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Stewardship Action Council Bulletin
June 15, 2012
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Welcome New Members!
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Pensacola Beach Advocates
Gulf Breeze, FL
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Join Now!
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Gain unprecedented access, develop partnerships and create advocates with businesses, organizations, and states that will engage your employees, inspire innovation and strengthen your commitment to social responsibility. Share and promote dialogues and actions dedicated to building brand value from social, environmental and economic performance. Let us introduce you to your new partners.
The Stewardship Action Council invites all interested members to join now with a one-time first year application fee.
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Contact SAC
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SAC Headquarters:
1155 15th Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:202-296-3952
Fax: 202-530-0659
Anne Vogel-Marr
Executive Director
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2012 Board of Directors
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Bill Bozzo - Chair
DM Petroleum Operations Company
Annette Russo - President
Johnson & Johnson
John Farris - Secretary/Treasurer
Pfizer
Ian Bingham - Member At Large
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Dan Fiorino
American University
Wildlife Habitat Council
Calvert Investments
West Liberty Foods
3M
Frank Priznar
PRIZIM Inc.
CLF Ventures
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SAC to Participate in Conference Board Event
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SAC has been invited to participate in the Conference Board's upcoming Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Conference - A New Business Model: The Management Challenge of Ethics, Citizenship & Sustainability. This event will take place on June 20-21, 2012 at The Fairfax at Embassy Row in Washington, DC. SAC members wishing to attend will receive a 20% discount on the cost of registration.
Register here.
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SAC Website Updates and Upcoming Events
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Better Management Practice Sharing Database.
The BMP database has been revised for more user-friendly accessibility. A copy of all SAC member-submitted BMPs is available in a spreadsheet. Please email Charlotte for a copy.
Annual Report Individual Pages Available
Facility pages of the 2011 Annual Report are available to download.
Member Facilities Mapped!
Check out the locations of our members and see who is in your area.
Webinars for Product Stewardship and Zero Waste Goals are in the planning stages. Have a webinar topic you would like us to consider? Email Anne.
SAC to participate in and hold its fall meeting at the 2012 NSC Congress & Expo in Orlando, FL, October 20 - 25, 2012.
The Celebration of the Century symbolizes 100 years of collaboration, lessons learned and progress for safety across the nation. NSC will honor the advancements and accomplishments of organizations and individuals who have helped make safety what it is today.
Workgroup Updates
* Level 4 Workgroup calls are being scheduled to finalize the Environmental section and revise draft based on comments received at the Spring Meeting.
* Tom Vison is the new Learning Network Workgroup Lead
* Indiana Collaborative Partnership to kick off shortly
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News and Events Recommended by SAC Members
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If you have an upcoming event or news item that you would like to share with the SAC community, please contact Anne or Charlotte.
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Earth Stewardship Workshop
June 18-19, 2012. Chevy Chase, MD
Earth Stewardship: Building strategic interdisciplinary partnerships among natural and social scientists and practitioners to foster sustainability in a rapidly changing world.
Specific workshop objectives include:
- Bringing together academics within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, along with practitioners in planning, design, engineering, government, and civil society, to identify the scientific uncertainties and to develop a strategic plan for Earth stewardship;
- Developing a strategy for learning, communicating and teaching about Earth stewardship.
The two-day workshop will be held at the National 4H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD. Participant travel and subsistence costs will be covered by a National Science Foundation grant to ESA.
This workshop is part of the wider ESA Earth Stewardship initiative. We recognize that environmental stewardship is broader than ecology and that, in order to make progress, we need broad and diverse perspectives. Read a paper that outlines the initiative in greater detail here.
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2012 MVP2 Awards Open for Nominations
Application Deadline July 1, 2012
The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable is accepting nominees for the 2012 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Awards. The MVP2 awards are presented annually during National Pollution Prevention Week. National Pollution Prevention week is the third week of September, September 17th - 23rd, 2012.
