I’m delighted to be joining the Erb Institute this week. I’ve worked in and around corporate sustainability for two decades, and I recognize the unique role that Erb—and the University of Michigan more broadly—play in driving the global sustainability debate. When I...
Andy Hoffman and Erb Institute MBA/MS program cited in Financial Times story on Business education: The sustainable path to profit: don't throw out the rubbish. Read more: The sustainable path to profit: don't throw out the rubbish (html)
Speech delivered by Andy Hoffman at the 2012 Erb Institute Holiday Party To the Erb class of 2013, 2014 and 2015, staff, spouses, partners and loved ones; I’d like to wish you all a Happy Holiday season. Whether you celebrate as a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu or...
A recent report by the Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative at the Brookings Institute, called Transit Access and Zero Vehicle Households, revealed several striking statistics about Detroit transit. Of the 136,000 households without cars in the Detroit metro area,...
By Nadine Gudz and Melissa Vernon This post appeared in GreenBiz on March 23, 2012 Since early 2008, an intentional, global, and mostly internal dialogue has been going on to address the question of how Interface will accelerate its sustainability journey to meet our...
This post appeared in GreenBiz on February 27, 2012 Editor's Note: This is the final article in a seven-week series by Nathan Springer that will chronicle in-depth the lessons from a course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on how to become a...
This post appeared in GreenBiz on February 7, 2012 Editor's Note: This is the fifth article in a seven-week series by Nathan Springer that will chronicle in-depth the lessons from a course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on how to become a...
This post appeared in GreenBiz on January 30, 2012 Editor's Note: This is the fourth article in a seven-week series by Nathan Springer that will chronicle in-depth the lessons from a course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on how to become a...
This blog is cross posted on the SustainAbility Blog The US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), once the primary spokesman for the corporate sector on climate change in Washington, has gone dormant. Why? The reasons are multiple. Climate legislation is a nonstarter in...
This blog is cross posted on GreenBiz.com Across a number of sectors, cutting-edge business leaders are integrating sustainability throughout their companies. As organizations strive to balance profit growth with the needs of our planet, it’s critical that they also...