Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability

 Erika Herz

The 3rd Annual ARCS Conference took place at the Wharton School, UPenn May 9-11. Sponsored by Wharton’s Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL), and held in conjunction with the 11th annual Strategy and the Business Environment Conference, the ARCS Conference welcomed 130 researchers and practitioners from eleven countries. Nearly 100 papers had been submitted for consideration by the Conference Committee, which was chaired by Eric Orts of Wharton.

 Andrew King

It turns out that Hobbes may have been right after all. A Leviathan is needed to prevent our lives from being uncomfortable and brief. Or at least that sentiment could be read into many of the papers at the 3rd Annual ARCS Conference, sponsored by the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership at the Wharton School […]

 Erika Herz

University of Michigan professor Andy Hoffman is among 20 environmental researchers in North America selected as one of 20 Leopold Leadership Fellows for 2011. Fellows are chosen for their outstanding qualifications as researchers, demonstrated leadership ability, and strong interest in communicating beyond traditional academic audiences. Based at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment, the […]

 arcsadmin

Former ARCS President Michael Lenox and Managing Director Erika Herz of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) discuss how ARCS serves as a powerful vehicle for advancing rigorous academic research on corporate sustainability issues, developing greater understanding of the opportunities and limits of strategies to create sustainable businesses.