Awards are presented in four categories, Project/Program, Best Multimedia, P2 Champion, and P2 Volunteer of the Year. The MVP2 Project/Program, P2 Champion, and Best P2 Multimedia are open to all levels of government, industry, small business, non-profit, and academia. The awards are designed to recognize outstanding and innovative P2 projects/programs. As in years past, awards are judged on the following five broad criteria: innovation, measurable results, transferability, commitment, and optimization of available project resources. Information on past recipients and this year's application are available at www.p2.org. _______________________________ |
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97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
August 5-10, 2012. Portland, OR
This year's meeting theme "Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems" emphasizes our need to better understand and sustain the ecosystems on which all humans depend. For more information, see visit the website.
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Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC)'s 24th Annual Symposium, Working for a Greener World
November 7-8, 2012. Baltimore, MD
The Annual Symposium is a gathering of WHC's members and partners with activities focusing on Education, Collaboration and Celebration. This year's theme will explore the continuing challenges our member companies face in protecting biodiversity and engaging communities while competing in a difficult economic climate. Find out how meaningful partnerships and innovative planning help us to keep the noble goals of sustainability and community engagement at the forefront as we work together for a greener world.
For more information please visit the website or contact Patricia Leidemer at pleidemer@wildlifehc.org.
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Green Chemistry Conference and GreenScreen training: Catching the Wave--Green Chemistry and Economic Development in the Great Lakes Region
November 13-15, 2012. Chicago, IL, Hyatt Regency
Join leaders from industry, academia, government, non-profits, U.S. EPA Region 5, and those involved in the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable's Safer Chemistry.
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EPA Region 6 (North Texas) Municipal Sustainable Materials Management and Pollution Prevention Grant Updates
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Final grant approval documents have been sent to SAC for signatures. We expect to receive notice to proceed shortly.
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Member Testimonial of the Month
Mark McDermid, Bureau Director, Cooperative Environmental Assistance, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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Through the Stewardship Action Council, Wisconsin is contributing to brand value, creating differentiation strategies that transcend state boundaries and contributing to actions that yield transparent, documented environmental and economic results. The Stewardship Action Council is our choice for a national component to grow the green bottom line, creating a simultaneous advantage for business and advantage for the environment. Stewardship Action Council provides access to dynamic, forward thinking businesses, non-governmental organization, sustainability experts, investors, and government agencies invested in the ideas, ideals and advantages of a sustainable future. SAC has provided new resources and approaches to strengthen the health of our own culture's continually improving focus on sustainability.
Read testimonials from other members.
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BMP of the Month from Management and Engineering Services, L.L.C.
90% Waste Diversion Project
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Learn how Management and Engineering Services, L.L.C. was able to minimize and divert 90% of their office waste.
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New Safer Chemistry Challenge Program for Industry
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Restricted substances lists, individual chemical bans, and new regulations are changing the nature of chemicals management globally. By incorporating green chemistry and toxics reduction strategies into your environmental management system, organizations can anticipate regulatory changes to stay ahead of these trends that will create business value to the company.
Today, many leading companies are working to develop products with safer chemistries as consumer demands increases. Keeping on top of chemical management regulations is a complex effort and new strategies are needed to confront these challenges.
Several important actions should be taken by companies to reduce the use of hazardous and toxic chemicals by:
- Utilizing hazard and risk screening tools to identify safer alternatives.
- Implementing systems that moving toward cleaner processes, including adopting greener, more sustainable technologies.
- Using green chemistry tools and designs that avoid the use and generation of toxic chemicals.
As a SAC Alliance Member, the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) is working with companies to help implement chemical strategies through technical assistance and recognition. The 2025 Safer Chemistry Challenge Program (SCCP) is a program designed to fit your needs with the support and tools to be successful. Each company sets individual goals based on your internal priorities, industry sector needs, or federal and state identified concerns. NPPR will provide opportunities for training, assistance and recognition.
The SCCP offers industry a unique opportunity for public and private sector collaboration with the end result of a cleaner environment, improved corporate image, new market opportunities, and enhanced competitive advantage.
Additional information and resources can be found at www.p2.org/challenge.
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