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AJC reports on the Mayor’s new sustainability plan
AJC’s Leon Stafford reports on the mayor’s new sustainability plan with insight from local eco-guru Ben Taube, executive director of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance. Atlanta Director of Sustainability Mandy Mahoney will visit the GreenBusiness Works EXPO Thursday at 10:30 AM to debrief regional environmental leaders on the city’s plan to become one of the “top 10” most sustainable cities in the country.
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/plan-seeks-to-make-692064.html
City of Atlanta to discuss new sustainability plan at GreenBusiness Works EXPO
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City of Atlanta and Southeast Environmental Leaders
To dialogue on Atlanta’s New Sustainability Plan at EXPO
The City of Atlanta’s Sustainability Plan, “Power to Change,” will be presented to environmental leaders throughout the Southeast region in an in-depth forum at the upcoming GreenBusiness Works EXPO: “Poised for Prosperity.”
Scheduled for 10:30 AM on Thursday, Oct. 28 at the Cobb Galleria, the debriefing comes on the heels of Mayor Reed’s press conference kicking off Atlanta Sustainability Week with unveiling the sustainability plan on Monday, Oct. 25 at Atlanta City Hall.
“We welcome the opportunity to host officials from the City of Atlanta for an in-depth conversation about Mayor Reed’s plan among the pioneers and visionaries of the sustainability movement across our region,” said Stephanie Armistead, general manager of GreenBusiness Works EXPO, which will take place Oct. 26 – Oct. 28 at the Cobb Galleria. “This marks a key educational opportunity for Atlantans to hear firsthand what’s in store for Atlanta and create values for their companies and communities.”
Atlanta Director of Sustainability Mandy Mahoney will discuss how Atlanta intends to become one of the top-ten sustainable cities in the nation as outlined in the city’s plan.
Mahoney’s discussion marks a key moment in a conference that hosts a major lineup of innovative speakers and events.
The EXPO’s featured speakers include: Rosalind Brewer, executive vice president of Walmart and president of Walmart Stores, Inc.’s South Business Unit; Edward Kerschner, CFA, chief investment officer for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; Chris Deri, Global Head, CSR & Sustainability Practice of Edelman; and Auden Schendler, executive director of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company and author of “Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution.”
The EXPO also includes a special track on energy efficiency, a Clean Tech Forum and exhibits by sustainable businesses across the Southeast.
For EXPO details and to register, visit: www.greenbusinessworksexpo.net.
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It’s the women, stupid. Details to come at the GreenBusiness Works EXPO.
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For more info: Rachel Pomerance, Pomerance & Associates rachel@pomeranceassociates.com
What You Don’t Know About Sustainability:
The Role of Women in Making Business Thrive
Crafting a sustainable business means more than going green. In fact, sustainability rests on three pillars: Environment, Social Responsibility and Governance.
And when it comes to governance, women’s representation is paramount.
“The best clue to a nation’s growth and development potential is the status and role of women,” says David S. Landes in “The Wealth and Power of Nations.”
That’s a quote often cited by Calvert Investments, a Bethesda, Md.-based firm dedicated to sustainable and responsible investing, that says women hold the key to prosperous growth.
Alya Z. Kayal, Calvert’s vice president of sustainability research will make that case at the closing lunch of the GreenBusiness Works EXPO on Oct. 28 at the Cobb Galleria.
“This year’s EXPO is entitled ‘Poised for Prosperity,’ and we are covering every angle of best practices to sustain our businesses for the triple bottom line: people, planet and profit,” said Stephanie Armistead, general manager of GreenBusiness Works, which educates companies about sustainability and produces the annual EXPO.
Calvert outlines seven principles companies must consider in the treatment of their female employees: employment and compensation; work-life balance and career development; health, safety, and freedom from violence; management and governance; business, supply chain, and marketing practices; civic and community engagement; and transparency and accountability.
