ISSP Member Meeting & Discussion Forum: Eco-Psychology
November 18 at noon Pacific Time
Special guest
Thomas Joseph Doherty, Psy.D. of the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
will initiate this discussion with an over view of what "eco-psychology" is. To
participate in this free conference call, send an email to Marsha Willard |
ISSP New Member Orientations
Dates (pacific time): October 6 at 4:00pm November 9 at 9:00am December 8 at 4:00pm
New (and even old) members are welcome to join this free orientation conference call. Learn about the benefits of ISSP, the contents of our web site, and meet other new members. If you'd like to participate, send an email to Marsha Willard and indicate which session you'd like. |
Bainbridge Graduate Institute becomes new ISSP sponsor!
We are pleased to announce that the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (one of the leading providers of a sustainable MBA degree) is allowing ISSP to share their virtual learning platform - Elluminate.
More powerful, more elegant and just more fun to use, Elluminate will bring a new level of quality to our distance learning program.
Thank you BGI!
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Maintaining Our Email List Reminder
Please note that the move to using Constant Contact for our
emails, members will be updated every month to ensure we have an
accurate list. When a member joins, they will be automatically
subscribed. If a member does not renew, they will be automatically unsubscribed.
All non-members will be responsible for maintaining their
contact info. This is done by clicking on the Update Profile/Email
address link found at the bottom of every email. It is best for
everyone to save our emails as a "safe sender" to ensure your emails
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Greetings!
This month, we kick off our ISSP Professional Award Program. This is an opportunity to acknowledge an extraordinary contribution of one of your peers (famous or not). See how to nominate people below.
This month, we also release a sequel to the ISSP Competency Study. The first competency study showed how important change management skills are for sustainability professionals but certainly we should be knowledgeable about sustainability too. Test your own knowledge. Use this study to identify your strengths and your blind spots.
This is traditionally a period to think about schooling. So if you identify any blind spots, check out the wonderful line-up of workshops coming up.
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Competency Study Part 2: What Should a Sustainability Professional Know?
by Darcy Hitchcock Early in 2010, we published a competency study that showed what the most important skills were for a sustainability professional. Mostly they were generic skills like communication and project management. But certainly we should know something about sustainability too!
The Sustainability Knowledge Competency Study is a follow-on report that shows the most important terms/concepts etc. that a sustainability professional should know. Find out where your blind spots are. And professors, use this study to determine the most important topics and concepts to teach.
Click here for more information.
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Introducing ISSP's Professional Award Program
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Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net | ISSP is inaugurating a professional award program to recognize individuals who have
contributed significantly to the advancement of the profession of
sustainability. This is to be an award granted to professionals by their peers - you the members of ISSP. ISSP will accept nominations from the membership through December of 2010. Members will have an opportunity to participate in the selection of the winner. The winner will be invited to the Sept 21-23 ISSP conference next fall in Portland, Oregon to receive the award. This announcement opens the nomination process. We would like you to submit names of people who you feel have contributed to the profession through service, research, contribution of tools or materials,
advancement of the case for sustainability, participation in the adoption of
sustainability in sectors or regions, or contribution to the definition to the profession. You may nominate anyone you choose - someone you know personally or someone you know by reputation. The staff and sitting board members of ISSP are ineligible.* To nominate someone simply send the following information to Marsha Willard before December 31, 2010. -
Name of honoree:
- Contact information for the honoree (if
available) and affiliation:
- Two to three sentences about why you think
this person deserves the award and/or what he/she has contributed to the field. Please include a specific contribution, for example service rendered, research conducted, tools created,
policy written, publications authored, etc.
- Your name and contact information so that we can contact you for more information should your nominee be selected as a
finalist.
* ISSP management team includes: Marsha Willard, Darcy Hitchcock, Dorothy Atwood, Jessica Vreeswijk, and Christy Nordstrom. ISSP board members include: Ira Feldman, Rick Woodward, Fabio Vancini, Julian Crawford, James Miles, Cate Gable, Michele Crim, Warren Flint, KJ McCorry, Bud McGrath and Hector Rodriguez. |
Accepting nominations for ISSP board seats
The ISSP board is accepting nominations for new members. Serving on the ISSP board is an opportunity with many benefits: -
public recognition for your contribution to the profession
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opportunity to shape the future of this organization and the profession it
serves
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affiliation with other movers-and-shakers in the field
Board commitment involves serving a two-year term, attending quarterly conference call meetings, and generally promoting and supporting ISSP. If you know of someone who would make a good candidate, please send your suggestion along with contact information to Marsha WillardIf you would like to be considered, submit letter of interest,
a letter of recommendation from a colleague, and
bio to Marsha Willard. The board will be considering all nominations and making decisions at its December board meeting.
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Fall classes Sign up now for early registration price!
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For a full list of the ISSP educational offerings, click HERE.
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OCTOBER WORKSHOP
Zero Waste Strategies
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Courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net | ZERO WASTE STRATEGIES DATES:
Tuesdays (Oct
5, 12, 19, 26) at 12:00PM Pacific Time-USA Follow this link to the registration page. Register here.WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:Sustainability is a powerful tool for improving
business foresight. It helps people foresee emerging threats and take advantage
of new opportunities. In the solid waste field, sustainability is often framed
as zero waste. Examine what this trend means for your organization.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:- Engage in four interactive webinar
discussions oriented to stimulate creative thinking and solutions.
- Survey of how the whole waste issue has evolved.
- Gain an understanding of the major waste trends in the current system.
- Gain an understanding of product stewardship.
- Explore a new set of initiatives that can challenge our basic mental models of our thinking.
- Grasp waste challenges: waste-to-energy and when to recycle / when to landfill.
- Discover the best strategies for
sustainability, going forward.
