As Ford Motor Company's manager of social sustainability, David Berdish is at the vanguard of executive chairman Bill Ford's goal of transforming Ford "from a motor company to a mobility company." Read more: The Blue Oval Goes Green
Results for research on: Consumer Products
Minimizing Waste, One Container at a Time
As of 2011, the University of Michigan campus was generating 10,000 tons of solid waste every year - nearly 28 tons per day. The University realizes this is a major problem and has begun taking action accordingly. President Coleman recently set an ambitious target of...
Erber Colm Fay is cited in WSJ story about Whole Foods moving to Detroit
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Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (A)
Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Patagonia A: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (Case study #1-429-230) – published 03/2012, 22 pages. By: Allyson Johnson, Courtney Lee, Steven Rippberger, and...
Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (B)
Patagonia B: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Patagonia B: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (Case study #1-429-231) – published 03/2012, 6 pages. By: Allyson Johnson, Courtney Lee, Steven Rippberger,...
Erb Alum Cynthia Koenig interviewed for New York Times Business Day story: “Unreasonable, Maybe, but It’s on a Social Mission”
Cynthia's company, Wello, based in Rajasthan, India, is aimed at people — most of them women — who must walk long distances to bring drinking water to the home. Her cylinder-shaped product allows women to roll water home from the source rather than carry it on their...
Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency
Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency (Case study #1-429-106) – published 07/2011, 48 pages. By: Professor Thomas P. Lyon and Michael “Kipp”...
Range Resources: A Commitment to Transparency
Range Resources: A Commitment to Transparency (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Range Resources: A Commitment to Transparency (Case study #1-429-168) – published 06/2011, 28 pages. By: Tal Avrahami, Pamela Barclay, Sarah Barjum, Lauren Berent, Amy Braun,...
Erb Student Co-authors First US Dairy Sustainability Report
Katie O'Hare, Erb '11 interned with the Innovation Center for US Dairy, where she led a project team to create the first sustainability progress report for the dairy industry. "For centuries, dairy families and businesses have had a proud legacy of providing...
Wello WaterWheel Garners Awards
Erb Entrepreneurs Cynthia Koenig, Erb '11 and Colm Fay, Erb '12 launch award winning social venture helping people to transport safe drinking water in areas where it is not readily available. "There’s beauty in simplicity. Just ask entrepreneur Cynthia Koenig, MBA/MS...