Erb Institute Celebrating 20 Years of Impact (Updated 8/17)

Celebrating 20 Years of Impact

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

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n behalf of the University of Michigan, I offer my congratulations to the Erb Institute on its 20th anniversary, as well as my gratitude to Barbara and Frederick Erb for their visionary leadership. Thanks, also, to the students, faculty and staff whose tremendous efforts have revolutionized how we strive for a more sustainable world.

I also congratulate the more than 400 Erb graduates across the nation and around the world who are advancing the institute’s legacy by using

Dear Friends of the ERB INSTITUTE | BUSINESS FOR SUSTAINABILITY n Over the past 20 years within the Erb Institute, the answer to the question of how to achieve transformational change in sustainability has been “by leveraging the power of business.” n Business is creative. And business is nimble. So, in our view, who better to facilitate much-needed change in the name of sustainability? From rethinking their relationship with natural resources and the environment, to changing how they interact with people and communities, companies hold an all-important key to a more sustainable future. And because of their influence on consumers, and because consumers influence them in return, businesses have a crucial role to play in the transformation of entire markets. n For the past 20 years, the Erb Institute has been the place for big and bold thinking at the intersection of business and sustainability. We’ve graduated over 400 students who are

their expertise to address how businesses can perform more sustainably

now making a difference from within the companies and nonprofits where

from both the economic and the environmental perspectives.

they work. We’ve also served as a convener, bringing together thousands of

The Erb Institute is an excellent example of what we at the University

people to discuss challenges we face as a society, and the strategies worth

of Michigan do best—drive new research and education that have broad

trying to confront them. And, through our incredibly talented and dedicated

and beneficial impact. The partnership between the Ross School of

staff and faculty, we’ve worked to advance the science of sustainability.

Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability demonstrates

n We couldn’t have done any of this without you. From Fred and Barbara

the amazing power of interdisciplinary learning, teaching and research.

Environmental sustainability has been one of our most important campus-wide efforts in recent years. Just as the United Nations has set an aggressive goal around sustainable development, we at the University of Michigan have committed to our goals as a place of higher learning. From

Erb’s gift that created the institute and the generous support from all of our other benefactors, to all of the dedicated people—students, staff, faculty and partner organizations—who have come through our doors: Thank you from all of us. n Right now we’re hard at work on charting the course

“zero waste” football games and special events to helping every employee

for our next 20 years. We’re rolling out an ambitious new research and

become Planet Blue certified, we are making strides each day in creating a

thought leadership plan, and we’re developing exciting new opportunities

sustainable campus and training future leaders in their fields to do the same.

for students from across the University of Michigan campus. And, above all,

Best wishes to the Erb Institute for continued success in creating a

we’re listening for questions and looking for answers so that we can lead the

sustainable world through the power of business. The five-year strategic

conversation on business and sustainability for years to come. n Sincerely,

plan stressing enterprise integration and market transformation will enable the Erb Institute to continue to make a unique contribution to global sustainability moving forward.

MARK S. SCHLISSEL, MD, PH.D. President, University of Michigan

JOE ARVAI Faculty Director, Erb Institute

TERRY NELIDOV Managing Director, Erb Institute

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

O

n behalf of the University of Michigan, I offer my congratulations to the Erb Institute on its 20th anniversary, as well as my gratitude to Barbara and Frederick Erb for their visionary leadership. Thanks, also, to the students, faculty and staff whose tremendous efforts have revolutionized how we strive for a more sustainable world.

I also congratulate the more than 400 Erb graduates across the nation and around the world who are advancing the institute’s legacy by using

Dear Friends of the ERB INSTITUTE | BUSINESS FOR SUSTAINABILITY n Over the past 20 years within the Erb Institute, the answer to the question of how to achieve transformational change in sustainability has been “by leveraging the power of business.” n Business is creative. And business is nimble. So, in our view, who better to facilitate much-needed change in the name of sustainability? From rethinking their relationship with natural resources and the environment, to changing how they interact with people and communities, companies hold an all-important key to a more sustainable future. And because of their influence on consumers, and because consumers influence them in return, businesses have a crucial role to play in the transformation of entire markets. n For the past 20 years, the Erb Institute has been the place for big and bold thinking at the intersection of business and sustainability. We’ve graduated over 400 students who are

their expertise to address how businesses can perform more sustainably

now making a difference from within the companies and nonprofits where

from both the economic and the environmental perspectives.

they work. We’ve also served as a convener, bringing together thousands of

The Erb Institute is an excellent example of what we at the University

people to discuss challenges we face as a society, and the strategies worth

of Michigan do best—drive new research and education that have broad

trying to confront them. And, through our incredibly talented and dedicated

and beneficial impact. The partnership between the Ross School of

staff and faculty, we’ve worked to advance the science of sustainability.

Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability demonstrates

n We couldn’t have done any of this without you. From Fred and Barbara

the amazing power of interdisciplinary learning, teaching and research.

Environmental sustainability has been one of our most important campus-wide efforts in recent years. Just as the United Nations has set an aggressive goal around sustainable development, we at the University of Michigan have committed to our goals as a place of higher learning. From

Erb’s gift that created the institute and the generous support from all of our other benefactors, to all of the dedicated people—students, staff, faculty and partner organizations—who have come through our doors: Thank you from all of us. n Right now we’re hard at work on charting the course

“zero waste” football games and special events to helping every employee

for our next 20 years. We’re rolling out an ambitious new research and

become Planet Blue certified, we are making strides each day in creating a

thought leadership plan, and we’re developing exciting new opportunities

sustainable campus and training future leaders in their fields to do the same.

for students from across the University of Michigan campus. And, above all,

Best wishes to the Erb Institute for continued success in creating a

we’re listening for questions and looking for answers so that we can lead the

sustainable world through the power of business. The five-year strategic

conversation on business and sustainability for years to come. n Sincerely,

plan stressing enterprise integration and market transformation will enable the Erb Institute to continue to make a unique contribution to global sustainability moving forward.

MARK S. SCHLISSEL, MD, PH.D. President, University of Michigan

JOE ARVAI Faculty Director, Erb Institute

TERRY NELIDOV Managing Director, Erb Institute

ABOUT FREDERICK A. & BARBARA M. ERB

IN 1996,

the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb

WORDS FROM ERB ALUMNI & STUDENTS

“The Erb Institute’s students, alumni and board members are valuable resources….

[They] help bring

Environmental Management Institute,

people together across

a joint venture between the Stephen

sustainability disciplines.”

M. Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and

CARISSA DE YOUNG MBA/MS 2018 Candidate

Sustainability, was established

“Between the

through a $5 million endowment gift

academics and

from Frederick Erb, U-M BBA ’47, and his wife, Barbara. Subsequent Erb gifts, eventually totalling $20 million, represent the largest known commit-

opportunities offered to Erb students, I built a toolbox that enabled my success as an internal change agent.”

ment to a university for interdisciplin-

MONIQUE OXENDER

ary teaching and research in the area

MBA/MS 2004

of global sustainable enterprise.

TO THE ERB INSTITUTE COMMUNITY, It is with immense pride and gratitude that I write this letter to congratulate you on your 20th year of sustainable impact.

My parents, Fred and Barbara Erb, helped create the institute in 1996 as the country’s first interdisciplinary program in the area of global sustainable enterprise. My mother desired to help create a better world for future generations, and my father said, “If we can raise the next generation of business leaders to think about environmental protection as an essential long-term investment, and not a cost to be avoided, we will have taken a major step forward.”

My parents enjoyed meeting with the students, alumni and faculty, and my siblings and I consider the Erbers our extended family. The indelible impression left on my parents was a group of young leaders brimming with passion, commitment and involvement far beyond the typical graduate student. And they were impressed with how this continued beyond graduation, when the students carried these talents and passion into mainstream businesses, startups, nonprofits and consulting.

I know that my parents would also be so pleased to see the university’s growing commitment to sustainability with the creation of the Graham Institute, Planet Blue and more. As excited and impressed as they were with the Erb Institute, my parents still had a sense of urgency—sustainability needed to be pursued everywhere. I have no doubt that the Erb Institute has played a critical role in leveraging these changes and will continue to do so for years to come.

Best Regards, JOHN M. ERB President, Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation

“I’ve seen firsthand how the Erb network of over 400 alumni and growing can amplify a student’s experience and career opportunities.”

RYAN WADDINGTON MBA/MS 1999

ABOUT FREDERICK A. & BARBARA M. ERB

IN 1996,

the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb

WORDS FROM ERB ALUMNI & STUDENTS

“The Erb Institute’s students, alumni and board members are valuable resources….

