Go Green and Save Green Event
Sustainability for Small BusinessesHosted by A2X Consulting and CDS Xerox
November 13, 2008, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Livingston, NJ
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The focus of Go Green and Save Green is to provide small businesses with easy and accessible low-cost and no-cost solutions to reduce operating costs, increase revenue and stay competitive. Sustainability is an excellent means for combating the economic downturn while doing the right thing.
At this event, attendees will learn:
- What sustainability means and why it matters to your business
- Actions you can take to immediately save money and 'go green'
- Opportunities you can leverage to increase revenue in this green economy
- Green purchasing ideas that can improve your bottom line in immeasurable ways
This event will address the needs of small business owners. All others are welcome but we will be focusing on companies with under 200 employees.
For more information on this event, sustainability, and green office solutions, visit us online at:
www.a2xconsulting.com
www.cdsxrx.com
Schedule of Events
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm: Networking and Vendors
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm: Welcome
Eric Cohen, Partner, A2X Consulting
3:10 pm - 4:00 pm: Terracycle's Inspiring Tale of Eco-Capitalism
Albe Zakes, VP Media Relations, Terracycle
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm: The Journey to Sustainability
Bill Russell, Author of The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm: How to Go Green & Get Green
Moderated by Eric Cohen
Panelists Albe Zakes, Bill Russell and John Hand, President, CDS Xerox
5:00 pm - 5:30: Networking
The vendors are:
- Milton Terry
- Graphic Imagery
- USGBC-NJ
- East Hanover Home Depot Store 901
- 1800PrintMe.com
- New Jersey Environmental Lobby
- Shaklee Independent Distributor
- Realm Designs
- NJ Society of Women Environmental Professionals
- Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners
Time and Location
November 13, 2008
Eisenhower Corporate Campus
290 West Mount Pleasant Ave.
Livingston, NJ 07039
908-477-4361
2:00 - 5:00pm
(Entrance on Beaufort Ave.)
Directions
Admission
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Keynote Speakers
Albe Zakes, VP, Media Relations, Terracycle
Albe Zakes is the Vice President of Media Relations at TerraCycle, Inc. He has worked for the eco-capitalist company for over two years, helping it to grow almost 300% every year since 2005. Albe helps to control the company’s message and mission and is integral in making the company’s many innovative ideas come to fruition.TerraCycle manufactures AND packages consumer products of all kinds in garbage! The company’s first product was an organic fertilizer made from worm poop and packaged directly in reused soda bottles.
William G. Russell, Author and Sustainability Expert
Bill Russell is a leader in advancing sustainable development aligned strategies and management systems. He has worked with a broad range of worldwide clients including corporations; government organizations; NGOs, non- profits and universities. He was US Environmental Practice Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers and he is the founder of SKN Worldwide-USA, Inc. a sustainability consulting and technology services company. He is a lead editor and co-author of the Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook scheduled published by GreenLeaf Publishing in October 2008.