Sustainability Leaders Forum
The Sustainability Leaders Forum (formerly called 'Sustainability Leaders Learning Exchange' which is evolved from 'Green Team Leaders') meets regularly to share best practices around effectively implementing green initiatives within the parent companies of the team leaders themselves.
Welcome New Members!
Read a welcome letter, from the previous Program Manager, SSV Sustainability Leaders Learning Exchange.
Who is Participating?
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SSV Sustainability Team Metrics |
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Sustainability |
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Quarterly |
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Change Agent |
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Meeting |
Meeting |
Training |
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Date of Team Meetings: |
6/23/2009 |
9/9/2009 |
11/16&17/09 |
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Total # of Meeting Attendees |
40 |
39 |
55 |
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# EHS/Sustainabilty Professionals |
25 |
24 |
37 |
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# Facility &/or Operations Mgrs |
8 |
4 |
3 |
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# Green Team Lead Volunteers |
7 |
8 |
3 |
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Sustainability Consultants |
0 |
3 |
11 |
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Green Media Journalists |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Meeting Location |
Applied Materials |
PARC |
Applied Materials |
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Trends & Observations: |
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less than 20% green team volunteers |
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# green team leads = # facility/operations mgrs |
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> 62% sustainability professionals |
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“Value Creation from Sustainability Best Practices” Panel Discussion February 18, 2010
- Sustainability Best Practices Among Leading Companies. Article by Michal Lenchner
- Key Takeaways from Panel Discussion. Article by Kanal Consulting
List of Local, Green Community Organizations in the Silicon Valley:
- Burlingame: Citizens Environmental Council Burlingame
- Cupertino: South Bay/Peninsula Simplicity Circle
- Los Altos: Los Altos Green Ribbon Citizens Committee
- Menlo Park: Menlo Park Green Ribbon Citizens Committee
- Mountain View:
- Palo Alto:
- Redwood City: Sustainable Redwood City
- San Jose: San Jose Cool Cities Team
- Sunnyvale: Sunnyvale Cool Cities
Additional Resources for Sustainability Leaders
- eBay Green Team
- Genentech Green Team
- Creating Evolutionary Learning Communities
- The Architecture of Green Teams
- Gunn High School Green Team
- Green Teams: Engaging Employees in Sustainability. Article by Deborah Fleischer
- Top 10 Tips to Green Your Workplace. Article by Justine Burt
- Bay Area Green Teams Top Challenges 2009Notes from Green Team Leaders Meeting, Sept 2009. Top challenges facing Green Team Leaders among SSV Partners.
- Launching A Green TeamPresentation on June 23, 2009 by Lorin May of eBay
- Facilities and Green Teams - Working TogetherPresentation on June 23, 2009 by Laurel Perry of Symantec
- How to Start a Green Team in Your Organization (book review)Review of Senge's Book "The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World"
- Sustainable Value Creation Excerpt from Peter Senge's Book "The Necessary Revolution"
- Corporate Green Teams: A New Social Trend at Work?A Conference Report and Research Summary by Don Bray, AltaTerra Research
- How to "Green" Your Intuit Office
- Corporate Green Teams: Sustainable Business from the Bottom Up
- Forming the Green Team: Advice on forming a green team in an office or building
- Green Teams at U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Start a Green Team
- Leading from the Middle: The Power of Green Champions