Interface's Net-Works Program: A New Approach to Creating Social Value through Sustainable Sourcing (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study # 1-429-374)– published 02/2014, 20 pages. Developed by: Makely Lyon ('14), Javier Rivera ('14), Lauren...
"Developing an Effective Climate Change Strategy" by Erb Director, Andy Hoffman, is published by the Conference Board Initiative on Sustainability as part of the Director Notes series. The Conference Board is a global, independent business membership and research...
Supported in part by Erb Institute funding, a paper based upon a study of Erb Students and Alums and how they sustain themselves in supporting environmental issues has been published in The Academy of Management Journal. (Abstract on AMJ) Written by: Scott Sonneshein...
Erb alum, Grant Hughes ('13) and co-founder Cavan Canavan, launch a personal fitness trainer app startup. This is the first smart watch and smart phone app with the power of a personal trainer that requires minimal user input. FOCUS TRAINR was recently featured on...
Recent business school graduates launching a startup typically go after “traditional” investment from angel investors, VCs, business plan competitions, tech incubators, and, increasingly, social venture funds. But Rich Grousset and I learned that BizeeBox, our...
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....
Erb Director, Andrew Hoffman published an article on the differences between scientific consensus vs. social consensus on climate change. The article is titled, Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse: Establishing the Rules of the Game in the Michigan...
Erb post-doc Laurie Kaye Nijaki worked with the City of Los Angeles in 2007-2008 to plant the seed of the Green Building Program and to push for its initial adoption through City Council. Over the summer of 2013, the program received $1 million towards implementation,...
The City of Los Angeles Green Business Program is designed to certify businesses in the City of Los Angeles based upon their adoption of environmental practices. As a beyond compliance program, businesses (concentrating most immediately on restaurants, auto repair...
Erb Research Management Fellow, Kim Wolske, and Director Andy Hoffman contribute to newly released U-M study on hydraulic fracturing in Michigan. Wolske and Hoffman's "Public Perceptions Report" is one of 7 technical reports to be used in guiding future decision...