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Institute for Sustainability Grassroots Project: Defining Sustainability

Process. November 2004: Institute for Sustainability Conclave, Austin TX; Chaired by Earl Beaver, Ifs ChairPrice Water House Coopers:

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Institute for Sustainability Grassroots Project: Defining Sustainability

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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 Industry—Survey” –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 NGO’s: WRI; SustainUS; Job functions: EHS; R&D (invent/discover, measure, define, design, commercialize) Safety; Process Development; Environmental Consultants, Life-cycle consultants; Oil Production. Backgrounds: MBA’s; Chem. E’s; Mech. E’s;BA’s. 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

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