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...
Josh is the Founding Partner of Clearstone Enterprises, a venture investment, design, and innovation platform that targets and builds businesses that profit from “giving a voice to the voiceless”. Josh was up until recently a member of Korn Ferry’s Asset Management...
For the second year in a row, a team from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business has won Accenture’s Innovation Challenge, which brings in MBA students to tackle a challenge that one of its nonprofit partners faces. This year, the partner was USA for...
Allison is the Erb Institute’s Writer. Her career as a writer and editor spans various publications and nonprofit organizations, on topics ranging from the environment to education to the law. As a freelance writer, her work has been published by the Sierra Club, the...
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...
MBA/MS, Class of 2007 Alex works on advanced technology policy for General Motors. He is responsible for policy considerations and technical support for the commercialization of GM’s advanced vehicle portfolio ranging from transportation electrification to urban...
Jim has been accelerating the adoption across the US of practical environmental solutions to sustainable materials management for the last four decades. Beginning with helping to launch some of our country's first municipal recycling programs in the 70's and 80's...
Role: Emily is responsible for enhancing the learning experience of Erb’s dual-degree students with business sustainability content, including short-term projects and multi-year collaborations with companies and nonprofit partners in the U.S. and abroad. As the...
MBA/MS, Class of 2007 Doug Wein leads the independent consulting and coaching company Manifest, as an expert sustainability strategist and professional coach. Manifest guides sustainability-minded professionals and businesses to clarify and achieve their most...
MBA/MS, Class of 2013 Sander currently serves as the Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation. His professional interests include sustainable design, technology, and entrepreneurial initiatives. Prior to graduate school, he worked at Ernst...