Kelsea Ballantyne earned her MBA/MS in 2016, as part of the Erb Institute and the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. She’s now in an executive development program at Boeing, working on the 777 and 777X airplanes, and she talked with Erb about her work...
Results for research on: External Advisory Board
Erb Institute Board Member, Tom Catania Helps Push the Needle on Sustainability – New Energy Index for Fans will help Gauge Efficiency
A new metric for fan efficiency is set to revolutionize how commercial and industrial fans are regulated and considered for utility incentive programs. It will drive significant energy savings and technological improvements, and it will also help consumers,...
Erb Board Membership Companies Stand with the Paris Climate Agreement
Climate change is the reality we live in, and despite the combined actions of our global community, it continues to outpace our efforts. At the Erb Institute, we understand the daunting challenges that climate change presents—and the true potential of business to...
Report Sheds Light on Clean Energy Technologies and Establishes Benchmarks — Summary by Executive-in-Residence, Tom Catania
A recently released report from the Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center (CEMAC) is the first of its kind to isolate and quantify the economic effects of clean energy manufacturing sectors. The report, Benchmarks of Global Clean Energy Manufacturing, evaluates...
Paper Production and Water Stewardship in the Great Lakes
Watch this beautiful video on water stewardship and the paper industry in the Great Lakes region. Erb alumna and EAB member, Kathryn Buckner is featured near 3:19 in the video. This video was produced by: Detroit Public Television, the Council of Great Lakes...
External Advisory Board member featured in Forbes magazine
Erb External Advisory Board member, Lauren Bigelow, is featured in Forbes magazine. "Lauren Bigelow is the CEO of the Growth Capital Network (GCN) which does project management, evaluative and analytical work. But what she really does is help connect entrepreneurs and...
Dave Berdish Wins Green Leadership Award!
Congratulations to former Erb EAB Member and Manager of Ford’s Social Sustainability Operations, for earning the 2012 Detroit Automotive Leadership Award in Green Leadership. Read the story
What to do when you’ve picked all the low-hanging fruit – Article in GreenBiz
By Nadine Gudz and Melissa Vernon This post appeared in GreenBiz on March 23, 2012 Since early 2008, an intentional, global, and mostly internal dialogue has been going on to address the question of how Interface will accelerate its sustainability journey to meet our...