West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is still offering a waived co-pay promotion to members that sign up for the Imagine Trash Partner Program. WMSBF currently has 15 of the 50 promotional waste audit slots remaining, so the sooner you reach out the more likely the offering will still be available. The program includes a package of technical resources for small and […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is still offering a waived co-pay promotion to members that sign up for the Imagine Trash Partner Program. WMSBF currently has 15 of the 50 promotional waste audit slots remaining, so the sooner you reach out the more likely the offering will still be available. The program includes a package of technical resources for small and medium sized organizations […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum has completed a merger with Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum to create the largest regional organization for sustainable business practitioners in the Midwest. The combined organization, headquartered in Grand Rapids, will serve 220 member organizations and the general community in a 10-county territory that stretches from Muskegon County to the […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum presented on climate resilience in West Michigan during the monthly membership meeting on Monday, February 13 at the Grand Rapids Public Library. Photos of the event can be found on our Facebook page. Dan Schoonmaker of WMSBF & Danny McGee of Sustainable Research Group introduced their recent work on climate resiliency with local […]
Schupan Recycling hosted WMSBF members to a tour of its bottle recycling facility last week. Photos from the event can be found at our Facebook page. The program included a presentation on Schupan’s recycling efforts, a Q&A session, tutorials in their demo area, and a guided walk-through of the indoor & outdoor recycling areas. The 55,000-square foot facility […]
The December membership meeting at Kendall College of Art and Design featured a presentation on a sustainability at Meijer, as well as Kent County’s ReImagine Trash campaign. Photos of the event can be found on our Facebook page. Erik Petrovskis, Director of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, discussed Meijer’s approach to environmental management, including its compliance management system, sustainability plan, […]
The January membership meeting at Aquinas College featured a presentation on a corporate social responsibility on a global scale and business ethics. Photos of the event can be found on our Facebook page. Featured speaker Oliver Williams, Associate Professor of Management at the University of Notre Dame and Director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in […]
The November membership meeting at the Amway Corporate Headquarters featured a presentation on ational and global scale resilience and climate adaptation and other topics. See photos from the event on our Facebook page. Featured speaker Dale Sands, Global Practice Director in the Private Sector Division of CH2M, discussed resilience and climate adaptation, actions the public and […]
I recently attended several sustainability conferences here in West Michigan and was amazed that a great deal of the introductory discussion still centered on the meaning of sustainability. Yes, sustainability still means many things to many people. One question a CEO raised was whether sustainability meant the use of 100% renewable energy? Another question raised […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum named Aquinas College its 2016 West Michigan Sustainable Business at the Third Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash. Sustainable practices are a part of all of Aquinas’s operations and programming, including the Sustainable Business program, which was the first undergraduate program of its kind in the U.S. in 2003. With six […]