Dow recognized that it is often challenging for employees to see the impact that their day to day job has on the overall sustainability performance of the company. As such, Dow needed to find a way to bridge this gap and mobilize employees at the individual level as...
Hi from Askov, Denmark, I am admittedly still very jet lagged (and writing emails at 3 a.m.), but I'm excited to be diving into the reason that we're here—coming up with new ideas for long-standing problems! I was selected to be a part of the Circular Economy and...
"The circular economy is not an entirely new concept, but it is presently at a major inflection point. Its intellectual roots emerged from early ideas and practices of recycling and pollution prevention, life cycle analysis, eco-efficiency assessments and analysis of...
Climate change is the reality we live in, and despite the combined actions of our global community, it continues to outpace our efforts. At the Erb Institute, we understand the daunting challenges that climate change presents—and the true potential of business to...
A recently released report from the Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center (CEMAC) is the first of its kind to isolate and quantify the economic effects of clean energy manufacturing sectors. The report, Benchmarks of Global Clean Energy Manufacturing, evaluates...
As part of Erb’s Cool Projects, I recently attended a Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner Training offered by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence. It offered a glimpse into the challenges that sustainability professionals must face on a daily basis....
Report: Sustainability and Post-Merger Integration: The Dow Chemical Company’s 2009 Acquisition of Rohm & Haas (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-512) – published 03/2017, 24 pages Developed by: Sachiko Graber and Monika...
“Be Bold” was the theme of the 2016 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference last November in New York City. I was able to attend, thanks to Cool Projects funding, and it was my first sustainability conference. As a career changer new to the world of...
Sean Ansett will be visiting campus and holding a career and discussion focused student workshop on November 17, 2016. Sean is CSO of Fairphone, a Netherlands-based start-up bent on showing the industry that a cell phone can indeed be “conflict free”—in terms of...
I've been part of the leadership team for Net Impact at Ross in the last two years, but it wasn't until this year, in my third and final year as an Erber, that I attended the Net Impact Conference. I was beyond excited because I had heard great things from fellow Net...