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It is very encouraging to see companies re-thinking their political spending policies in the wake of current threats to the peaceful transition of power in America. Such reviews could create a tipping point in restoring public trust and stability -- but only if...
Earlier this year, Erb Institute student, Chris Owen, MBA/MS 2020, worked with Casa María Amor in Cuenca, Ecuador for an Erb Institute Impact Project. Casa María Amor is a women’s shelter hidden on the outskirts of Cuenca in a crevice of the Andes Mountains. It...
One of the great challenges of tackling climate change is making it real for people without a scientific background. That’s because the threat it poses can be so hard to see or feel. In the wake of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, for example, one may be compelled to...
Erb alumnus Marcos Mancini is a country manager in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System. He talked with Erb about the inquiry’s work and the sustainable finance issues involved....
Each year, Erb Institute students join various clubs at the University of Michigan, the Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability. One club that many Erb students join sits at the intersection of business and sustainability: the Social...
Marina v. N. Whitman, professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, recently published a piece in The Conversation, “Corporate America Needs to Get Back to Thinking About More Than Just Profits.” In her piece, Whitman examines...
Triple Bottom Line Investing’s European flagship conference brings together practicing investors and asset managers who control a significant amount of the world’s capital, including representatives from Brazil, Japan, the U.S. and Europe. The assembled functional...
The University of Michigan’s student-led Social Venture Fund notched its first-ever win at the 2017 MIINT competition in April, receiving the Best Diligence Award for its high-caliber, professional-quality impact investment recommendation to an expert panel of judges....
Report: Ending the Woes of Short-Termism: Eric Ries and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-504) – published 04/2017, 22 pages Developed by: Anna Norman, Olexandr Spasov, Nathan Brougher, and...