[GRRN] Environmental Procurement Workshop

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Fri, 17 Sep 1999 03:59:21 EDT


Coastal Rainforest Coalition and Susan Kinsella & Associates
present a one day workshop:

GREENING THE SUPPLY CHAIN -
IMPLEMENTING AN ANCIENT FOREST FRIENDLY PROCUREMENT PROGRAM

Plan your old-growth policy procurement program with this one-day workshop.
Topics include:

* Crafting an old growth, ancient forest free purchasing policy
* The surprisingly wide range of products made with wood fibers
* How each corporate department influences purchasing and how they can
implement your policy
* Developing a baseline to measure progress
* Which products to focus on first for the most impact
* Working with suppliers to audit wood-based sources and products
* High quality, ecologically sound alternatives
* Educating purchasers to carry out the policy - even when that means
everyone
* Definitions, specifications, tracking, labeling, sources and resources
* Cost, quality, availability

Workshop Leader: Susan Kinsella's work with corporate and government
purchasers has defined the leading edge of environmentally preferable
procurement program implementation since 1985. She is

* an advisor on old-growth-free product procurement strategies
* a national expert on recycled product purchasing issues
* executive director of Conservatree, which created the recycled printing and
writing paper market
* editor of the leading newsletter on chlorine free products
* consultant to companies, legislatures and governments on environmental
purchasing policies and strategies
* educator on source reduction procurement approaches
* an authority on tree free papers, and
* an advocate of environmentally sound production processes.

Resourceful Purchasing, which she co-authored in 1996, is regarded as one of
the most advanced, comprehensive guides to recycled and source reduction
product purchasing.

DATES:

- San Francisco: October 13
- Detroit: October 18
- Chicago: October 20
- Minneapolis: October 22
- Seattle: October 27
- New York City: November 8
- Boston: November 10
- Atlanta: November 12
- Los Angeles: November 18

$250, includes lunch. Inquire about government and nonprofit rates.

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Send check or charge info to:

Procurement Workshop
Coastal Rainforest Coalition
2180 Dwight Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

To register by phone or for more information, contact Judi Goldblatt at
510.540.8763 or judi@coastalrainforest.org. Registrations can be faxed
to 510.540.8756. Information and additional forms online at
http://www.coastalrainforest.org.