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MARCH 29 WEBINAR:
Creating A Sustainable Organization Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability
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Thursday March 29, 2012
@ 11am PDT (GMT -7) / 12pm MST / 1pm CST / 2pm EST /
Please register for this event and if you are unable to attend live, you will receive the recording link to view/listen to later.
Organizations that prioritize environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues are well placed to attract better customers, better talent, and today's growing number of socially responsible investors. But, to gain these benefits, companies must choose the right sustainability strategies, and then manage and measure them well.
 Leading business sustainability consultant Peter Soyka offers a complete and actionable guide to driving greater value through sustainability. In Creating a Sustainable Organization, Soyka bridges the disparate worlds of the EHS/sustainability professional and the investor/analyst.
During this webinar participants will learn what the evidence says about linkages between sustainability and value... how to manage key stakeholder relationships influencing corporate response to EHS and social equity issues... how to effectively manage sustainability throughout the business... how to evaluate sustainability posture and performance from the standpoint of external investors and internal management... how to maximize the influence of organizational actors focused on sustainability, and much more.
Who should attend?
- Environmental, health, and safety decision-makers and professionals concerned with improving sustainability and value
- Executives and strategists seeking long-term competitive advantage
- Stock analysts evaluating potential investments
- Researchers and MBA candidates currently studying the techniques and potential of corporate sustainability
Free to ISSP Members and $10 to non-members.Spaces are limited so reserve yours now!
ALL EVENTS ARE RECORDED.
REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE THE RECORDING LINK
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April 3 & 10: Leading Profound Change Webinars
SPECIAL EVENT - FIRST 8 TO REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 25
~take advantage of steep discount~
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Leading Profound Innovation for Society 4.0: From Ego-system to Eco-system Economies with Otto Scharmer
Date: April 3+10, 2012, 90 minutes each
USA: 10:00-11.30am EDT Registration open only until March 25. For more information and to Register click here. | | Otto Scharmer |
Otto Scharmer will present in two live video-streamed sessions, via the Presencing Institute (PI), the core principles of Presencing, and situate them in the context of the economic and social crisis and transformation entitled Leading Profound Innovation for Society 4.0: From Ego-system to Eco-system Economies.
Format:
Each session includes a 60-minute presentation and a 30-minute live question/answer discussion module. Participants are encouraged to work in small groups 30 minutes before and after each session. ISSP's Darcy Hitchcock will convene the ISSP participants. If you miss a session you can watch the taped sessions up to 6 weeks.
The PI is an awareness-based action research community for profound societal innovation and change. The presencing process is a journey that connects us more deeply both to what wants to emerge in the world and to our emerging, higher self.
ISSP has made a special effort to offer a steep discount, up to 2/3 off the regular price, for our friends and colleagues. This is limited seating and registration is time sensitive. The first 7 people who register for $99 by March 25 will receive their login to the two webinars. If we are unable to meet the minimum ISSP will refund your money.
ISSP contact: Christy Nordstrom, Education Program Manager (cnordstrom@sustainabilityprofessionals.org).
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APRIL WORKSHOP: Practical Tools, Methods and Systems Thinking
with Alan AtKisson
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> Early Bird Deadline ends 03/30/12. All save $50.
> ISSP Members save $75 anytime.
Workshop's Live Webinars meet on-line on
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Thursdays (April 5, 12, 19, 26) 2012
12PM PDT (GMT -7) 1PM MT 2PM CT 3PM ET
++>Participants meet online 24/7 over 4 weeks at the ISSP's Learning Center to continue the workshop's activities. Register here.
Alan AtKisson has been working at the forefront of sustainability for over twenty years; and he has helped to initiate, guide, train, or strategically develop sustainability initiatives in many different countries. As a consultant, he has worked with clients in many different sectors as well, from small businesses to global corporations, from large cities to small islands, from UN and World Bank funded programs in Africa to US military bases.
He is the author of three books, Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World (Chelsea Green, 1999); The ISIS Agreement: How Sustainability Can Improve Organizational Performance and Transform the World (Earthscan, 2008); and, most recently, The Sustainability Transformation: How to Accelerate Positive Change in Challenging Times (Earthscan 2011) - which is the required text for this workshop Under Alan's mentorship, you will begin to apply both the ISIS Accelerator tools and ISIS Method to develop a sustainability project or initiative, and will work to produce a detailed strategic action plan. You will dig into case studies, examine the inner workings of selected tools, and consider the ethical dimension of strategy development. Alan will guide practitioners through the jungle of sustainability techniques and change processes, and help you learn when and how to apply them successfully.
ISSP members and colleagues can choose to take the workshop to gain credit towards the ISSP Sustainability Professionals Certificate or with some additional deliverables, be eligible to apply for recognition as a Certified Practitioner of the ISIS Method and ISIS Accelerator tools.
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MAY WORKSHOP
Life Cycle Assessment 101
A Simulated Approach
with Tom Gloria, PhD.
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> Early Bird Deadline ends 04/24/12. All save $50.
> ISSP Members save $75 anytime.
Workshop's Live Webinars meet on-line on 
Tuesdays (May 1, 8, 15, 22) 2012
12PM PDT (GMT -7) 1PM MT 2PM CT 3PM ET
++>Participants meet online 24/7 over 4 weeks at the ISSP's Learning Center. Register here.
Tom Gloria, of Industrial Ecology Consultants, has more than 19 years of professional experience in sustainability management consulting and information technology engineering design. His work encompasses product innovation; LCA; LCM; methods and policy implications GHG inventories; and energy efficiency feasibility analysis. Participants will learn the steps involved and complete a simple life cycle assessment in a business simulation. You will gain an understanding of the scope, challenges and possibilities in applying life cycle assessment to decision-making processes. This is a great introductory course on life cycle assessment for sustainability professionals wondering if LCA would be a good field to get into or who may need to hire a firm to do a detailed LCA and need to know enough about the process to manage the project and for those who need an introduction to LCA before taking the 'deep dive' into the certification training. For more information and to register click here.
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APRIL WEBINAR
ECOPRODUCTS A Living Case Study with Sustainability Maven,
Claudia Capitini
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Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 11am PDT (GMT -7) Please register for the event and if you are unable to attend live, you will receive the recording link to view/listen to later.
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Eco-Products, Inc., is a small Colorado foodservice company, that produces plates, cups, utensils and more from renewable and recycled-content materials instead of virgin plastics. Despite their size, Eco-Products strives to move the industry away from foam, polystyrene, and non-renewable plastics toward better, more environmentally responsible single-use products.
On Wednesday April 25, 2012 Claudia Capitini, officially titled Sustainability Maven at Eco-Products, will share her sustainability journey and discuss the challenges of sustainability in an industry that is not traditionally known for its "green". Ms. Capitini leads all sustainability efforts at Eco-Products internally and externally and has over 10 years of experience in the pursuit of sustainability across a wide variety of sectors.
Register now to hear Claudia's sustainability story.
Free to ISSP Members and $10 to non-members.Spaces are limited so reserve yours now!
ALL EVENTS ARE RECORDED.
REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE THE RECORDING LINK.
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