker safety initiative by recommendation of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights. The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh initiative is a five year...
Taking a Bite Out of Apple: Labor Rights and the Role of Companies and Consumers in a Global Supply Chain
Now available in Spanish: Morder la manzana: derechos laborales y el papel de las empresas y los consumidores en una cadena global de suministros (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report in Spanish on WDI (Case study # 1-429-406)– published 11/2014, 16 pages....
Crowdfunding for Sustainability Focused Startups
Recent business school graduates launching a startup typically go after “traditional” investment from angel investors, VCs, business plan competitions, tech incubators, and, increasingly, social venture funds. But Rich Grousset and I learned that BizeeBox, our...
Building Global Capacity to Manage Chemicals Responsibly
As my flight approached Nairobi Airport, we flew low over miles of intermingled shanty towns, repair shops, and small factories literally as far as the eye could see. The colorful but chaotic landscape below was a reminder of why I had come. I was in Nairobi to...
Jacob Talbot: EDF Climate Corps “Likes” Smart Energy Management
This blog is cross posted on EDF Climate Corps. This summer, EDF Climate Corps placed 116 fellows within leading organizations to identify strategic energy management opportunities. These fellows spent their summer working on a variety of projects from energy...
Case Study: Jamba Juice and the Foam Cup
Developed under the supervision of Andrew Hoffman by graduate students Wesley Allred (Erb ’14), Heather Croteau, Fareed Hussain, Melisa Ongun and Sheena VanLeuven (Erb ’15) Jamba Juice CEO James White must determine how to respond to an online petition started by a...
Case Study: SC Johnson and the Greenlist Backlash
This case was developed under the supervision of Andrew Hoffman by graduate students Alice Appleton, Cara Bastoni, Kara Davidson (Erb ’13) and Yuan Zhang. SC Johnson developed the ingredient improvement process, called Greenlist™ to reduce the negative environmental...
MAP – Rapid Growth of Antalya, Turkey and Taxis
City of Antalya Multidisciplinary Action Project Authors: Aamer Ali, Santiago Gomez-Bernal, Shaun Herbert and Michael Rockett ('15) Faculty Advisor: Ted O'Leary Abstract: The government in Turkey had asked major cities to complete sustainable transport plans, Antalya...
Movirtu’s Cloud Phone Service: Funding a Base-of-the-Pyramid Venture
Movirtu's Cloud Phone Service: Funding a Base-of-the-Pyramid Venture (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on (Case study # 1-429-162) – published 01/2012, 18 pages. Developed by: Erb faculty affiliate, Ted London Description: Who are the right investors for a...