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Process. November 2004: Institute for Sustainability Conclave, Austin TX; Chaired by Earl Beaver, Ifs ChairPrice Water House Coopers:
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1. Institute for Sustainability Grassroots Project: Defining Sustainability
By:
Earl Beaver, Chair Ifs
August 28, 2005
2. Process November 2004: Institute for Sustainability Conclave, Austin TX; Chaired by Earl Beaver, Ifs Chair
Price Water House Coopers: Sustainability in the Chemical IndustrySurvey conclusion: Sustainability is here to stay.
Announce project to define sustainability (AIChE BOD mandate)
Virtual meeting: December 2004 (35 participants)
Email dialogs to identify stakeholders for panel discussion
April 2005: Panel Discussion, EFS Topical Sustainability and Green Engineering: Coming of Age, Atlanta GA Chaired by Earl Beaver.
Industry Sectors: Chemical; Pharma; Energy; Manufacturing
Academia:Chemical Eng; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
Government: NSF; EPA, NIST
NGOs: WRI; SustainUS;
Job functions: EHS; R&D (invent/discover, measure, define, design, commercialize) Safety; Process Development; Environmental Consultants, Life-cycle consultants; Oil Production.
Backgrounds: MBAs; Chem. Es; Mech. Es;BAs. biologists; chemistry
May to July 05: Refinement and review.
3. Sustainability is a path of continuous improvement, wherein the products and services required by society are delivered with progressively less negative impact upon the Earth