Category: Environment

Join us Wednesday April 16, 2025 for our monthly Sustainability & Innovation Coffee Series.

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Topic: Moving Beyond Shareholder Primacy

Short termism and shareholder primacy have dominated the business landscape for the past four decades, with devastating consequences for society and the environment. 

Join us to learn more about what it will take to move beyond capitalism’s present worship of shareholder primacy, including corporate transformations to re-embed purpose through reforms to major economic institutions, including business education.  For more, see Hart’s new book, Beyond Shareholder Primacy.

• Speaker: Stuart L. Hart, Professor in Residence, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
• Emcee: William Crane, CEO OrbAid
• Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
• Time: 8 – 9:30 am
• Where: Venue by 4M, 1919 South Industrial Highway, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Registration, coffee, and pastries all free of charge courtesy of our sponsors.

If you have a copy of the book, please bring it to have it signed. You can get a copy at Literati and from Schuler Books.

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Gratitude

Thanks to Cathy Colson for graphic design.

So appreciate Venue for providing the space.

A big thank you to our sponsors, the Green Business Challenge and Ann Arbor SPARK.

Visit Sustainability & Innovation Events to sign up for our email list or to learn more about this series. Hope to see you there!

Join us March 19, 2025 for our monthly Sustainability & Innovation Coffee Series.

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Topic: KLA’s Michigan Story and Sustainability Journey

Hear from KLA’s first Ann Arbor employee about the company’s growth to over 650 employees in Michigan and their sustainability journey and global impact. 

• Speaker: John McLaughlin, Global ESG Leader and Ann Arbor Site Lead, KLA
• Emcee: William Crane, CEO OrbAid
• Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
• Time: 8 – 9:30 am
• Where: Bamboo Ann Arbor, 200 S 1st St, Ann Arbor, MI

The event is free of charge. Coffee and pastries courtesy of our sponsors.

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Gratitude

Thanks to Cathy Colson for graphic design.

So appreciate Bamboo Ann Arbor for providing the space.

A big thank you to our sponsors, the Green Business Challenge and Ann Arbor SPARK.

Visit Sustainability & Innovation Events to sign up for our email list or to learn more about this series. Hope to see you there!

Join us February 19, 2025 for the monthly Sustainability & Innovation meetup.

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Topic: Argument for Climate Optimism in 2025
How government and private sector innovation are creating a comprehensive portfolio of economical climate solutions

• Speaker: Matt Kirsch, Principal Business Development Partner at NorthStar Clean Energy
• Emcee: Dunrie Greiling, PhD
• Date: February 19, 2025
• Time: 8–9:30 am
• Location: Cahoots, 206 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor

Registration, coffee, tea, and pastries all free of charge thanks to our sponsors.

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Gratitude

Grateful to Cathy Colson for graphic design.

So appreciate Cahoots for providing the space.

Thank you to our sponsors, the Green Business Challenge and Ann Arbor SPARK.

Visit Sustainability & Innovation Events to sign up for our email list or to learn more about this series. Hope to see you there!

Excited for the January 2025 Sustinability & Innovation Coffee Meetup.

Ann Arbor SEU

In November, Ann Arbor voters authorized the creation of a Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU). The SEU will be an

opt-in, supplemental, community-owned energy utility that provides 100% renewable energy from local solar and battery storage systems installed at participating homes and businesses in the city

SEU page on the A2gov website

We will hear from Missy and have a chance to discuss and network with the sustainability community in Ann Arbor.

Come for the coffee, pastries, and inspiration, stay for the networking.

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• Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility Update
• Missy Stults, Ph.D., Sustainability and Innovations Director at the City of Ann Arbor
• Wednesday January 29, 8 – 9:30 AM
• BrightWorks Coworking, 3027 Miller Road, Ann Arbor

Join us to learn about this groundbreaking initiative!

Gratitude

Thanks to William Crane for cohosting this series with me. Thanks to Cathy Colson for the graphic design.

Thank you to BrightWorks for providing the space. Thank you to our sponsors, the Green Business Challenge and Ann Arbor SPARK for the inspiration and support.