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The Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) hosted its third annual sustainability conference on Tuesday, June 16. Leaders from around the Nutmeg State—and beyond—convened in Hartford to discuss best-in-class sustainability initiatives and to assess how “green” practices are faring in these difficult economic times.
Here are two observations worth considering. First, interest in sustainability is alive and well in Connecticut, which I believe is good news for us all. Second, we still have a long way to go in terms of building dialogue around sustainability in our state.
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As many of you may know, Andrew Winston (the co-author of “Green to Gold”) is releasing his new book “Green Recovery” later this summer. Luckily for us, he’s not keeping us waiting, and has posted a sneak-peek excerpt from the book that includes the chapter on “Getting Lean”.
I find Andrew’s writing to be equally as entertaining as it is accessible, and chock-full of examples and anecdotes gathered during his visits with corporations the world over. But what I love most are the little zingers interspersed throughout the text. Here’s one about greening IT infrastructure that made me laugh out loud:
“…What’s the most powerful thing you can do to reduce IT energy use? Every time I speak to tech companies or sustainability executives, I hear one theme over and over: the people who create the energy use have no clue how much it’s costing. The prescription:
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