[They] help bring

Environmental Management Institute,

people together across

a joint venture between the Stephen

sustainability disciplines.”

M. Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and

CARISSA DE YOUNG MBA/MS 2018 Candidate

Sustainability, was established

“Between the

through a $5 million endowment gift

academics and

from Frederick Erb, U-M BBA ’47, and his wife, Barbara. Subsequent Erb gifts, eventually totalling $20 million, represent the largest known commit-

opportunities offered to Erb students, I built a toolbox that enabled my success as an internal change agent.”

ment to a university for interdisciplin-

MONIQUE OXENDER

ary teaching and research in the area

MBA/MS 2004

of global sustainable enterprise.

TO THE ERB INSTITUTE COMMUNITY, It is with immense pride and gratitude that I write this letter to congratulate you on your 20th year of sustainable impact.

My parents, Fred and Barbara Erb, helped create the institute in 1996 as the country’s first interdisciplinary program in the area of global sustainable enterprise. My mother desired to help create a better world for future generations, and my father said, “If we can raise the next generation of business leaders to think about environmental protection as an essential long-term investment, and not a cost to be avoided, we will have taken a major step forward.”

My parents enjoyed meeting with the students, alumni and faculty, and my siblings and I consider the Erbers our extended family. The indelible impression left on my parents was a group of young leaders brimming with passion, commitment and involvement far beyond the typical graduate student. And they were impressed with how this continued beyond graduation, when the students carried these talents and passion into mainstream businesses, startups, nonprofits and consulting.

I know that my parents would also be so pleased to see the university’s growing commitment to sustainability with the creation of the Graham Institute, Planet Blue and more. As excited and impressed as they were with the Erb Institute, my parents still had a sense of urgency—sustainability needed to be pursued everywhere. I have no doubt that the Erb Institute has played a critical role in leveraging these changes and will continue to do so for years to come.

Best Regards, JOHN M. ERB President, Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation

“I’ve seen firsthand how the Erb network of over 400 alumni and growing can amplify a student’s experience and career opportunities.”

RYAN WADDINGTON MBA/MS 1999

2001 1996

The Erb Institute invites 125 North American mayors to the U-M to discuss global environmental challenges at a groundbreaking conference.

 Stuart Hart becomes faculty director of the CEMP: Corporate Environmental Management Program* and is appointed Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise.

2002

*STARTED IN 1992 BY STUART HART WITH THE HELP OF SUSAN SVOBODA

1999  Kellie McElhaney becomes managing director of CEMP.

The Erb Institute invites 13 of the world’s leading sustainability pioneers, including Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken, Bill McDonough, Hazel Henderson, Jane Lubchenco, Grace Lee Boggs, Dana Meadows and Herman Daly, to speak at its worldclass lecture series.

1996

CEMP: Corporate Environmental Management Program The University of Michigan

1998

2000

 Thomas N. Gladwin, MBA ’71, Ph.D. ’75, is named Erb Institute director and appointed Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise.

 Separate corporate gifts

The University of Michigan achieves top-tier ranking for Environmental and Social Impact Management in the first Beyond Grey Pinstripes report sponsored by the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute.

PHOTO: ASPEN INSTITUTE

from Holcim (U.S.) Inc. and Dow Chemical Co. fund Erb’s additional joint professorships: the Holcim (U.S.) Professorship of Sustainable Industrial Ecology and the Dow Professorship of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce.

The Institute launches the Sustainable Mobility and Research Transformation (SMART) project, an interdisciplinary research initiative with the U-M Center for the Study of Complex Systems and the Ford Motor Company Advanced Research Center.

 Andrew J. Horning, MBA/MS ’00, becomes managing director of the Erb Institute.

2001 1996

The Erb Institute invites 125 North American mayors to the U-M to discuss global environmental challenges at a groundbreaking conference.

 Stuart Hart becomes faculty director of the CEMP: Corporate Environmental Management Program* and is appointed Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise.

2002

*STARTED IN 1992 BY STUART HART WITH THE HELP OF SUSAN SVOBODA

1999  Kellie McElhaney becomes managing director of CEMP.

The Erb Institute invites 13 of the world’s leading sustainability pioneers, including Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken, Bill McDonough, Hazel Henderson, Jane Lubchenco, Grace Lee Boggs, Dana Meadows and Herman Daly, to speak at its worldclass lecture series.

