Join us for our Winter By-Product Synergy Waste-to-Resources Event!

Innovating Waste-to-Profit in Puget Sound

Join us for a day of roundtable workshops, case presentations and inspiration for materials recovery and reuse!

January 22, 2015
Duwamish Longhouse
4705 West Marginal Way, Seattle

AGENDA
9:00 – 9:30 Refreshments & Networking
9:30 – 11:30 Hospital Blue Wrap and Plastic Roundtable
11:30 – 1:30 Networking and Lunch Program: Zero Waste for Sustainable and Profitable Organizations
1:45 – 3:45 Refractory Brick & Foundry Sand Roundtable
3:45 – 4:30 Networking

NBIS helps companies turn waste materials into resources for new products here in the Northwest.

Through our By-Product Synergy NW program, the online Materials Innovation Exchange, and our Materials Roundtables, participants address challenging waste streams to develop solutions that cut costs, reduce waste, and create economic opportunities.

Join us for a day of learning, discussion, and collaborative problem-solving on January 22nd at the welcoming and inspiring Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center.

Registration discounts for BPS and NBIS members. The Lunch Program is included with Roundtable registration, or may be purchased separately.

Lunch Program:

Zero Waste for Sustainable and Profitable Organizations

(Click HERE for descriptions of the speakers)

Mary Rose, NBIS – Welcome; Introduction of Speakers and Program

Michael Geller, Providence Health and Services, Oregon – “Using Vertical Integration to Close the Loop on Plastic Waste”

Kim Dueringer, Romac Industries – “Supply Chain Management Supporting Zero-Waste and Sustainability Goals”

Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry, Inc. – “Leading the Way for Green Foundries and Beneficial Reuse Practices”

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What we’ve been up to!

Celebrating NW Sustainable Food and Agriculture at our Harvest Eco-Hour November 18th!

Meeting with Business & Civic Leaders in Aberdeen – November 13th

Planning By-Product Synergy – waste to profit event for Spring 2015.

Speaking about By-Product Synergy and Zero Waste strategies at ReuseConex Conference, Austin, October 23rd

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“As usual, NBIS is pushing us all to the next level on our sustainability journeys with this new white paper,” said Toronto-based author and speaker Bob Willard of Sustainability Advantage. “Karl defines how companies can respond to the sustainability imperative and position themselves to thrive on a finite, crowded, resource-constrained, climate-destabilized planet. We urgently need new visionary benchmarks of environmentally and socially responsible business performance, and NBIS is helping to define them. Thanks, NBIS!” (more…)

B Corporations, Benefit and Social Purpose Corporations: Impact-Driven Companies

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An NBIS White Paper

Business has a demonstrated power to deliver results. However, too often these results are biased toward the benefit of shareholders and at odds with what makes our society a better place. A new type of corporation with a formalized purpose that includes generating positive impact for society in its core was needed.

Launching a new era of sustainable business, certified B Corporations and legal entities such as Benefit Corporations and Social Purpose Corporations combine business success with social and environmental responsibility and public accountability. As their number, diversity and impact increase, these companies are demonstrating the creativity and innovation that sustainable businesses can bring to our economy. (more…)