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Sustainability Solutions for Assurant
Robert Smith attended the inaugural SEE Green Summit in fall 2008 on behalf of his employers, Assurant Solutions, along with his colleague and Green Committee member John Wairoth. Assurant Solutions occupies a recently-built building on the northern outskirts of Kingston, opposite the Invista Centre. As such, the building’s interior designers were able to plan to minimise the environmental impact of the organisation’s periodic restructuring and increase flexibility for office remodelling and movements. The modular nature of the interior walls means a greater capacity to react to changing client needs while minimising the need for more total floor area. The re-usable wall materials that are surplus to requirements after each remodelling are donated to the local Habitat for Humanity chapter on Bath Road.
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Sustainable Energy in Kingston |
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You're all using it right now, reading this article: electrical energy. More of it if you're still on an old CRT monitor, less if you're more up-to-date, but however much you're using, chances are that most of it has been generated unsustainably. And if you've had a shower today, chances are the thermal energy in the water - what made it nice and warm - was generated unsustainably too.
Okay, so what is unsustainably-generated energy?
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Responsible Purchasing Network |
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The Responsible Purchasing Network - kinda like what SEE Green wants to be when it grows up...
This "international network of buyers [is] dedicated to socially responsible and environmentally sustainable purchasing. [Its] membership program and consulting services provide institutional purchasers with cutting edge procurement tools and resources designed to save money, conserve resources, reduce waste, and improve efficiency."
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"The Natural Step has the strongest framework for sustainability on the planet."
So says Bob Willard, author of the newly published Sustainability Champion's Guidebook and keynote speaker at the inaugural SEE Green Summit in Kingston in October 2008.
Read that again - the strongest framework for sustainability. On the planet. And you know what? Your organisation could be using that framework right now.
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Green Seal - helping you clean greenly
"Green Seal is an independent non-profit organisation that uses science-based standards and the power of the marketplace to create a more sustainable world."
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