For more information on Wayne Rifer please click HERE. |
NOVEMBER WORKSHOP
LEADERSHIP
SKILLS FOR CHANGE AGENTS
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LEADERSHIP
SKILLS FOR CHANGE AGENTS DATES:This course meets on-line on
Mondays (November 1, 8, 15, 22) at 5:00PM Pacific Time for 60 to 90 minutes. Follow this link to the registration page. Register here. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:This course prepares sustainability
professionals at any level in the organizational hierarchy to lead an
organizational change to a sustainable enterprise. It connects the dots between
timeless leadership practices and how to transform an organization to a
sustainability culture. Bob teaches how to quantify the
business case for sustainability strategies. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:At the end of this course, participants
will be able to:
- Lead the integration of
sustainability into their organization, using a seven-step sustainability
change process.
- Build an effective, relevant business
case to support their company's transformation to being a sustainable
enterprise.
- Be able to apply effective
change leadership practices during the sustainability change process,
capitalize on change paradoxes, and avoid potential derailers of their
initiatives.
- Help others be more effective
sustainability champions.
For more information on Bob Willard please click HERE. |
NOVEMBER WORKSHOP
Sustainability and Supply Chain
Management
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Courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net | SUSTAINABILITY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT DATES:This course meets on-line on (November
2, 9, 16, 23) at 12:00PM Pacific Time for 60-90 minutes. Follow this link to the registration page. Register here. WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:Sustainability professionals have a new
opportunity to create long-term business value while enhancing supply chain
performance. Learn how the supply chain is an
integrated system. Understand
relationship building and aligning values. Identify key levers within supply chain network. Discover strengths and limitations of
3rd party certification. Explore
vendor qualification and selection tools. Survey a few formalized tools. Gain practical knowledge of internal and external reporting. As supply chain management (SCM)
evolves from a traditional focus on purchasing and logistics to a broader
emphasis on value creation, supply chain managers seek new approaches to
increasing profitability and efficiency. Applying sustainability principles within SCM processes represents the
next stage in this evolution. LEARNING
OBJECTIVES:The workshop will be divided into two
sections over four weeks. Section 1) A macro examination of the
core business processes and stakeholders within SCM, identifying strategic
opportunities for the application of sustainability principles and discussion
of the unique and largely untapped role that sustainability professionals can
play in helping to improve supply chain performance. Section 2) Focus is on specific
application of tools at a tactical level to achieve sustainability objectives.
This will include discussions related to measurement and metrics, supply chain
partner identification, third-party certification programs and sustainability
reporting. For more information on Rick Woodward please click HERE. |
FREE WEBINAR October 7, 2010
Connecting Corporate Sustainability and the Financial Services Sector
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Photo courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net | FREE ISSP WEBINAR: Connecting Corporate Sustainability and the Financial Services Sector Thursday Oct 7 at 12:00PM Pacific Time-USA
Join Peter Soyka,
President of Soyka & Company, LLC and Ira Feldman,
president and senior counsel of greentrack strategies. Their
remarks will offer a close look at the relevance, trends, and implications of
Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) information to both sustainability
practitioners and financial sector participants. - Sustainability professionals will better understand how ESG
information is used. - Investment, insurance, and lending professionals will
better understand how ESG issues affect the value of their investments and
portfolios. Specifically, this webinar will
address: - How ESG performance
influences security risk and opportunity
- Changing stakeholder
expectations for corporate social responsibility
- The importance of and
dramatic growth in socially responsible investing (SRI)
- How corporate ESG data are
used in the financial services sector
- Advances in investor (SRI and
other) sophistication concerning ESG issues
- The entry of large mainstream
financial sector institutions into the ESG space
- Activist investors, and
- Emerging trends and growing
expertise in other markets, particularly Europe.
For more information on Peter Soyka and Ira Feldman please click here. |
FREE WEBINAR October 21, 2010
Navigating to Energy Management
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Courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net | FREE ISSP WEBINAR:
Navigating to Energy Management
Thursday Oct 21 at 12:00PM Pacific Time-USA Join Stan Price with a summary presentation of the Roadmap to Energy
Management webinar that links energy efficiency to sustainability
planning. In today's challenging economy, it's easy to appreciate the
financial benefits of making energy efficiency a key component of the
sustainability planning process. But it's not necessarily easy to
determine how to bring about the desired savings, especially over the
long run. This webinar will help you to think strategically about
energy management for your company/facility to ensure long-term energy
savings. Stan will touch on Energy Benchmarking using ENERGY STAR's
Portfolio Manager, Setting Energy Targets, Financial Analysis and
Continuous Energy Improvement. WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:
Sustainability Director, Sustainability
Coordinator, Sustainability Consultant, Climate Officer, Renewable Energy Program Manager, Sustainable Development Manager, CIO, CEO, Head of Sustainability, Energy
Manager, Environmental Manager, Director-Worldwide Corporate Responsibility, VP
CSR, President. PRESENTER: Stan
has over two decades of experience in the design and management of
resource efficiency programs. With the Putnam Price Group he provides a
full range of professional services in education, event marketing, and
executive management tailored to clients in the fields of energy and
resource efficiency. He works with public, private, and not-for-profit
clients helping them achieve their efficiency goals. He serves as the
executive manager of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council, a trade
association representing businesses that provide energy efficient
products and services to the Northwest marketplace.
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Sustainability Professional Certificate Graduates
A number of people have completed ISSP's Sustainability Professionals Certificate (ISSP SPC). They are able to display this image on their emails and websites. (This seemed more eco-friendly than printing certificates!) Please congratulate the following people who have completed the program: Kim Hedberg KJ McCorry Leslie Laney Roberta Fernandez Eric Harrington Eric Johnson Wildbear |
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