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05-13-2008, 10:51 PM
City of Kingston
For Immediate Release
May. 5, 2008 11:25 a.m.
For further information contact:
Paul MacLatchy, Director, Strategy, Environment & Communications, 613-546-4291, ext. 1226. Or call the City of Kingston's media hotline at 613-546-4291, ext 2300.
Public Invited To Free Sustainability Presentation
FOCUS Kingston is inviting community organizations, businesses and residents to attend a free public presentation and networking event on May 15, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Memorial Hall, City Hall, 218 Ontario St. This City committee's new FOCUS is to define ways to make Kingston Canada's most sustainable city.
RELATED LINKS
FOCUS KINGSTON (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/index.asp)
More information on the FOCUS Steering Committee.
GROUP OF SEVEN (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/strategic/seven/)
More information on the Group of Seven projects.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/sustainability-key.asp)
Read the biography of the keynote speaker, Bob Willard.
This presentation will feature:
Outcomes from a strategic planning charrette with Kingston's leaders in environmental, economic, social and cultural stewardship.
Lessons learned from the Hotel Dieu Hospital's efforts to integrate sustainability into their business practices.
A keynote address by Bob Willard, renowned sustainability pundit and author of The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line and The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in.
The FOCUS Kingston Steering Committee is engaged in the development of a new cycle of community strategic planning for the City with the goal of completing an Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP). This ICSP is a long-term plan, developed in consultation with community members, which will provide direction for the City to realize its sustainability objectives for the social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions of its identity.
For more information on the presentation please contact Andrea Flowers at Jacques Whitford (sustainability consultants) by email at
andrea.flowers@jacqueswhitford.com or phone at 613-738-0708 ext. 3311.
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FREE PUBLIC PRESENTATION, BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Keynote Speaker, Bob Willard
IN THIS SECTION
FREE PRESENTION (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/sustainability.asp)
(http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/sustainability.asp)
Come network at the free presentation of The Business Case for Sustainability by Bob Willard. It's May 15, 7 to 9 p.m. at Memorial Hall, City Hall.
Mr. Willard is a leading expert on the business value of corporate sustainability strategies. In the last five years, he has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporations, governments, academics, and NGOs. Mr. Willard applies business and leadership development experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with sustainability issues.
He is the author of The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line, which quantifies potential bottom-line benefits from using sustainability strategies, and The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in, which shows how to convince senior executives to commit to sustainability strategies. His most recent venture is a DVD presentation of The Business Case for Sustainability. It is used in webinars and videoconferences and helps reduce his carbon footprint from global speaking trips.
http://www.cityofkingston.ca/img/photos/Sustainability-BobWillard.jpg Mr. Willard is on the faculties of the Sustainable Enterprise Academy and the Education and Sustainability Academy; the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada, Durham Sustain Ability, Learning for a Sustainable Future, and eQuilibrium; and is a member of the Education Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario, the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, and the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.
He has a BSc from McGill University (1964), an MEd from the University of Toronto (2000), and a PhD from the University of Toronto (2005). A resident of Ontario, he is the proud owner of his third hybrid car, a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid.
Mr. Willard will be speaking at the public presentation on May 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM in Memorial Hall.
For more information, please contact Andrea Flowers at Jacques Whitford by email at andrea.flowers@jacqueswhitford.com or phone at 613-738-0708 ext. 3311.
"To have a great plan, you need a great process. Charrettes engage citizens in envisioning new possibilities for their communities. They foster the collaboration, creativity, and consensus necessary to define a vision shared by citizens, officials, developers and other stakeholders."
-- The Charrette Institute
For Immediate Release
May. 5, 2008 11:25 a.m.
For further information contact:
Paul MacLatchy, Director, Strategy, Environment & Communications, 613-546-4291, ext. 1226. Or call the City of Kingston's media hotline at 613-546-4291, ext 2300.
Public Invited To Free Sustainability Presentation
FOCUS Kingston is inviting community organizations, businesses and residents to attend a free public presentation and networking event on May 15, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Memorial Hall, City Hall, 218 Ontario St. This City committee's new FOCUS is to define ways to make Kingston Canada's most sustainable city.
RELATED LINKS
FOCUS KINGSTON (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/index.asp)
More information on the FOCUS Steering Committee.
GROUP OF SEVEN (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/strategic/seven/)
More information on the Group of Seven projects.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/sustainability-key.asp)
Read the biography of the keynote speaker, Bob Willard.
This presentation will feature:
Outcomes from a strategic planning charrette with Kingston's leaders in environmental, economic, social and cultural stewardship.
Lessons learned from the Hotel Dieu Hospital's efforts to integrate sustainability into their business practices.
A keynote address by Bob Willard, renowned sustainability pundit and author of The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line and The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in.
The FOCUS Kingston Steering Committee is engaged in the development of a new cycle of community strategic planning for the City with the goal of completing an Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP). This ICSP is a long-term plan, developed in consultation with community members, which will provide direction for the City to realize its sustainability objectives for the social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions of its identity.
For more information on the presentation please contact Andrea Flowers at Jacques Whitford (sustainability consultants) by email at
andrea.flowers@jacqueswhitford.com or phone at 613-738-0708 ext. 3311.
- 30 -
FREE PUBLIC PRESENTATION, BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Keynote Speaker, Bob Willard
IN THIS SECTION
FREE PRESENTION (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/sustainability.asp)
(http://www.cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/committees/focus/sustainability.asp)
Come network at the free presentation of The Business Case for Sustainability by Bob Willard. It's May 15, 7 to 9 p.m. at Memorial Hall, City Hall.
Mr. Willard is a leading expert on the business value of corporate sustainability strategies. In the last five years, he has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporations, governments, academics, and NGOs. Mr. Willard applies business and leadership development experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with sustainability issues.
He is the author of The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line, which quantifies potential bottom-line benefits from using sustainability strategies, and The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in, which shows how to convince senior executives to commit to sustainability strategies. His most recent venture is a DVD presentation of The Business Case for Sustainability. It is used in webinars and videoconferences and helps reduce his carbon footprint from global speaking trips.
http://www.cityofkingston.ca/img/photos/Sustainability-BobWillard.jpg Mr. Willard is on the faculties of the Sustainable Enterprise Academy and the Education and Sustainability Academy; the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada, Durham Sustain Ability, Learning for a Sustainable Future, and eQuilibrium; and is a member of the Education Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario, the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, and the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.
He has a BSc from McGill University (1964), an MEd from the University of Toronto (2000), and a PhD from the University of Toronto (2005). A resident of Ontario, he is the proud owner of his third hybrid car, a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid.
Mr. Willard will be speaking at the public presentation on May 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM in Memorial Hall.
For more information, please contact Andrea Flowers at Jacques Whitford by email at andrea.flowers@jacqueswhitford.com or phone at 613-738-0708 ext. 3311.
"To have a great plan, you need a great process. Charrettes engage citizens in envisioning new possibilities for their communities. They foster the collaboration, creativity, and consensus necessary to define a vision shared by citizens, officials, developers and other stakeholders."
-- The Charrette Institute