NEW WEBINAR SERIES:

“HOW TO PROFIT FROM SUSTAINABILITY”

Your customers are asking how you are sustainable, benefiting the environment or serving society.  If you sell to Walmart, you need to answer 15 questions of its Sustainability Index.  Your employees are seeking paths at work that are more fulfilling. Your bottom line needs a boost.

The new Corporate Webinar Series, co-produced by HIP Investor Inc. and SureGround Consulting, “How to Profit From Sustainability” can help you satisfy customers, comply with suppliers like Walmart, engage employees and increase profits.

There are five sessions - the first one is free, and the remaining sessions and full series is priced for an attractive return on investment to your business. 

1) “Quantifiable Impacts: How Sustainability Indexes Benefit Your Business” - Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 11 a.m. Pacific (12n Mountain, 1p Central, 2p Eastern)

2) “Cash In Carbon?  Efficient Energy and Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions” – Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009, 11 a.m. Pacific (12n Mountain, 1p Central, 2p Eastern)

3) “Trash to Cash:  Reducing Solid Waste and Water Use” – Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 11 a.m. Pacific (12n Mountain, 1p Central, 2p Eastern)

4) “Positive Procurement and Products through Third Party Certifications” – Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 11 a.m. Pacific (12n Mountain, 1p Central, 2p Eastern)

5) “Societal Sustainability: Balancing Human Needs and Impacts” – Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 11:00 a.m. 11 a.m. Pacific (12n Mountain, 1p Central, 2p Eastern)

The first session is FREE.  The series offers a flexible format, allowing you to participate in the entire series at an introductory price of $350 (regularly $600) or select only those topics most relevant to your role for $99 per webinar (regularly $149).

Who should attend: 

* Senior executives seeking to understand the strategic and financial value; 

* Managers and directors tasked with saving money; 

* Financial decision makers seeking high ROI initiatives;

* Procurement experts responding to enhanced customer requirements, including the Sustainability Index from Walmart or other clients; 

* Environmental, health and safety leaders seeking to boost impacts;

* Facilities and plant managers needing to improve efficiency; and

* Employees wanting to take action that realizes both human impact and profit.

Whether your business is large or small, this webinar series will help you better understand key sustainability topics such as Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions, reduction of solid waste and water use, sustainable procurement, 3rd party certification, sustainable supply chain, and social compliance.  This webinar series will include quantifiable metrics and benchmarks,  as well as case studies and best practices to provide the basis for implementing initiatives right away.

HIP Investor Inc. advises corporations and investors how to realize higher levels of Human Impact + Profit (HIP).  HIP has consulted to Walmart on the design of its Sustainability Index.

SureGround Consulting advises clients on the strategy, design and implementation of socially beneficial and sustainable solutions.