Michigan Athletics Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis

A GUIDE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT TO TRACK AND MEASURE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Faculty Advisor: Professor Sara Soderstrom, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment

Project Lead: C.Y. Cheng, Erb Undergraduate Fellow, ’22

Team Members: Erb

Undergraduate Fellows: Abby Williams, ’23, Chloe Valentino, ’24, Julia Kaplan, ’23, Zach Marmet, ’23, Zane Jones, ’22

Acknowledgments

The project is a student and alumni work product of an Erb Institute Partnership Project. In creating this guide, we would like to thank the Erb Institute, the Office of Campus Sustainability and the University of Michigan Athletic Department. In particular, we would like to thank Ken Keeler, Alison Richardson and Paul Dunlop for their valuable insights.

While the input of these individuals informed our work, any opinions expressed in the following manual are those of the students and not of the University of Michigan or the Erb Institute.

About the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan

The Erb Institute is a partnership between the Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) at the University of Michigan. The institute’s mission is to create a sustainable world through the power of business. We do that through research, teaching and business engagement—all focused on preparing and supporting bold business leaders who can adeptly transform companies, industries and entire economies for systemic sustainability.