Conversation Circles: Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability

  • Posted April 21st, 2009 by suzanne

  

The Sustainable Business Network

Area businesses and organizations are increasingly developing socially responsible products and services while making their own operations more sustainable. In the process, they are developing expertise on a wide variety of sustainability practices. The SBN serves as a forum for sharing successful practices and strategies and is a part of the Metro-Milwaukee Green initiative. The American Society for Quality developed a web portal, www.thesro.org, which serves as an online tool for engaging the SBN community. SBN is now launching quarterly conversation circles.

 

Aim of the Conversation Circles         

Convene strategic discussions with community stakeholders on social responsibility and sustainability and its impact and opportunity to achieve more sustainable enterprises and hence a more sustainable Milwaukee.

 

Timeframe:      Quarterly 90-minute Circle Discussions (May, August, November and February)

Cost:                $12 to cover cost of continental breakfast

First Meeting:   May 26, 2009 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM 

Topic:              The Sustainable Enterprise – Open discussion and determination of future topics

 

Potential Future Topics          

  1. Sustaining the Future:  Social Responsibility as a Talent Attractor
  2. Supporting Socially Responsible Programs Though the Use of Quality Tools
  3. What Do All the Standards Mean? ISO 26000, GRI, SA 8000
  4. Energy Efficiency and Green Jobs
  5. Regional Economic Sustainability and the Great Lakes Water Initiative
  6. Measuring Carbon Foot Print and Emerging Carbon Credits

Alignment       

Metro-Milwaukee Green, ASQ Social Responsibility Initiative, Great Lakes Water Initiative, Energy Conservation, Focus on Energy, Wisconsin Green Building Alliance

 

Partners          

City of Milwaukee, County of Milwaukee, ASQ, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

 

Contacts          

·        Ann Beier, Director of Office of Environmental Sustainability, City of Milwaukee ann.beier@milwaukee.gov    

·        Michelle Mason, Managing Director, ASQ  mmason@asq.org       

·        Greg Bell, Co-Founder, Metro-Milwaukee Green gbell02@mac.com           

 

To RSVP, please email:  sro@asq.org

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