Monfort Institute
NCCS 2009 Speakers
Keynote address: "The Clean Energy Imperative”
Michael Potts, CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute. Boulder, CO
The keynote focused on the need to reshape our thinking and values in order to address the problems created by our society’s reliance on fossil fuels. Read more, download the slides and watch the video.
“Practical Sustainability”
Nick Shufro, Manager-Governance, Risk & Compliance, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hartford, CT
The presentation focused on why sustainability and climate change should matter to small and medium-sized American enterprises. Many of these businesses supply goods and services to multinational corporations across the globe. Read more, download the slides and watch the video.
“The New Energy Economy in Colorado”
Bob Mailander (Eastern Plains Regional Representative) and Mona Newton (Central Regional Representative) Governor's Energy Office, Denver, CO
The presentation focused on public/private partnerships to deliver energy efficiency and conservation rebate programs available to businesses in Colorado. Read more, download the slides and watch the video.
“New Belgium’s Sustainability Story: How the Triple Bottom Line Benefits Business”
Jenn Orgolini, Sustainability Director, New Belgium Brewing Co. Inc., Fort Collins, CO
This presentation describes how New Belgium integrates sustainability throughout its business. Jenn presents New Belgium as a case study for optimizing outcomes for people, the planet, and profitability.
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“Western Sugar Tax Increment Financing District: Sustainability in Practice in Northern Colorado”
Bruce M. Biggi, Economic Development Manager, City of Greeley, Larry Burkhardt, Director, Upstate Colorado Economic Development Corporation, and Becky Safarik, Director, Community Development, City of Greeley.
The panel presents plans for Greeley’s Western Sugar TIFD. They review the District’s attributes, forthcoming industrial activity, existing business operations, current city infrastructure, and undeveloped land within the district. Read more, download the slides and watch the video.
“Designing Buildings for Energy and Environmental Sustainability”
Greg Jones and Forbes Guthrie, Stewart Environmental Consultants, Inc. Fort Collins, CO
The panel reviews US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certificate Standards. Forbes and Greg explain the process of retrofitting old buildings to those standards and building new buildings to be LEED certified.
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“Elevating and Integrating Sustainability into Strategic Decision Making throughout your Organization.”
Dr. John Latham, Monfort Institute, Greeley, CO
The concluding session discussed how a business can leverage the ideas from the conference and integrate sustainable thinking into strategy development and deployment throughout the organization.
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