1996

CEMP: Corporate Environmental Management Program The University of Michigan

1998

2000

 Thomas N. Gladwin, MBA ’71, Ph.D. ’75, is named Erb Institute director and appointed Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise.

 Separate corporate gifts

The University of Michigan achieves top-tier ranking for Environmental and Social Impact Management in the first Beyond Grey Pinstripes report sponsored by the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute.

PHOTO: ASPEN INSTITUTE

from Holcim (U.S.) Inc. and Dow Chemical Co. fund Erb’s additional joint professorships: the Holcim (U.S.) Professorship of Sustainable Industrial Ecology and the Dow Professorship of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce.

The Institute launches the Sustainable Mobility and Research Transformation (SMART) project, an interdisciplinary research initiative with the U-M Center for the Study of Complex Systems and the Ford Motor Company Advanced Research Center.

 Andrew J. Horning, MBA/MS ’00, becomes managing director of the Erb Institute.

2009

DURING THE PERIOD FROM 2001 TO 2010,

Building on Erb’s pioneering work, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman establishes sustainability as a university priority.

multiple faculty served and shared in the role of faculty director for the institute.

Special thanks go to James Reese, Jonathan Bulkley and Brian Talbot for their dedication.

2005 2003 Erb faculty Andrew J. Hoffman (right) receives the Rising Star Award and Thomas N. Gladwin (far right) is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute.

2004 The Erb Institute expands its teaching and research faculty: Andrew J. Hoffman is appointed Holcim (U.S.) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise

 Thomas P. Lyon is named Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce

A Faculty Affiliates and Fellows Program is established at the Institute to advance interdisciplinary research on global sustainable enterprise at U-M.

2007 Erb hosts two conferences examining the challenges facing environmental NGOs and the different religious perspectives on climate change.

The institute is renamed the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise.

The institute establishes the first Erb Environmental and Social Sustainability Award at the Michigan Business Challenge.

 Net Impact awards the first of many Chapter of the Year honors to the Ross School of Business chapter.

The institute broadens its focus on mobility by co-hosting the Mobility in a Sustainable World Conference.

2006 2006

The institute establishes a postdoctoral fellows program and awards its first faculty fellowship research grant to enlarge its community of scholars.

The Erb Institute and the Center for Sustainable Systems were jointly awarded funds from the Alcoa Foundation’s Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program, which funded five additional post-docs.

The institute takes the lead in addressing climate change by sponsoring a global forum and a corporate conference called Corporate Strategies that Address Climate Change, focused on climate-change strategies.

The Ross School is ranked the top MBA program in the U.S. for social and environmental content in courses and research in the 2009 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report.

Erb co-sponsors Cleantech 2009, a campus-wide symposium focused on the clean technology industry, with Zell Lurie Institute (ZLI).

Erb student-led Algal Scientific, a startup that turns wastewater into safe livestock supplements, wins the DTE Clean Energy competition.

 The institute is one of 6 founding members of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) and hosts the first annual ARCS conference.

2010 2008  Rick Bunch is appointed managing director of the institute.

Erb co-hosts its first visiting faculty member, Stuart L. Hart from Cornell University.

The first course on Business and the Environment is offered for U-M undergraduates.

 His Holiness the Dalai Lama awards the first Compassion in Action Award to Erb student Arie Jongejan for developing solar systems in refugee camps in Thailand and Burma.

PHOTO: MARTIN VLOET

Erb passes a double milestone, supporting more than 100 students and graduating its 200th student.

The institute presents the first Informing Green Markets Conference to stimulate discussion and research on ecolabel programs and sustainable supply chains for consumer products.

 The institute focuses on sustainable enterprise in Asia by co-sponsoring the first Michigan-China Clean Tech Symposium.

2009

DURING THE PERIOD FROM 2001 TO 2010,

Building on Erb’s pioneering work, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman establishes sustainability as a university priority.

multiple faculty served and shared in the role of faculty director for the institute.

Special thanks go to James Reese, Jonathan Bulkley and Brian Talbot for their dedication.

2005 2003 Erb faculty Andrew J. Hoffman (right) receives the Rising Star Award and Thomas N. Gladwin (far right) is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute.

