Report: Cracking the Egg Industry: Hampton Creek Tries a Vegan Take on Classic Mayo (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-509) – published 04/2017, 14 pages Developed by: Kathleen Carroll, Yu-Han Cheng, Albany Eckert, and Chase...
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Porridge Helps Build a Better Future in Rwanda
Nearly two years ago, through the William Davidson Institute, I had the opportunity to spend a summer in rural Rwanda working with the Ihangane Project (TIP), a small nonprofit dedicated to improving health care outcomes in the Ruli catchment area. Millions of people...
Being the Change: MBA Students Reflect on Natural Foods Industry Trends
At Expo West, the largest natural foods conference held each year in the United States, the conventional rules about food do not apply. Attendees will find bugs in their food, sample snacks that producers proudly note are “alive,” and try vegan burgers that bleed. I...
Paloma Lopez
Paloma Lopez has transitioned from her recent role as Global Sustainability Director for the Kellogg Company, based in Michigan to begin work on a new initiative supporting sustainability, well-being and humanity at the center of a fast-changing food system. As the...
Telling a Sustainable Story: An Agribusiness Start-Up Stands Apart
Conscientious consumers are repeatedly encouraged to eat local, buy organic, seek out fair trade labels and ask about the traceability of a product’s supply chain. As sales of organic and ethically labeled products rise, companies both large and small have focused...
Jeff Martin
Jeff is currently Director of Project Origination at Clean Focus Renewables, a financier and developer of large-scale solar photovoltaic systems. Prior to joining Clean Focus, Jeff was Senior Director of Sales at SunShare where he led customer acquisition activities...
Focusing on the Human Side of Business – Insights from the Net Impact Conference
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...
Wendy Boyle
Wendy is responsible for executing and coordinating Erb events, conferences, workshops, and meetings for the Institute. She began her events career with Erb in 2016 and moved to the School for Environment and Sustainability in 2017. At SEAS she helped with the...
Dan Skeeters
MBA/MS, Class of 1998 Dan joined the CCALT team in 2022 and in his role as Conservation Manager he works diligently to forge lasting partnerships with landowners who choose to conserve their land and preserve their legacies with CCALT. Dan earned an MBA and an MS in...
Ethan Schoolman
Dr. Schoolman holds a Dow Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise and the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. As a sociologist and interdisciplinary social scientist, his current work...