see our recent Seminar results:

Professional Development Workshop Corporate Public Reporting on Social Responsibility and Sustainability- New Standards, Guidelines and Best Practices The Shaw Room at Seattle Center, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m, Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Qualifies for 6 CPE hours for CPAs and up to 6 nexus credit hours for attorneys Course Fee $195 - Early registration by November 30: $145

UPDATE Friday Dec 16, 2005:  42 people attended the seminar in Seattle:  Read what they said:

Seminar Overall:	The Content:	The Instructor:
excellent reference materials, interesting topics excellent research done and info provided lots of great info, would take me years to find on my own informative at a fast pace	very well presented, valuable info great job, incredible amount of info huge amount of information - lots to digest terrific resources on CD totally relevant	very knowledgeable wow!- wonderful instructor - expert! kept the group interested, answered questions with expertise walking encyclopedia of green couldn't be better, very entertaining high energy! good presentation skills, kept the day going, energetic

Microsoft's Director of Corporate Citizenship, Dan Bross, addresses the participants.

THANKS to our Speakers:

Dan Bross, Director of Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft, described the Microsoft Citizenship Report and its relation to the GRI guidelines

Jon Naimon, President of Light Green Advisors, a responsible investment fund company, presented the latest research linking CSR to stock market value.

Andrea Ramage, Director of their Corporate Environmental Performance Program at CH2M Hill, explained how they used the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines to design their new Sustainability Report

Participants came from Boeing, Albertson's, King County Housing Authority, Washington Dept of Ecology, Grays Harbor Paper Company, Shaw Environmental, Port of Seattle, University of Washington, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, University of British Columbia, among others.

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