For the next three years, the Coordinator of the North American (US & Canada) Regional Water Stewardship Initiative, will develop, enhance, manage and be the face of a unique new effort headed by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS).

As a leading partner of The Nature Conservancy, AWS aims to design, develop, and implement an international, voluntary, standards-based water certification program that will recognize and reward responsible water managers and water users. Certification will be awarded to public and private sector participants that are adding benefit to communities through water stewardship activities which protect watersheds and freshwater ecosystems. For more information, click here.

Spencer Hutchens, ASQ president 1988-89, died October 12 at the age of 88. A 50-year member of ASQ, Hutchens was a tireless quality professional and advocate. In recent years, he became a champion for social responsibility, which led to ASQ naming its newest medal the Spencer Hutchens Jr. Medal for Social Responsibility. During the past decade, Hutchens was awarded an ASQ Distinguished Medal (2002) and was the recipient of the 2009 Lancaster Medal in part for “his vigorous support of the global quality community that hereby recognizes him as the world’s finest goodwill ambassador.” Hutchens was also a past chairman of the International Academy of Quality (IAQ).

Inaugural conference connects quality, business performance, social responsibility

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 8, 2010— ASQ, the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, will host its first social responsibility conference June 16-17, 2011, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. The 2011 Pathways to Social Responsibility Conference will provide a platform for professionals to share and exchange ideas on social responsibility (SR) issues and the integration of quality methodologies, and will provide insight into the application of the forthcoming social responsibility standard, ISO 26000: Guidance on Social Responsibility.

More information on the ASQ social responsibility conference can be found at http://www.asq.org/conferences/social-responsibility/.  Read more

Milwaukee, Wis., September 9, 2010 – ASQ, the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Spencer Hutchens Jr. Medal for Social Responsibility. The medal—which was created in 2009—recognizes the achievements of an individual who demonstrates outstanding leadership as an individual, business leader and cause advocate for social responsibility—primarily focusing on the marketplace, environment, workplace and community. The Social Responsibility Medal is one of 13 global medals offered by ASQ each year.

 The medal is named after Spencer Hutchens Jr., Los Angeles, Calif., an ASQ past president, whose personal and business life reflects and demonstrates the desired attributes in the definition and model of social responsibility. Read more

July 30, 2010- The Brady Corporation Jr. exhibit at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum opened this morning, much to the excitement of children visiting the museum. Brady Corporation Foundation funded the exhibit with a $150,000 grant over three years.

Brady Corporation Jr., a permanent exhibit at the museum, is a simulated manufacturing environment appropriate for kids. They can tryout different roles to prepare, assemble, and pack a variety of safety signs like those manufactured at Brady and have fun as they learn the importance of manufacturing and producing a quality product. When “production” is complete, an interactive map, conveyor system and overhead hoist will help the young “workers” ship their finished products around the world. Continue reading

For more information visit http://www.bradycorp.com or http://www.foundation.bradycorp.org