Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon was quoted in this recent radio story on the continued struggle of Flint, MI residents as they manage through the crisis of lead tainted water.
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Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai – “Under Trump, best defender of the environment is … big business?” (Michigan Radio)
Listen to the conversation on NPR's Stateside with Joe Arvai, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan "Word came down recently that Shell — the second-largest oil...
In pursuit of the elusive ‘energy strategy’ – featured in GreenBiz
Joe Arvai on the New York Times Energy for Tomorrow meeting. "A strategy for facilitating an energy transition isn’t the same thing as discussions about all the things we could or should do, or that we have done. Putting it another way, energy strategies should not be...
Erb Faculty, Member Andy Hoffman – From Enterprise Integration to Market Transformation: The Future of Corporate Sustainability
"For the foreseeable future, business will be — must be — inseparable from the concept of sustainability, if the human project on Earth is to endure. The market must, and will, adjust to recognize the global nature of the issues we face. The next iteration of...
Why Trump’s vow to kill Obama’s sustainability agenda will lead business to step in and save it – The Conversation
Read the original article: The Conversation During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump called climate change a hoax, threatened to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency, committed to easing restrictions on drilling and mining on federal lands, and...
Carissa De Young – Rackham Fellowship
The Erb Institute welcomes you to join us in celebrating a recent award for one of our new Erber's, Carissa De Young. Carissa is a newly-minted recipient of the Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship. A path that started with a week long service trip to Mexico as a 15...
Erb Students featured in Chilean News for Ross MAP Solar Project
A Michigan Ross MAP team was featured in EMOL Economy for their work on a solar research project with The Chilean Association of Solar Energy (Acesol) this spring. The Ross students on the team include Nick Barrett (Erb MBA/MS '18), Andrew Dabrowski (MBA '17),...
Why Companies are becoming B Corporations
Published in the Harvard Business Review, June 17, 2016. The landscape of American corporations is changing. Since the financialization of the economy in the late 1970s, corporate governance practices have tightly linked the purpose of business with maximizing...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai – Better Decisions for a Better World
"For sustainable enterprise to truly drive on the promise in its name, it has to be about more than just 'going green'; it must also account for economic development that is both socially inclusive and environmentally sound. Joe Arvai will take you on an international...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai – “How can “Nudge Units” protect government from future mistakes?” (Michigan Radio)
Listen to the conversation on NPR's Stateside with Joe Arvai, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan When creating new public policies, lawmakers seek to answer...