Pragmatic Strategies for Meeting Your Zero-Waste Goals
Are you responsible for setting, tracking and meeting waste goals at your company? Through a mix of corporate case studies, subject matter expert training and peer-to-peer engagement, get a road map for managing a zero-waste initiative within your corporate operations.
Schedule
- Thursday, Sept. 3, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET
- Thursday, Sept. 10, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET
- Thursday, Sept. 17, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET
- Thursday, Sept. 24,
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET
Thursday, Sept. 3: Kick-Off
2:00 - 4:30 pm ET
In this opening session, meet the facilitators and your fellow Solve-It group members, as well as get homework to get you started on your journey.
- Presentation: What Does “Zero Waste” Mean: Aligning Approaches and Definitions
- Key terms and frameworks to utilize to manage waste
- Frequently-used metrics to track and report zero-waste progress
- Insights and impacts of the corporate waste and recyclable landscape
Speaker
Stephanie Barger
Director, Market Transformation & Development – TRUE , a Zero Waste Program
U.S. Green Building Council
Thursday, Sept. 10: Advancing Along Your Roadmap Towards Zero Waste
2:00 - 4:30 pm ET
Take a deep dive on the elements of zero waste and hear from corporate leaders on how they have had put zero waste into action.
- Presentation: A Holistic View of Waste
- An overview of how solid and liquid waste are connected
- The importance and benefits of taking a holistic view of waste that incorporates both solid and liquid waste
- Effective strategies for tracking and improving solid and liquid waste
- Panel Discussion: Zero Waste in Action
- Best practices from corporate leaders responsible for waste programs within their companies
- How to get buy-in from stakeholder groups for zero-waste goals
- Strategies to take zero-waste programs from a vision to actionable results
Panelists
Thursday, Sept. 17: Peer-to-Peer Advising
2:00 - 3:30 pm ET
Get a dedicated focus on your individual challenges from your peers, and share your insights to guide others towards a solution.
- Listen to fellow members and understand the challenges they face when setting or meeting a zero-waste goal
- Give best practices or insights to fellow members to help them manage challenges
- Receive advice from fellow members to address
specific challenges
Thursday, Sept. 24: Action Plan
2:00 - 3:30 pm ET
- Facilitated Reflection Discussion
- Share biggest takeaways from the Solve-It experience
- Discuss how the series has contributed to their corporate programs or goals
- Establish goals or intention of next steps now that the series has concluded
- Celebration & Networking Activity: Members
of the cohort will celebrate the conclusion and completion of the Solve-It series by participating in a networking activity.
Starting Now: Your Personal Sustainability Network
Make plans to stay connected with your new network of sustainability leaders.
