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Providing members with opportunities for professional networking, educational leadership, business development, organizational recruitment, and regional and community advocacy. Sustainability is about ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. Thus it combines ecological, social, and economic concerns, and offers business opportunities for companies that can improve the lives of the world's people. The Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is a resource for the development and implementation of sustainable business practices. It will promote practices through awareness of global trends, identification of best environmental practices, education and mentoring.
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| Date: | Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
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| Time: | 8 a.m. registration & refreshments; 8:30–10 a.m. program |
| Place: | School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy Loranger Architecture Building #15 4001 West McNichols Rd. Detroit, MI 49221 |
| Presentation: | Mike Albu, M.S. Research Associate PPG Industries, Inc., will speak on Green Chemistry at the Business Level. PPG Industries received the 2009 Michigan Green Chemistry Award for Green Logic™. The Michigan Green Chemistry Program was created by Executive Director No. 2006-6 to foster use and development of new chemicals and chemical products that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances while producing high quality products through safe and efficient manufacturing products. Mr. Albu will discuss the award program and PPG Industries, Inc.'s Green Logic Technology. PDF |
| Fee: | $20.00 non-member fee. Light continental breakfast provided. |
| Directions: | Visitor Parking Lot B www.udmercy.edu/about/campus/locations/index.htm |
| Date: | January 21, 2010 |
| Time: | 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. |
| Place: | University of Michigan – Dearborn, Environmental Interpretive Center |
| Speaker: | John Viera, Director, Sustainability & Environmental Policy, Ford Motor Company |
| Fee: | $20 non-members, payable at the door. |
| Light refreshments provided. Free parking in nearby Monteith Parking Structure. |

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