Lakeshore Sustainability Forum

29/02/2024

Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is celebrating Black and African American leaders in sustainability and sustainable business that are creating a more sustainable, inclusive and just future for our state. Each of these 16 professionals have played an important role in advancing our strategic priorities of climate leadership, social justice and the creation of a circular economy.

We are grateful for the opportunity to highlight their work and recognize the enormous value each brings to our network of sustainability leaders. This year’s feature is a collaboration of MiSBF and Robert Simmons, a Grand Rapids Community Collaboration on Climate Change ambassador and principal of Voices for the Disadvantage LLC in Grand Rapids.

Read the Article here: https://misbf.org/blog/2024/02/28/blackexcellence2024/

27/11/2023

This EGLE-backed project advances a key goal in the MI Healthy Climate Plan.

30/10/2023

BIG: Blacks in Green’s signature Sustainable Square Mile is the gold standard for Black community development. The initiative is designed to be the “gold standard for Black community development,” a whole-system approach for whole-system problems designed to increase the community’s wealth and well-being in the context of a changing climate.

David Yocca, Green Infrastructure Director for Blacks in Green, will introduce the pilot project concept at our November conservation workshop in Grand Rapids.

Register here: https://ow.ly/ZTnV50Q2hZ4

Learn more about BIG: https://ow.ly/rIXs50Q2hZ3

16/10/2023

West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will honor six local companies and institutions as West Michigan Sustainable Business of the Year Award winners: Atomic Object Grand Valley State University Perfect Circle Recycling Samaria J's Salon Suite Gentex Corporation Management Business Solutions

West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will honor local organizations and professionals at its 10th Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash on Wednesday, October 18 at the The Goei Center in Grand Rapids. The sold-out event is the signature function of the region’s sustainability and sustainable business...

04/10/2023

Haworth is raising the bar for climate action with its new SBTi goals: 12,000 metric tons of CO2 via efficiency from the emissions baseline and an 18% reduction across all sites in all scopes.

29/09/2023

We are excited to be celebrating today's International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste!
https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-food-waste-day

With support from Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, Make Food Not Waste and a coalition of industry stakeholders and national partners are collaborating on an initiative that will answer the call to action made to reduce food waste in Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Mi Healthy Climate Plan.

https://ow.ly/rZnV50PRi8I

The Michigan Food Waste Roadmap is a Plan to Reduce Food Loss and Waste in Michigan by 50 percent by 2030 that will identify strategies to guide policymakers on potential incentives, funding mechanisms, technical assistance, outreach, policy changes, and other programs that could be developed to reduce food waste among Michigan businesses and institutions.

A 50% reduction in food waste will mean:

😯1.34 million tons of surplus food saved for higher value use, a $5.95 billion value per year;
🔥A reduction of 1.19 million tons of liquid and solid waste, 5.55 million metric tons of CO2e and 312.5 billion gallons of water across the state;
🥕Keeping the equivalent of 2.19 billion meals in the Michigan food system.

The plan will be released at the Michigan Sustainability Conference in October.
https://ow.ly/oO3750PRi8G

Learn more here: https://ow.ly/rZnV50PRi8I

15/09/2023

The August global surface temperature was 2.25°F (1.25°C) above the 20th-century average and ranks as the warmest August in NOAA’s 174-year record. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change and need to

29/08/2023

At last week's GSI Seminar hosted by ODC Network, Ferguson Waterworks discussed a survey that asked about the triple bottom line or ESG benefits of GSI. We need to work on this.