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Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Seeking Candidates for Board of Directors
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is now seeking candidates for nomination to its Board of Directors. MiSBF promotes business practices that advance climate leadership, social justice and the creation of a circular economy. It is the dba of West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, which will celebrate its 30th Anniversary in 2024. Through its membership program, the…
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New Air Quality Standard Will Advance Sustainable Business and Environmental Justice in Michigan
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a significantly lower standard for fine particle pollution, a move anxiously anticipated by the state’s environmental community that will accelerate efforts to reduce the impacts of air pollution on Michigan’s frontline communities.
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WMSBF Names Sustainable Business of the Year Award Winners
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will honor local organizations and professionals at its 10th Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash on Wednesday, October 18 at the The Goei Center in Grand Rapids. The sold-out event is the signature function of the region’s sustainability and sustainable business community. The Forum will recognize six local companies and institutions…
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MiSBF at NAACP National Convention
Caption: Equity Program Manager Bobby Boyd at 114th NAACP National Convention with Amaad Hardy, Director of Policy and Engagement, and Cle Jackson, President of Greater Grand Rapids NAACP. Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Equity Program Manager Bobby Boyd represented West and Southwest Michigan sustainability at the 114th NAACP National Convention in Boston. The theme of this…
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MiSBF Participates in Rural Leadership Summits
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum last week participated in a pair of Rural Leadership Summits hosted by the Michigan Office of Rural Development to foster discussion on rural priorities and gather input for a forthcoming report on rural resource needs and opportunities, the Roadmap to Rural Prosperity. The summits in Lawrence and Alma were the first…
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MiSBF Participates in Rural Leadership Summits
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum last week participated in a pair of Rural Leadership Summits hosted by the Michigan Office of Rural Development to foster discussion on rural priorities and gather input for a forthcoming report on rural resource needs and opportunities, the Roadmap to Rural Prosperity. The summits in Lawrence and Alma were the first…
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Grandholm, Villa Honored as Southwest Michigan Sustainable Business Hall of Fame
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum will celebrate three local professionals and five local organizations at the Fourth Annual Great Green Gala on Wednesday, April 19 at the Box Factory for the Arts.
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Michigan Partners to Develop Plan to Reduce Food System Waste
Projects seeks stakeholders from across the food system for dialogue on food loss and cross sector solutions for food waste Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, Make Food Not Waste, the Center for EcoTechnology and an advisory council of industry stakeholders and national experts are developing a plan for Michigan to reduce food loss and waste by…
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Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Seeking Candidates for Board of Directors
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is now seeking candidates for nomination to its Board of Directors. MiSBF promotes business practices that advance climate leadership, social justice and the creation of a circular economy.
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Michigan Weighs in For Clean Air with 16,000 Comments to EPA
Michigan submitted more than 16,667 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in favor of cleaner air and setting stronger standards for particulate matter pollution as part of a public comment period in February and March as part of a Climate Action Campaign partnership with multiple Michigan organizations, including the Michigan Sustainable Business Forum.
