By: Andrew Hoffman and P. Devereaux Jennings Published in Organization & Environment, March 2015 Abstract: This review article summarizes some of the main tenets of institutional theory as they apply to the domain of organization and the natural environment...
Erb's Managing Director, Terry Nelidov was featured in the month long Sustainable Brands Series in February 2015 called Academic Engagement: How Business & Business Schools Partner to Drive Sustainable Innovation. Don't miss the featured article on the Erb...
Perdue Farms Inc.: Antibiotic Use in Hatcheries (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-429-418) - published 02/2015, 16 pages By: Andrew Hoffman Description: With increasing attention from consumers surrounding food safety and public...
I feel a tiny pin prick to my heart when I see a fellow student casually toss a soda can into the trash. Plastic bottle: pin prick. Half-eaten pizza: pin prick. Wadded-up napkins: pin prick. When I arrived on campus, I was in awe of the Ross Business School’s waste...
Jeremiah Johnson, Assistant Professor at SNRE and graduate student Joshua Novacheck reviewed the potential scenarios of an expanded Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) in the state of Michigan. They found that the reduction of carbon could have significant...
By: Andrew J. Hoffman, in Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness, (Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing): 228-248 (with John Ehrenfeld) (2015) ABSTRACT: Sustainability has become mainstream in both management practice and management research....
Professor Tom Lyon, Erb's Associate Director of Research shares research findings on corporate 'brownwashing' in a radio interview with WEMU. Read more about the interview (pdf) or listen to the recording here.
Topics within this report include: Promoting Sustainability in Health Practices and Delivery Bringing Lessons-learned from Eastern Africa to the William Davidson Institute Building Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Global Health Outcomes Promoting Healthcare...
Utilities invite you to compare your energy use with your neighbor's. Does this help drive down consumption? Erb's Faculty Director, Andrew Hoffman, believes it does. Read Utility customers bristle at comparisons of neighbors (pdf) or read it online.
Michigan has an abundance of waste tires that could become a renewable energy source. Erb Faculty Director Andy Hoffman weighs in on the conversation with Huffpost Detroit and raises important considerations on the topic. Read more about burning tires as renewable...