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The Next Step to Emerging Economies: A Green City Business Initiative

Anouk Bertner — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:21:40 -0400

Start: May 13 2010 - 8:30am

End: May 13 2010 - 2:30pm

Timezone: US/East-Indiana

The Next Step to Emerging Economies will present ideas from the Natural Step Network, an international nonprofit organization that helps integrate sustainability concepts into strategic planning. The network has trained well-known organizations including Nike, IKEA, Nissan, Starbucks, Dow Chemical, CH2M Hill and the City of Madison, Wisconsin.

A Sustainability Vision for the Automotive Services Industry

Chas Martin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:03:22 -0400

Using The Natural Step Framework to Develop a Plan Toward Sustainability for Automotive Mechanical and Collision Repair Shops
Prepared for the Oregon DEQ

Achieving Sustainability Through Collaboration

simonharvey — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:31:46 -0400

Start: Oct 21 2008 - 9:00am

End: Oct 21 2008 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT

This one-day symposium will be moderated by Rod Oram.

New Zealand

Alcoa, Canada

Anouk Bertner — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:02:16 -0400

Quebec, Canada

Alcoa is one of the world’s largest producers of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities. In 2006, The Natural

Canada

Aliant, Canada

Kim Mackrael — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:29:29 -0500

Bell Aliant is one of North America’s largest regional communications providers serving customers from Newfoundland and Labrador through to Ontario and beyond.

An Introduction to the Natural Step for the Meetings Industry - WEBINAR

Chas Martin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:19:07 -0400

Start: Oct 13 2010 - 9:00am

End: Oct 13 2010 - 10:19am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

This webinar will introduce professionals in the meetings industry to a proven strategic sustainability planning method. The presentation will describe the core components of the Natural Step Framework: Systems thinking, Sustainability Principles and backcasting methodology. You’ll learn how these components are used to coordinate actions and continuously move your organization closer to achieving its vision. Participants will see an example, have the opportunity to ask questions and learn about additional resources available to their organizations.

Presenters: Heidi Speight, Training Director for TNS-USA and
Tamara Kennedy, Director of Green Meetings Industry Council

Ashforth Pacific, Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:07:31 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

Atlantic Canada Sustainability Initiative (ACSI)

Anouk Bertner — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:34:02 -0400

Atlantic Canada

Fourteen organizations across Atlantic Canada have come together to embed sustainability in the region with the Atlantic Canada Sustainability

Canada

Axis Performance Advisors, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:42:36 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Background

BC Hydro, Canada

Kim Mackrael — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:34:40 -0500

BC Hydro is one of the largest electric utility companies in Canada, serving more than 1.7 million customers in the province of British Columbia. The company’s mandate of providing &ldq

Canada

BECCS - Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage

Richard Blume — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:41:55 -0400

What is BECCS?

BECCS stands for Bio Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage. It is an emerging technology that has the potential to go beyond traditional climate change mitigation, and instead actually achieve negative emissions, i.e. net removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

How does it work?

Negative CO2 emissions are generated by combining bio-energy production (biomass fuel-power stations, pulp mills and bio-fuel plants) with carbon capture and storage technology, allowing carbon dioxide to be captured from the atmosphere and remitted back underground.

Sweden

Benefits for Business

Anouk Bertner — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:14:44 -0400

Reaping the rewards of doing good

Canada

Benefits for business

simonharvey — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:09:31 -0400

Reaping the rewards

New Zealand

BOORA Archietcts, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:47:08 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Brown Bag Leadership Lunch Series - Declaring Your Intention

Chas Martin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:42:10 -0400

Start: Dec 12 2008 - 12:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Bring your lunch and join us for a series of engaging dialogues, facilitated by LionHeart Consulting, providing practical tools and insights into the real leadership that is required to implement s

Building Toward Sustainability, Literally

Jennifer Reid — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:18:53 -0400

The Landmark Group of Builders is a residential construction company further comprised of seven individual companies with offices in Edmonton, Red D

Canada

Building towards sustainability with Pôle Sem Sud

Renaud Richard — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:01:44 -0400

Pôle Sem Sud is a privately and publicly owned organisation managing over 6,000 flats and offices in Marseille and its surroundings.

France

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility :: 7th Annual Summit on CSR, Toronto, ON

Anouk Bertner — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:23:31 -0400

Start: Nov 5 2009 - 12:00am

End: Nov 5 2009 - 11:59pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Transformational CSR: The Next Wave of Business Leadership, Innovation and Performance
November 5, 2009 – Toronto

Canada

CEW Eco Beauty Award

Richard Blume — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:24:25 -0400

Charles Steele, Co-Founder, Ziptrek Ecotours

Kim Mackrael — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:35:32 -0500

If you have never harnessed yourself to a steel cable 200 feet above the ground, then launched yourself into the ancient forest canopy at top speed, the idea might sound a little daunting.

Canada

College Housing Northwest, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:51:49 -0400

An Oregon Natural Step Network

Overview

Collingwood Region, Canada

Anouk Bertner — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:49:28 -0400

Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

The local Environment Network hosted The Natural Step Canada in training a group of 15 people from local businesses, organizations and the municipality of

Canada

Commitment to Sustainability Drives Rapid Change at ISL

Jennifer Reid — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:27:10 -0400

ISL Engineering and Land Services (ISL) roared into 2010 like a lion.

Canada

Courses and Workshops

Chas Martin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:59:34 -0400

The Natural Step Network offers expanded live and online educational opti

DHV engineering blurs the line between sewage treatment and river habitat

Anouk Bertner — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:56:05 -0400

By: Tobias Stocker, CR Manager, DHV Group, member of the Real Change network

Like most sewage treatment plants, the one at Soerendonk in The Netherlands was originally designed to remove nitrogen and phosphorus, cleaning water to the point where it could be safely discharged into a natural waterway. But when the engineering firm of DHV was asked to develop plans for a renovation of this 40 year old facility, they raised the bar by asking a simple question: can a sewage facility actually help to enhance the health of natural systems?

Sweden

Distance Learning

Anouk Bertner — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:20:27 -0400

Think Globally, Learn Locally

Dow Measures Up

Geoff Stack — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:23:43 -0400

By any measure, Dow is a sustainability leader.

Dow has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index nine times. They have won ‘green’ awards from Michigan to China for their wide array of products from insecticides to solar panels. And in 2006, CEO Andrew Liveris enthusiastically announced 7 new sustainability goals for 2015 even AFTER the company had already met or exceeded many of its 1996 sustainability goals. In that initial 10 year span, they saved more than of five billion US dollars in bottom-line costs.

Down to Earth - Commercializing Space Technologies for a Sustainable Earth

Richard Blume — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:58:09 -0500

Overview

Down to Earth is a Swedish ten-year initiative involving space agencies, companies and universities. Conceived by Umbilical Design and Jönköping International Business School, the Down to Earth concept aims to help businesses develop sustainable innovations inspired by space solutions. The Natural Step is pleased to be part of the team, which brings together experts from the space, business and sustainability sectors and uses a cross-over innovation process based on the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (a.k.a TNS Framework).

Sweden

Dr. Robèrt speaking in the United States

Anouk Bertner — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:29:57 -0400

Start: Apr 21 2008 - 12:00am

End: Apr 25 2008 - 11:59pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT

The Natural Step founder, Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, will be in the U.S.

Edmonton Airports Authority Adopts Sustainability

Jennifer Reid — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:43:28 -0400