2004 The Erb Institute expands its teaching and research faculty: Andrew J. Hoffman is appointed Holcim (U.S.) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise

 Thomas P. Lyon is named Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce

A Faculty Affiliates and Fellows Program is established at the Institute to advance interdisciplinary research on global sustainable enterprise at U-M.

2007 Erb hosts two conferences examining the challenges facing environmental NGOs and the different religious perspectives on climate change.

The institute is renamed the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise.

The institute establishes the first Erb Environmental and Social Sustainability Award at the Michigan Business Challenge.

 Net Impact awards the first of many Chapter of the Year honors to the Ross School of Business chapter.

The institute broadens its focus on mobility by co-hosting the Mobility in a Sustainable World Conference.

2006 2006

The institute establishes a postdoctoral fellows program and awards its first faculty fellowship research grant to enlarge its community of scholars.

The Erb Institute and the Center for Sustainable Systems were jointly awarded funds from the Alcoa Foundation’s Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program, which funded five additional post-docs.

The institute takes the lead in addressing climate change by sponsoring a global forum and a corporate conference called Corporate Strategies that Address Climate Change, focused on climate-change strategies.

The Ross School is ranked the top MBA program in the U.S. for social and environmental content in courses and research in the 2009 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report.

Erb co-sponsors Cleantech 2009, a campus-wide symposium focused on the clean technology industry, with Zell Lurie Institute (ZLI).

Erb student-led Algal Scientific, a startup that turns wastewater into safe livestock supplements, wins the DTE Clean Energy competition.

 The institute is one of 6 founding members of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) and hosts the first annual ARCS conference.

2010 2008  Rick Bunch is appointed managing director of the institute.

Erb co-hosts its first visiting faculty member, Stuart L. Hart from Cornell University.

The first course on Business and the Environment is offered for U-M undergraduates.

 His Holiness the Dalai Lama awards the first Compassion in Action Award to Erb student Arie Jongejan for developing solar systems in refugee camps in Thailand and Burma.

PHOTO: MARTIN VLOET

Erb passes a double milestone, supporting more than 100 students and graduating its 200th student.

The institute presents the first Informing Green Markets Conference to stimulate discussion and research on ecolabel programs and sustainable supply chains for consumer products.

 The institute focuses on sustainable enterprise in Asia by co-sponsoring the first Michigan-China Clean Tech Symposium.

2012

2015

 The institute’s Increasing Public Understanding of Climate Risks and Choices conference on climate change brings together 90 researchers, corporate leaders, policymakers and students. Co-sponsored by Erb and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The institute graduates 45 MBA/MS students, the largest Erb graduating class to date.

 Erb students promote a better

 Thomas F. Catania Jr. becomes

understanding of climate change issues at the COP18 Doha Climate Change Conference in Qatar.

Erb’s first executive-in-residence.

Mr. Catania is the retired Vice President of Government Relations at Whirlpool Corporation, and he works to enhance the institute’s visibility in the business community and among policymakers by organizing meetings for executives on corporate strategies on energy and environmental issues.

2011  Andrew J. Hoffman is appointed faculty director of the Erb Institute.

Erb expands its focus on sustainability to include more social, labor and human-rights aspects as a complement to environmental issues.

2013  Terry Nelidov becomes managing director of the Erb Institute.

Two Erb students co-found BizeeBox, a business model to promote reusable takeout containers for large-scale food services.

Erb hosts a campus-wide Climate Change Communications Challenge.

The institute co-sponsors the first annual Michigan Energy Futures Conference.

2011 Erb-branded teaching case studies, researched and written by Erb students and faculty, are sold by GlobaLens.

 Erb student-led startup ReGenerate wins collegiate, corporate and statewide competitions for its patent-pending system to turn institutional food waste into hot water and compost.

Erb sponsors student-led Business Impact Group (BIG) to support impact through social enterprises and startups in the field; the first project is with agribusiness startup Shared-X in Peru.

2014

2016

Erb hosts a business-sustainability roundtable as part of its strategicplanning process with peer institutes from five universities: Cornell, Yale, Stanford, Duke and MIT.

Erb aligns its research agenda with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by focusing on conscious consumption, human development, global change and corporate governance.

The institute launches Cool Projects, a tailored small-project fund for student impact in the field.

Wello Waterwheel, an Erb studentled social venture for bringing clean water and economic opportunity to the rural poor, begins commercial operations in India.

