Erb Faculty Director, Andy Hoffman, is quoted in an International Business Times story on the renewable energy targets within large corporations from environmental groups. Read the news article online
Results for research on: Supply Chain
Exploring The University’s Potential for Positive Impact
By Kelsea Ballantyne When I joined the U of M Presidents Committee for Labor Standards and Human Rights last year, I had no idea how much it would open my mind to the power universities have to transform global supply-chains. Helping to organize the Symposium on...
Erb Leaders Discuss Business Sustainability at AmCham Shanghai
Erb's Managing Director Terry Nelidov, Associate Director of Research Tom Lyon, and Erb Post-doc alumnus and Shanghai Jiaotong University Associate Professor Haitao Yin, discussed risks and opportunities in business sustainability at AmCham Shanghai on July 10, 2014....
Publication Helps Companies Manage Corporate Sustainability Performance
"How Do Financial Markets Respond to Corporate Sustainability Disclosure" by Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon, was recently published by the Conference Board Initiative on Sustainability as part of the Director Notes series. The Conference Board is a global, independent...
Interface’s Net-Works Program
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...
Kellogg: A Partnership Under Fire
Kellogg: A Partnership Under Fire (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study # 1-429-378)– published 02/2014, 16 pages. Developed by: Nancy Gephart ('14), Stephen Ahn ('15), Jennifer Bowe, and Julia Winfield under the supervision of Andrew...
Taking a Bite Out of Apple: Labor Rights and the Role of Companies and Consumers in a Global Supply Chain
Now available in Spanish: Morder la manzana: derechos laborales y el papel de las empresas y los consumidores en una cadena global de suministros (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report in Spanish on WDI (Case study # 1-429-406)– published 11/2014, 16 pages....
Working Paper: Guilt by Association: The Cost of Corporate Social Responsibility and Activist Pressure after a Catastrophe
By: Susan Kayser, Erb Institute Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Abstract: Catastrophes increase pressure upon all firms within the industry. However, certain firms risk larger punishments after the event. I posit that firms with substantive corporate...
Post-Doc Laurie Kaye Nijaki helps build the City of Los Angeles’ Green Building Program
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,...
City of Los Angeles Green Business Program Details
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...