West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a panel of local leaders who will discuss what meeting facilities in Grand Rapids are doing to support sustainable events and why sustainable conventions and events are important to the community at its monthly forum on Monday, December 10 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at the DeVos Place Convention […]
When the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality listed Ox Creek as a water body not meeting water quality standards, Southwest Michigan Planning Commission (SWMPC) went into action to secure funding and convene partners, launching what would become the Ox Creek Watershed Initiative. Studies concluded that the creek had been degraded by storm water run-off from […]
In 2004, a group of progressively minded folks bought a century-old building at 190 Fifth St. in Benton Harbor’s Arts District. Though unoccupied and in disrepair, the buyers’ vision came to include starting a brewery that embraced sustainable practices. The vision became reality when The Livery opened in 2005. “Anything you can do to minimize […]
Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum has selected J.B. Hoyt as the 2018 recipient of the Sustainability Leadership Award at the Second Annual Great Green Gala. A MGSSBF co-founder and board member since 2010, Hoyt focused both his 36-year career at Whirlpool and his post-retirement activities on providing awareness and education for sustainability practices. Retiring […]
Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum will host the Second Annual Great Green Gala On Wednesday, November 7 6 to 9 p.m. at the Box Factory of the Arts in St. Joseph. The signature function for southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana sustainable business professionals, the Great Green Gala spotlights local organizations and professionals that are driving positive outcomes for their […]
The Goal: 100% Renewable Energy Action: Virtual Power Purchasing Agreement Steelcase formally launched its renewable energy purchasing efforts in 2001, when it sent a “Letter of Intent” to become a founding member of the EPA Green Power Partnership. Following this original commitment, Steelcase procured renewable energy credits (RECs) generated from landfill gas and other generation sources for […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum honored Catalyst Partners as its 2018 Sustainable Business of the Year last week at its Fifth Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts.
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will celebrate sustainable business next Wednesday, October 10 at its Fifth Annual Triple Bottom Bash at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, presented by Consumers Energy. The Bash will honor five local companies with the West Michigan Sustainable Business of the Year Awards; two professionals with West Michigan Sustainable Business […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will feature one of West Michigan’s most successful diversity and inclusion programs at its monthly forum on Monday, September 10 at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s. The event will also feature a town hall discussion for local organizations impacted by the rapidly emerging recycling markets crisis created by international trade policies. […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a town hall discussion for local organizations impacted by the rapidly emerging recycling markets crisis created by the Chinese National Sword trade policies at its monthly forum on Monday, September 10 at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s. The event will also feature a presentation highlighting best-in-class diversity and inclusion […]