The institute convenes a business roundtable in Detroit to discuss urban revitalization.

RESEARCH & EDUCATION

 Joe Arvai is appointed faculty director of the Erb Institute and Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise.

The institute and the World Environment Center convene the inaugural Managing Human Rights in Global Companies workshop.

Erb visits Cuba to explore collaboration on student and research projects focused on business sustainability in that country.

Andrew J. Hoffman receives the Aspen Institute’s Faculty Pioneer Award.

BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT

2012

2015

 The institute’s Increasing Public Understanding of Climate Risks and Choices conference on climate change brings together 90 researchers, corporate leaders, policymakers and students. Co-sponsored by Erb and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The institute graduates 45 MBA/MS students, the largest Erb graduating class to date.

 Erb students promote a better

 Thomas F. Catania Jr. becomes

understanding of climate change issues at the COP18 Doha Climate Change Conference in Qatar.

Erb’s first executive-in-residence.

Mr. Catania is the retired Vice President of Government Relations at Whirlpool Corporation, and he works to enhance the institute’s visibility in the business community and among policymakers by organizing meetings for executives on corporate strategies on energy and environmental issues.

2011  Andrew J. Hoffman is appointed faculty director of the Erb Institute.

Erb expands its focus on sustainability to include more social, labor and human-rights aspects as a complement to environmental issues.

2013  Terry Nelidov becomes managing director of the Erb Institute.

Two Erb students co-found BizeeBox, a business model to promote reusable takeout containers for large-scale food services.

Erb hosts a campus-wide Climate Change Communications Challenge.

The institute co-sponsors the first annual Michigan Energy Futures Conference.

2011 Erb-branded teaching case studies, researched and written by Erb students and faculty, are sold by GlobaLens.

 Erb student-led startup ReGenerate wins collegiate, corporate and statewide competitions for its patent-pending system to turn institutional food waste into hot water and compost.

Erb sponsors student-led Business Impact Group (BIG) to support impact through social enterprises and startups in the field; the first project is with agribusiness startup Shared-X in Peru.

2014

2016

Erb hosts a business-sustainability roundtable as part of its strategicplanning process with peer institutes from five universities: Cornell, Yale, Stanford, Duke and MIT.

Erb aligns its research agenda with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by focusing on conscious consumption, human development, global change and corporate governance.

The institute launches Cool Projects, a tailored small-project fund for student impact in the field.

Wello Waterwheel, an Erb studentled social venture for bringing clean water and economic opportunity to the rural poor, begins commercial operations in India.

The institute convenes a business roundtable in Detroit to discuss urban revitalization.

RESEARCH & EDUCATION

 Joe Arvai is appointed faculty director of the Erb Institute and Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise.

The institute and the World Environment Center convene the inaugural Managing Human Rights in Global Companies workshop.

Erb visits Cuba to explore collaboration on student and research projects focused on business sustainability in that country.

Andrew J. Hoffman receives the Aspen Institute’s Faculty Pioneer Award.

BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT

WE THANK OUR DONORS

Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation n

Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation n Dow Chemical n

The Dow Chemical Company Foundation n Pfizer n The Mayleben Family Fund n Thomas E. Bliska & Gray L. Boyce n Windhorse Capital Management, LLC n Accenture Foundation Inc. n Alcoa Foundation n Church & Dwight Co. Inc. n Coca-Cola Foundation n Comerica Inc. n Edgemere Enterprises Inc. n Jo Ann & Stuart C. Nathan n ExxonMobil Corporation n Ford Motor Company Fund n Gemini n General Motors Foundation n Holcim n Holcim Group n

J. Mark & Linda C. Lozier Fund n Karl Friedman Family Foundation

n

Mark Ritz & L. Lee Gorman n McGraw Foundation n Scott Elrod n

Omnova Solution Foundation n Pearlman & Pearlman Family Foundation n Peter C. & Carolyn P. Mertz n Shell Oil Company n Smith Richardson

Foundation n Steven W. & Polly Percy n The Glancy Foundation n John S. Vincent & Annette Vincent n Burton J. Vincent & the Molly Vincent Foundation n Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation n And, to our many other donors and sponsors who have contributed not only financially but also with their time and expertise, the Erb Institute would not be what it is today without your support and generosity of spirit. n THANK YOU.

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