In our previous post we argued that without a global equity test, sustainability is reduced to simply a means of maintaining the status quo of excessive consumption and production. In this post, we advance our argument by presenting a series of steps that can help...
This blog is cross-posted on Triple Pundit Sustainability goes mainstream, but not yet global Business sustainability has gone mainstream—at least in the developed world. Companies tout sustainability reports; hire Chief Sustainability Officers; promote their...
Cynthia Shih (Erb '13), a singer/songwriter performing under the name, Vienna Teng, is on an international tour for her latest album AIMS. Having recently completed the dual-degree MBA/MS Program with the Erb Institute earlier this year she asked Andrew Hoffman (Erb...
This blog is cross-posted on: GreenBiz.com Many of the people who seek sustainability careers today would probably have entered politics or nonprofits in previous decades. Even those who joined nonprofits back then would likely have tried to influence public policy....
Congratulations to first year Erb student, Kelsea Ballanytne ('16) for being appointed for a two year term on the U-M President's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights from President Coleman.
Last month, Stephen Ahn (Erb ’15) and I served as the inaugural pair of WEC/Erb fellows, sponsored by IBM. This joint initiative between WEC, Erb, and IBM gives students the opportunity to participate in a topic-based roundtable discussion with innovative leaders...
An argument for the career "path less traveled" on the road to a sustainable future Robert Frost has so much to tell us about career paths in his famous poem, The Road Not Taken. Quoting from the concluding stanza: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took...
Erb Alum, Doug Glancy ('07) explores the strategic marriage of behavioral economics and technology as a means of increasing public motivation for action on climate change: What Smoking and Marriage Equality Can Teach Activists About Efforts to Catalyze Climate Action...
Business Model Innovation at TutorVista: Personalization and Global Resource Leverage(pdf abstract)Purchase the full report on (Case study # 1-428-916) – published 12/2012, 24 pages. Developed by: C.K. Prahalad, M.S. Krishnan Description: How do you convince American...
Constructing a Base-of-the-Pyramid Business in a Multinational Corporation: CEMEX’s Patrimonio Hoy Looks to Grow (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on (Case study #1-429-202) - published on 03/2012, 22 pages. Developed by: Erb faculty affiliate, Ted London...