8/2/2019 Sustainability Workshop GBO Group Hawaii Business Leaders

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Sustainability Workshop for Hawai’i Business Leaders

 The State Workforce Development Council, under the State Energy Sector

Partnership (SESP) and job training grant, will be conducting workshops for business

leaders in Hawai’i interested in incorporating principles of sustainability into their

organizations. Workshops will be conducted on the Big Island, Kauai, Maui and Oahu.

 This highly interactive, one-day workshop will include four sessions:

1. Sustainability 101 for business. Seven core concepts of sustainability with case

studies of how local businesses are using these strategies to thrive.

2. Engaging the green workforce. Getting the most from your energy, waste, and water

programs through employee engagement and green team development.

3. Energy, water, and waste saving techniques for business. No-cost and low-cost

measures that will help you improve your resource use while cutting costs.

4. Communications for sustainability . Marketing, sales, and customer loyalty strategies that

align your internal and external corporate communications with your sustainability efforts.

Workshop presenters:

Scott Cooney, M.S., M.B.A.Sco$CooneyisthePrincipalAdvisoratthe GBOGroup,a sustainability

strategyconsul=ngfirmbasedinHonolulu.Heisalsoagreenbusiness

author, educatorandserial eco-entrepreneurwho hasstarted, grown

andsold several green businesses. Sco$ teaches sustainabilityat the

University of Hawaii at Manoa in the MBA program at the Shidler

College ofBusiness. Sco$hasbeenprojectmanageror client lead insustainabilityconsul=ngworkforEastmanChemical,Wal-Mart,Johnson

&Johnson,Duke Energy,NBCUniversal, Procter&Gamble,andseveralothers.

McGraw-HillpublishedSco$’sfirstbook,BuildaGreenSmallBusiness,andmost

recently Sco$hasdevelopedGBO Hawai’i, aneduca=onal boardgame about

greening Hawai’i’s economy, and is currently developing iPad and Android

Applica=onstobringthegameonline.Sco$is aPhiBetaKappawhoholdsan

MBAandanMSinConserva=onBiology.Findoutmoreat www.GBOGroup.com

andatwww.GBOHawaii.com.

Shanah TrevennaNamedbyHawaiiBusinessMagazineasoneoffivethatwillshapeHawaiiforthenext

50 years, Shanah Trevenna is a leading sustainability educator, author, and

consultant.WithdegreesinMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofWestern

OntarioandUrbanPlanning fromUH,aswellasadecadeofcorporateexperienceatIBMandPhilips,she specializesin organiza=onalchange andsustainabilitytraining.

Herclients include JohnsonControls,FamilyProgramsHawaii, Punahou, theKokua

Founda=onandtheHawaiiDepartmentofEduca=on.Shanahdesigned“Sustainability

101for SmallBusiness inHawaii” for Kapiolani Community College andrecently

publisheda textbook, SurfingTsunamisofChange,A HandbookforChangeAgents,

whichreceivedCollegeEducatorInterna=onal’s2011SustainabilityChampionAward

foritsinnova=veframeworkforimplemen=ngorganiza=onalchange.

SESP is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and made available through the U.S. Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration. All ARRA funds must be used in compliance with federal equal employment opportunity regulations.