"Our distinctive expertise as a research community lies in understanding corporate sustainability behavior. We know much about what motivates business firms to invest in sustainability beyond the level required by law, and the impacts these investments have on...
"Typically, if you really want to mobilize people to act, you don't scare the hell out of them and convince them that the situation is hopeless," said Andrew Hoffman, professor of management and organizations, and environment and sustainability, commenting on the way...
What makes a strong leader in sustainability? Work in sustainability entails immense challenges, and much of the area is uncharted. To navigate it, strong leadership is essential. For the twentieth year in a row, the GlobeScan-SustainAbility survey Sustainability...
Elizabeth Kolbert was the Erb Institute Purpose-to-Impact speaker on April 11th of this year. She spoke both to small student groups as well as a large auditorium on many themes related to her Pulitzer-prize winning book, The Sixth Extinction. We are also grateful to...
It's well known that some of the biggest issues of our time are polarized along religious or political lines, meaning that people with different religious and political affiliations tend to have different beliefs on these issues. A new paper by Erb Institute...
Erb faculty director, Joe Arvai among experts suggesting that a reframing is necessary to provide actionable information for improved business sustainability outcomes. Climate change is increasingly being framed as a risk management problem to both businesses and...
To All Members of the University of Michigan Community: The University of Michigan is preparing to begin another academic year while members of our community and nation are processing the tragic events in Charlottesville, Va. last week. As the aftermath of that...
Connect with the Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability newsroom at 3BL here. Erb Institute, faculty member, Tom Lyon along with A. Wren Montgomery and Kimberly S. Wolske, have recently completed research which considers differences between Millennial’s...
The new Dean of the School for Environment & Sustainability, Jonathan Overpeck, discusses how climate change is leading to a rapid decline in Arizona’s main source of water: the Colorado River and what this means for the residents of this area. "At some point we...
Gore is the most polarizing figure in climate politics—disputed on the left, and widely loathed on the right. According to research by environmental scholar Andrew Hoffman published in 2011, nearly 40 percent of all articles casting doubt on climate change mentioned...