Cynthia's company, Wello, based in Rajasthan, India, is aimed at people — most of them women — who must walk long distances to bring drinking water to the home. Her cylinder-shaped product allows women to roll water home from the source rather than carry it on their...
Thomas Lyon, director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, and Andrew Hoffman, the Erb Institute's associate director, were advisers on a new national report that found significant potential for job creation and revenue growth in the Midwest by 2015...
High Performance Hospitality was published by the Erb Institute, Sustainable Conservation, and the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation and is the work of three Erb students: Jackie Pitera, Amisha Parekh, and Michele Diener....
By Caroline Conway '08 Abstract: Steelcase, Inc., a U.S. based and globally operating furniture company, has a long history of environmental improvement throughout its processes and products. Because its products are the core source of these impacts, integrating...
By Jessica Lin '07 Abstract: The food and beverage sector of the economy has faced increasing pressure from consumers to provide transparency on the sources and operations related to their products. Responsible and ethical procurement is especially challenging for...
By Edward Ekkers '05, Tony Baptista '05, Heather Kirshman '05, Jonathan Forrester '05, Nathan Arbitman '06 Abstract: Aveda Corporation’s product delivery system (PDS) is evaluated in terms of energy consumption and global warming potential (GWP). Two components of the...
