Sustainability Backsliding Doesn’t Have to Mean Back to Square One
How companies are responding to US policy changes and what they should do instead
Energy Innovations in sustainable energy
Latest
Democratizing Data to Hold Polluters Accountable
How communities across the globe are using technology to break the oil and gas monopoly on information
Fueling Innovation to Navigate the Wildfire Challenge Ahead
The climate-driven wildfire crisis calls for a comprehensive, cross-sector approach to funding, research, and action.
Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education
A warming world is causing adverse psychological and emotional impacts for many young people. Universities may be able to help by building opportunities for students to take relevant action beyond the classroom.
Plan C for Greening Business
Engaging directly with business was never the environmental movement’s first choice—and for good reason.
Most Popular
The Next Phase of Business Sustainability
The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. Open access to this article is made possible by The Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of the Erb Institute.
The Complicity of Corporate Sustainability
Long hailed as a major piece of the climate solution, sustainable business practices have not only fallen short: They even enable the continued dominance of fossil fuel.
Time to Put the Fossil-Fuel Industry Into Hospice
If humanity is to survive the climate crisis, we must manage a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels. The correct models for this resolution are triage, euthanasia, and hospice.
Open-access to this article made possible by University of Michigan.
Roundtable on Shared Value
Executives from 10 major corporations discuss the innovative ways that they are putting societal issues at the core of their companies’ strategy and operations.
Picking Green Tech’s Winners and Losers
Unless clean tech follows well-established rules of innovation and commercialization, the industry’s promise to provide sustainable sources of energy will fail.