{"id":31710,"date":"2026-07-30T19:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/?page_id=31710"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:09:51","slug":"advocacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/advocacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy &amp; Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-image uagb-block-439e34a5\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Advocacy &amp; Policy<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uagb-section__background-undefined wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-none uagb-block-f09e0bcf\" id=\"clearRight\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Creating A Business Climate that Supports Corporate and Community Sustainability<\/strong><br><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michigan Sustainable Business Forum supports local, state and federal public policy that encourages adoption of sustainable business and community sustainability practices, reduces their barriers to success, and promotes positive relationships between industry and their host communities. We represent an important and uniquely balanced perspective, backed by research and a strong network of engaged members and partners.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Our Current Priorities<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/conversation-event-business-3.2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31712\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-4df61eca\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\"><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-f977c88f\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/todd-wilson-presentation-3.2-scaled-e1785421175570.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31713\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Impactful Research and Campaigns, Aligned with National and Global Movements<\/strong><br><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Forum engages thousands of professionals from businesses, institutions and community organizations with expert or lived experience on key sustainability issues each year. Its field work and reports are frequently cited and influential to relevant policymakers and thought leaders. A resource-first organization, all of its campaigns and positions are direct responses to recommendations produced from its research and member engagement.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-63375db1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/michigan-food-waste-policy-road-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Research and Reports<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-81829b47\" id=\"regionalprograms\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Current Campaigns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"padd-columns-20 wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image size-large remove-bottom-margin\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter mb-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/joel-muniz-A4Ax1ApccfA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31664\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Improving Food Rescue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image size-large remove-bottom-margin\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EquitySustainability-ServeAsABoundary-3.2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31714\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Heavy Truck Traffic<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image size-full remove-bottom-margin\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/plastics-3.2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31715\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Sustainable Materials Management Planning<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"padd-columns-20 wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image size-large remove-bottom-margin\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter mb-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trees-adobe-stock-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31656\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Upstream Solutions for Landfill Emissions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image size-large remove-bottom-margin\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/winter-shoreline-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31716\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Climate Change<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image size-large remove-bottom-margin\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/river-healing-waters3.2-scaled-e1785421761411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31717\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline--8\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Healing our Waters<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-c40a541e\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Support Public Policy that Advances Sustainable Business\u00a0<\/strong><br><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michigan needs a sustainable business climate capable of historic acceleration in both its public and private sectors, and able to defend progress in an increasingly polarized political and cultural environment, while managing the needs of its many diverse stakeholders. With that mandate in mind, the Policy Committee works closely with the Forum\u2019s six councils and Action Teams to develop policy positions and\u00a0 launch or support campaigns.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-63375db1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button is-style-outline--9\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Lean About the Policy Committee<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-outline wp-block-button is-style-outline--10\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Learn About Action Teams<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lansing-Capitol-istock-3.2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31718\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31710","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"xl":false,"xxl":false,"xxxl":false,"xxxxl":false,"xxxxxl":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"getwid_base-cropped":false,"getwid_base-large":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"jheise","author_link":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/author\/jheise\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31719,"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31710\/revisions\/31719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}