US BCSD

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Eliminating Waste Completely by 2050…can we do it?

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development aims to eliminate waste completely by 2050. It’s a tall order that requires aggressive incremental goals if it’s to be achieved.  The winter meeting of the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development took place earlier this month in Austin, Texas. It kicked off with a vision—Vision 2050, to be exact.

Vision 2050 is the creation of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), United States Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (US BCSD’s) global counterpart, and its materials component aims to eliminate waste completely by 2050. The proposed goals are a tall order: closed-loop design and zero waste to landfill are both slated for completion by 2020. With less than seven years to go, the pace of change needs to increase rapidly to meet these objectives.

To read our full blog on 2 degrees, please click here!

 

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Watch our webinar on water featuring ConocoPhillips, Layne Christensen and Coca-Cola!

On May 22 we hosted a webinar with partner US BCSD on the topic of water issues, risks and opportunities. We featured panelists from ConocoPhillips, Layne Christensen and Coca-Cola. Each gave a great presentation on water issues and impacts, and provided tools for companies and individuals to use to track and measure water consumption in order to conserve. To view the webinar please click here.

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Join us for our next webinar: “Understanding Water Use: Risks and Opportunities”

Join us for our next webinar in a series, “Understanding Water Use: Risks and Opportunities,” in partnership with the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD).  This free webinar, held on May 22 at 1pm EST, will discuss the impacts of water consumption and conservation in various locations, and the associated risks and opportunities.

Featured Panelists:
Karl Fennessey
Director of Sustainable Development
ConocoPhillips

Mary Parke
Manager, Integrated Water Services
Layne Christensen

Jon Radtke
Water Resource Sustainability Manager
Coca-Cola North America

Our expert panelists will discuss their own company experiences with issues related to water, including specific programs and tools used to monitor and manage water impacts.

Continuing our commitment to share knowledge and best practices around sustainability, this webinar will build on previous webinars on sustainability as a strategic initiative, and will include information relevant to all companies wishing to address sustainability challenges. We hope that you can join us. To register please click here.

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Upcoming events featuring the BrownFlynn team!

Several of our team members will be speaking at conferences and events across the country in the near future. Here are just a few upcoming events:

  • Principal & Co-owner Margie Flynn will be speaking at the AGG1 2012 Aggregates Forum & Expo, March 13-15 in Charlotte, NC on the topic of employee engagement around sustainability.
  • Margie Flynn will be moderating the 4/13 Corporate Roundtable for the Corporate Sustainability Network at Cleveland State University. Click here for more info!
  • Margie Flynn and Cora Lee Mooney will be conducting a webinar in partnership with IMA-NA entitled: “10 Things Every Mining Company Should Make Publicly Available” on April 12 at 2pm EST. To register please click here.

Check back for more!

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Many thanks to our wonderful panelists for a successful webinar!

Yesterday, BrownFlynn hosted a webinar in partnership with the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development entitled: “Advancing Sustainability through an Engaged Workforce”. We had three great panelists who provided valuable insights and stories on how they’ve helped their companies engage employees around sustainability. Our panelists were:

Margie Flynn, Principal & Co-owner of BrownFlynn was the moderator and Susan Fernandes, Director of Operations for US BCSD, gave opening remarks. We had a record turnout and received many compliments after the event. If you were not able to listen in live, please click here to view the recorded webinar. Please feel free to comment on this post with questions.

Please stay tuned for future webinars!

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View our latest webinar on PACE Financing, in partnership with US BCSD

Our latest webinar in a series in partnership with US BCSD, was on the topic of PACE Financing. The webinar featured panelists from Ygrene Energy Fund, Barclays Capital, Worthington Industries and Willdan Financial. We had a great crowd and lively conversation. To view the webinar in its entirety, please click here.

Any questions, comments and feedback is welcome! Stay tuned for our next webinar…

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Register now for our webinar on PACE Financing

As part of our ongoing webinar series, the US Business Council for Sustainable Development, in partnership with BrownFlynn, is pleased to bring you a unique, FREE webinar on the topic of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing.  PACE financing is an innovative funding mechanism that allows companies to finance energy-efficient and renewable energy improvements on commercial and industrial facilities with 100% private capital.  This removes the barriers that often stall energy efficiency improvement projects: high up-front capital costs and return on investment hurdles.  This webinar will introduce the PACE financing process, key benefits and key players.

Learn from PACE experts on:
• PACE financing background and basics;
• Key advantages and benefits of financing energy efficiency retrofits through PACE; and
• How leading American corporations, NGOs, cities and counties can access immediately available and sustainable financing to launch a PACE program.

Featured panelists include:
• Steve Alexander, City Manager of Cutler Bay, Florida, and “Green Corridor” PACE District Manager in Miami-Dade County, Florida
• David Leff, Corporate Manager of EHS & Security, Worthington Industries
• John Rhow, Vice President, Barclays Capital
• Alan Strachan, Vice President, Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc.

Moderator:
• Alan Strachan, Vice President, Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc.

Continuing our commitment to share knowledge and best practices around sustainability, this webinar will introduce an actionable mechanism to transition your energy efficiency and sustainability goals into real world facility improvements.  Those interested in more detail on PACE financing should also consider joining us in Tucson, Arizona, on October 17-18 at the US BCSD Fall Meeting, which features a PACE Financing Marketplace workshop.

To register please click here.

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Margie Flynn to facilitate session at US BCSD Spring Meeting

Principal and Co-owner Margie Flynn will facilitate a panel discussion at the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development‘s Spring Meeting on June 7 at 8:45am. The annual meeting is being held June 6-7 at The Westin Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan.

The panel discussion is titled “Leadership in Sustainable Development”, and panelists include Claude Griffin (Shell Oil), Erika Guerra (Holcim) and Jim Weinbauer (AECOM). The panelists will address why their companies have sustainability as part of their growth strategies, using examples from around the U.S. and beyond. The panelists will also set the stage for diving into more hands-on project presentations throughout the day.