You
are cordially invited to a special one day event “Building a
Sustainable Grays Harbor”. The purpose of this conference is
to give an entertaining and educational introduction to “sustainable
business” to the citizens, businesses, and community leaders of
Grays Harbor,
This public seminar
and workshop will help answer the questions:
·
What is a "Sustainable Business”?
·
What has been learned about promoting “Sustainable Business”?
·
What does this mean to the future of Grays Harbor?
·
How can my business and the community become more “Sustainable” and
profitable?
Please join our
community leaders to learn and discuss, how we can “Build a Sustainable Grays
Harbor”
Advance tickets $50 per participant /
$75 day of conference
—includes lunch and reception
*reduced rate for educators, students
Limited number of seats available
RSVP! Reservations: Grays
Harbor Chamber of Commerce:
360-532-1924 or email:
info@graysharbor.org
For questions contact: Ron Pinnick:
360-538-5604 or
email: rpinnick@ghplp.com
For over
20 years a growing number of businesses, motivated to improve their
environmental performance, have been making sustainable and
profitable changes. They have created new tools and strategies in
every aspect of operations: Product and process design, accounting
and finance, teamwork, communications, management systems,
purchasing and supply management, and more. These
are business solutions to eliminate waste and inefficiency and
improve environmental performance and health.
Businesses have also been learning how to work together for
sustainable growth in eco-industrial parks and resource exchange
systems. Government and development agencies supporting sustainable
business have provided technical assistance and documented these
stories and the lessons learned. Now there really is enough
evidence to understand what is a sustainable business.
This public seminar and workshop has two
objectives: To give participants 1) an efficient and entertaining
summary of the key lessons learned in sustainable business,
including who can help them now, and 2) an opportunity to discuss
together what sustainable business could mean to the Grays Harbor
community.
Agenda
8:30 – 8:45
Welcome introductions
8:45
A brief history of “sustainable business” and lessons
learned around the world how to become more competitive and
improve your organization through sustainable and
eco-intelligent practices.
9:45
Meet your support organizations - technical assistance
available to you
10:00
Break and coffee
10:30
Sustainable business foundations: Accounting and financial
analysis, process management, green purchasing, eco-design,
risk evaluation, team building. The key tools and
tricks to use in every function of your organization for
sustainable improvements.
11:45
Q&A - applications for participants
12:15 lunch at cafeteria
1:15
Foundations of sustainable business: Presentations from
resource organizations who can help you now.
Speaker:
Washington State Quality Award on management for
performance excellence
Speaker: Washington Manufacturing Services on Lean
Manufacturing/Service
Speaker: Washington Dept of Ecology: Technical
Assistance and Beyond Waste
Speaker: WA Community Trade and Econ Development:
Clean Technology Support
Speaker:
Energy Ideas Clearinghouse on how to save energy
2:00 Group
discussions: How to systematically take advantage of
resources available
2:30 Report
out and summarize
3:00 Break
3:15
Eco-industrial parks and clean technology: How businesses
and community can work together for sustainable development.
Examples.
3:30 Group Discussion: What can the community do
to create better synergy and focus around a sustainable
economy?
4:00 End
4:45
Reception Hoquiam Elks - 6:30pm
Sponsorship:
Platinum:
$1,000 includes 4 tickets : 10x10 space for booth / table
Gold:
$500 includes 2 tickets : 10x10 space for
booth / tableT
Silver:
$250 includes 1 ticket and recognition in program
RSVP!
Reservations: Grays Harbor Chamber of Commerce:
360-532-1294 or email:
info@graysharbor.org
For questions
contact: Ron Pinnick: 360-538-5604 or
email:
rpinnick@ghplp.com
