The Erb Institute was honored in May to be invited to serve as the external evaluator for Mexico’s innovative “Greening Supply Chains Program.” Established by the multi-national Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which was created as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the program seeks to be a replicable cooperation-based mechanism for promoting competitiveness through pollution prevention in small and medium-sized suppliers of large companies.    Read More

A Colorado native, Thomas Bliska graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder as a physics major and earned his MBA from the Ross school of Business in 1980. Subsequently, his interest in mathematics and science led him to northern California and a career in the high tech industry which was to span 28 years.

Climate Change: What’s your Business Strategy? offers a strategic assessment of climate change as a market issue and a concise, solutions-oriented guide to navigating the economic dangers associated with global warming. "You can remain completely agnostic about the science of climate change but still recognize its importance as a business issue," writes Professor Hoffman with co-author John Woody.   Read More

On June 11 – 12 in Ann arbor, a New Mobility Workshop brought together scholars, industry representatives and public officials from around the world. Among the panelists were Bill Ford - Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company; Mary Sue Coleman - President of the University of Michigan; Sue Cischke - Group Vice President, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Company as well as leaders from Shell, Cisco Systems, Cherokee, GoLoco and Mapunity India.   Read More