Starting a Sustainability Program – Where to Begin

Deb Jacobson - Senior Operations Manager, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Overview of the scope of the presentation: This presentation was a real time, boots on the ground, organization and location specific guide. It is not a high level corporate sustainability program discussion. The presentation addressed developing and implementing a system that addresses the People, Planet, Profit of a sustainability program, and it focused on key elements of a sustainability management system (SMS) including: • Where to begin • Objectives, Scope and Limits • Expectations of your sustainability program • Metrics • Training & Communication • Celebrating SuccessesOpe