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Finding the Competitive Edge: The Financial Benefits of Creating a Sustainable Campus
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| Overview
Hunter Lovins, of Natural Capitalism Solutions, Inc. (NCS), will show your institution how to increase profitability and efficiency while becoming more environmentally and socially responsible. Natural Capitalism will help your institution manage an “integrated bottom line,” combining profitability, environmental awareness and social responsibility, while fostering greater levels of operational effectiveness.
NCS training will show your organization how to implement a whole-systems approach. This approach enables you to increase core business value. Using resources more productively and operating in ways that are restorative of people and the planet can deliver increased profitability and greater competitive advantage in your industries.
What is Natural Capitalism?
Natural Capitalism is a managerial philosophy put into action with a commitment to using our natural resources and human capital in a way that increases profit and quality of life (adapted from Natural Capitalism Solutions' mission statement).
The Natural Capitalism Principles used by NCS are:
1. Radical Resource Efficiency:
Radically increase the productivity with which all resources are used, including energy, water, materials and people. The growing number of profitable solutions to environmental challenges can buy the time needed to implement measures that will attain true sustainability.
2. Design for Sustainability
Such innovative design processes as Biomimicry, Cradle to Cradle and other forms of green design enable businesses to harness nature's wisdom to drive innovation. These approaches allow us to create systems that eliminate waste and toxics while delivering superior products and service.
3. Manage for Prosperity and Sustainability:
Employ the emerging practice of Sustainable Management to restore, enhance and sustain the natural and human capital needed for continuing financial prosperity. Effective Sustainable Management enables companies and communities to enhance core business value and reinforce competitive advantage.
Webinar Objectives
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Define Natural Capitalism
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Discuss ways to increase economic prosperity
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Outline ways to improve organizational efficiency
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Identify methods for creating a sustainable campus
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List practical strategies you can implement at your institution
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Outline how to start implementing Natural Capitalism principles at your institution
Who should attend?
- 2 and 4 year institutions
- Presidents, Vice Presidents and Deans
- Faculty and staff
- Facilities coordinators and directors
- Financial Officers
- Students
- Student Activities Directors
- Anyone interested in learning about increasing profitability
- Anyone interested in creating a more environmentally and socially responsible institution
Who is the speaker?
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A worldwide recognized leader in helping companies and communities profit from more sustainable practices.
Hunter Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, including Brittle Power (1982), Energy Unbound (1986), Factor Four – Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1997), Green Development (1998), Natural Capitalism (1999), and hundreds of papers and articles. She was named as a Time magazine Hero for the Planet in 2000.
Hunter has consulted for government agencies and the private sector, briefing senior management at such groups as Interface, Mitsubishi, Bank of America, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and numerous utility companies. She is a founding Professor of Business at Presidio World College. |
How do these on-demand trainings work?
1. We will send you a link to the recording, which is good indefinitely.
2. You can distribute this link to your entire faculty and staff via email.
3. They can watch this presentation from any computer that has Internet and speakers.
How would I use it?
You can distribute the links any way you like. Here are some ideas:
- Distribute all links to faculty and staff so they can watch these presentations anytime, anywhere and have a discussion board for each topic
- Distribute one link to all faculty and staff at the beginning of each month during the academic year and plan a discussion session at the end of each month for faculty and staff to get together and plan how they will implement the strategies presented
- Plan a day and time to show each webinar in a large classroom and invite all faculty and staff to attend - debrief immediately following the presentation
- Develop a professional development program around these topics with monthly themes and recognize the staff member that implements the best idea related to the theme
- Utilize these topics to develop cross functional and cross discipline teams to foster collegiality
- Utilize these presentations as part of your new employee training program
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