One of the foremost human rights practitioners in the world of sustainable and responsible investment, Ms. Kayal has focused on human rights and labor rights in the global supply chains of key retail sectors such as footwear, apparel and toys, as well as on the corporate impact on the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world.
She tracks companies’ environmental, social and governance impact with its performance. Before coming to Calvert in 1994, Ms. Kayal worked at the US Department of Labor’s International Labor Affairs Bureau, the US Information Agency and the United Nations. She is a co-author of The Forty-Fourth Session of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and the Special Session of the Commission on Human Rights on the Situation in the Former Yugoslavia, 15 Human Rights Quarterly (1993) and authored the Human Rights chapter of the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators.
Calvert itself has won multiple awards for outstanding practices, including the Alliance for Workplace Excellence’s “Great Place to Work” Seal of Approval, Health and Wellness Trailblazer Award and Eco Leadership Award in 2009.
Ms. Kayal’s keynote address marks the culmination of three days of discussion on sustainable businesses, featuring a special track on energy efficiency, a Clean Tech Forum and exhibits by sustainable businesses across the Southeast.
The EXPO will also feature keynotes by: Rosalind Brewer, executive vice president of Walmart and president of Walmart Stores, Inc.’s South Business Unit; Edward Kerschner, CFA, chief investment officer for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; Chris Deris, Global Head, CSR & Sustainability Practice of Edelman; and Auden Schendler, executive director of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company and author of “Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution.”
For more information about Calvert Investments, please visit www.calvert.com.
For EXPO details and to register, visit:www.greenbusinessworksexpo.net.
Please note that the closing luncheon is specially priced at $45.
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GreenBusiness Works EXPO to feature energy parley
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For more info: Rachel Pomerance, Pomerance & Associates rachel@pomeranceassociates.com
GreenBusiness Works EXPO to Feature Special Track:
“Conference within a Conference” Energy Focus
ATLANTA – The conversation is conservation at the GreenBusiness Work EXPO’s Conference within a conference on the future of energy. The special energy track will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the GreenBusiness Work EXPO 2010: “Poised for Prosperity,” located at the Cobb Galleria.
Energy efficiency and sustainability are at the heart of the EXPO’s “conference within a conference,” sponsored by Servidyne, an Atlanta-based company that helps businesses optimize building performance, and the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, a nonprofit coalition that promotes energy efficiency to improve quality of life in the Southeast region.
“While the adoption of solar, wind, and biomass energy gets a great deal of press, the largest and least expensive resource to help meet our future energy needs in Georgia and across the Southeast actually lies in our existing buildings,” said Todd Jarvis, president of Servidyne. “Working together to improve the energy efficiency of these buildings can free up 20 percent or more of their energy consumption, helping to fund future economic growth across the region. Importantly, this resource is also far cheaper to develop and bring to market than renewables or new generating capacity.”
When it comes to energy efficiency, this region is particularly poised for prosperity.
“The Southeast has traditionally lagged in the adoption of energy efficiency programs, but over the last few years more attention has brought energy efficiency programs and practices to the forefront,” said Ben Taube, executive director of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance. “As the South looks at new energy needs, SEEA is committed to making energy efficiency cost effective across the region and sees the value of sharing best practices on energy efficiency programs that are returning an investment to building owners within months.”
The Energy Conference within a Conference features session such as:
- Energy Policy and Finance – An exploration of the intersection between energy policy and finance programs to broker innovative progress.
- How to Design and Implement a Strategic Energy Program — an introduction to starting a strategic energy program that will create a competitive advantage for your organization.
- Delivering Energy Efficiency and Sustainability – a discussion on best practices by some of the leading practitioners of energy efficiency and sustainability.
- What is a Smart Grid – an explanation of the effort to generate, transmit, deliver and manage energy through an intelligent grid and the various smart grid applications across the country.
Learn how you can become “Poised for Prosperity!” www.GreenBusinessWorksEXPO.net.
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