MCC Green Business Committee: Fall events, 2012

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day! We are ready for the fall at MCC with a new line up of events and sub-committee meetings for the MCC Green Business Committee. Please join us for the following (and click on the links to register):

MCC Events and Committee Meetings

Wednesday, September 12th, 8-10AM MCC Quarterly Green Business Networking Event

Please join us for our signature MCC Green Business Committee event. Here is our line-up of speakers!

Peter Insalaco, Eco-Active Media, Inc.
Debra Duneier, Eco-Chi
Jennifer Donahue, New England Clean Energy Council
Lauren Dykes, WeRecycle!

Friday, September 21, 9-10:30AM MCC Green Finance Sub-Committee Meeting

For MCC members, if you have a background in finance or sustainability (or both), please join us to discuss current trends in the field.

**Stay tuned for notices about the MCC Green Energy and MCC Green Design & Construction sub-committees. More info to come!

MCC Co-Sponsored events:

Wednesday, September 19th. 8:30AM-5:30PM GoGreen ’12 New York


GoGreen ‘12 New York empowers business decision-makers with effective strategies and tools for improving environmental performance without sacrificing the bottom line. Featuring a line up of 50+ renowned regional business leaders, GoGreen ‘12 New York showcases transferrable lessons, proven sustainability solutions and high-caliber networking opportunities for New York businesses looking to save money and the planet at the same time.

Speakers:
Andrew Revkin, Author/Blogger, Dot Earth Blog, New York Times; Senior Fellow, Academy For Applied Environmental Studies, Pace University.
Pamela Gill Alabaster, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Sustainable Development, L'Oréal USA

Cost: Early Bird (through 7/31): $295 Full Admission + $275 Groups of 2 or more.
Regular (starting 8/1): $325 Full Admission + $300 Groups of 2 or more
*Save $50 off registration w/the discount code 'MANHATTANCC'*

Tuesday, October 9th, 7:30AM-5PM: Sustainability Summit, 2012

The Sustainability Summit emphasis is on identifying innovative diverse small businesses and engaging industry leaders and stakeholders who support practical green initiatives and strategic partnering. Interested groups will be industry leaders, leaders in corporate America, government officials and multicultural businesses of all sizes. Discussions will also focus upon sharing successes and ideas as an incentive to create green partnerships in order to become and remain viable in the 21st century. What differentiates this Summit from others is its laser focus on exploring and resolving the sustainability concerns of both its purchasing membership and large multi-ethnic supplier base. Further, the Summit will showcase commercial sector match-making with green vendors. Numerous panel sessions are scheduled to feature prominent speakers in sustainability at varying levels that will directly address your operations and share their experiences. The Summit will also highlight stateside innovation of products and services from businesses that need access to clean tech funding through its Innovation Arena. The Summit will promote the next generation of sustainable practices and alternative energy technologies from certified businesses. More importantly, this Summit is an invitation and challenge to all enterprises for creating sustainable partnerships for supply chains and stimulating US economic growth.

We thank Con Edison Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs for sponsoring the MCC Green Business Committee for 2012. We have an exciting year of programming coming up and thank the Green Team and Con Edison Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs for making this possible. For more information on how you can earn cash rebates and incentives for your buildings' energy efficiency upgrades and transforming your business space into a high-performance building, contact the Con Edison Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Program office at (877) 797-6347 or visit their website www.conEd.com/energysavings.