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2009 EVENTS Corporate Sustainability Charrette Save the Date: Tuesday, October 13
Hosted by the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC), Congressman Jason Altmire, L. Robert Kimball & Associates, and Sustainable Pittsburgh, “The Road to Sustainability” Conference is aimed at providing information to businesses and organizations about what it really means to “go green” as well as what it will take to get the current workforce trained to do so. Scheduled topics include the following: For more information, including registration, click here. The Summer's Hot Business Topic: A Discussion of Energy Policy and The American Clean Energy and Security Act Thursday, July 30, 2009 This event is free and open to the public. The American Clean Energy and Security Act commands attention of all industries as it sets a new course for energy and climate policy. The stakes are high as the nation grapples to the transition to a new energy economy. This event is intended to help businesses in our region to assess the opportunities and challenges emerging from the debate over energy and climate policy. This event commences with a viewing of a taped debate on energy issues (from The Miller Center of Public Affairs National Discussion and Debate Series) featuring:
After the screening, a local panel of business and community leaders will share thoughts on issues described in the video and will discuss what actions businesses can take immediately in order to reduce their energy costs as well their emissions. Panelists will include:
Moderated by Rob Jones, Sr. Manager, Public Affairs at Dominion Peoples and President & CEO at IngoodCompany LLC Agenda: Presented by: Champions for Sustainability (C4S) and the Business Climate Coalition of the Pittsburgh Climate Initiative. Corporate Sustainability Charrette The Urban Mountain Gathering Place on Mt. Washington $40/participant Champions for Sustainability (C4S) is organizing its first Corporate Sustainability Charrette. The purpose of this event is to bring together companies who have common interests in a particular sustainability issue and convene them with regional experts who can provide hands-on, charrette-style consultation to meet those challenges. How it works: Several companies have been invited to participate because of their interest in tackling a particular corporate sustainability challenge. For this particular event, small groups are being invited in the areas of commuting and site-to-site transportation; composting; group purchasing of supplies; and obtaining capital to grow established sustainable business practices. Each group will have the opportunity to work with several regional experts in each of these areas in order to initiate projects that quickly deliver on benefits and value. Companies are asked to bring with them materials that can help frame the way they are approaching their issue. Experts will bring tools to help work with that information in order to provide a first cut analysis and solution for that particular issue. |
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