I’ve always had a deep-seated distrust of big business. Maybe it’s because I grew up with a social worker and teacher as parents, or because my first job out of school was with a nonprofit focused on fighting corporate abuses. Whatever the reason, this wariness...
Results for research on: Corporate Governance
Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders
Climate Science - Oxford Research Encyclopedias Andy Hoffman, Erb Faculty Member on Climate Change communication: Within the corporate sector, climate change represents an unfolding market shift, one that is driven by policy but also by pressures from a variety of...
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,...
Brian Douglas Brenton
MBA/MS, Class of 1998 Brian is the President of Brenton Consulting. He was formerly a Senior Manager in Deloitte Consulting's technology strategy practice, where he focused on large-scale manufacturing clients. At Deloitte, he worked with a wide range of corporate...
Kathryn Buckner
MBA/MS, Class of 2011 Kathryn is an Executive Director of the Americana Foundation. Before joining the Americana Foundation, Kathryn was a practicing environmental attorney who helped business and municipal clients develop proactive strategies for managing...
Sam Sibley (Stevenson)
MBA/MS, Class of 2014 Sam is currently the Mobile Product Lead, at Tala. Prior to Erb, Sam worked within the global carbon markets inspired by the potential of markets to drive scalable emission reductions. At DNV, Sam implemented a new business segment in forest...
Jocelyn Leitzinger
Jocelyn Leitzinger is a former Dow Post-doctoral Research Fellow with concurrent appointments at the Erb Institute and the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan. Drawing on organizational theory, she studies the impact of social movements on markets through...
Robyn Roberts
MBA/MS, Class of 1998 Robyn works to develop strategies in line with corporate environmental and social goals. She has worked with clients in a variety of industries including digital media, broadband communications and entertainment, renewable energy, and automotive....
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...