Teleseminar Series

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Past Teleseminars

Reducing a Company's Energy Footprint - Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Given by Anne Stocum, Mit Turakhia, Tony Rossi, and Ted Beer from Xerox Corporation.

Summary
Combined Presentation (Stocum, Turakhia, Rossi, Beer) (PDF) (40pp, 904K)

Create Value from Business-to-Business Byproduct Exchanges - Wednesday, October 22, 2008. Given by Andrew Mangan, U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development; Hugh Flack, AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings; and Ray Lam, Boise White Paper.

Summary

Presentations
- Mangan (PDF) (13 pp, 736K)
- Flack (PDF) (7 pp, 80K)
- Lam (PDF) (24 pp, 500K)

Incorporating Renewables and Efficiency in Your Energy Portfolio - Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Given by Andy Walker, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Al Halvorsen, Frito-Lay North America.
- Summary
- Combined Presentation (Walker and Halvorson) (PDF) (39 pp, 1.5MB)
Partnerships That Work: Alternate Goals in Healthy Schools, and Green Electronics - Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Given by Eileen Naples, EPA Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign; Lacy Rosson, Baker Petrolite Corporation; Sarah O'Brien, Green Electronics Council; and Evet Vera, Baxter Healthcare.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Naples (PDF) (7 pp, 148K)
  - Rosson (PDF) (5 pp, 244K)
  - O'Brien (PDF) (9 pp, 232K)
  - Vera (PDF) (5 pp, 76K)
Habitat Is Where It's At - Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Given by Robert Johnson and Marcia Maslonek, Wildlife Habitat Council; Philip Wirey, 3M Decatur; Bruce Wight, USDA National Agroforestry Center; and Pete Heard, USDA National Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Johnson and Maslonek (PDF) (14 pp, 2.8MB)
  - Wirey (PDF) (8 pp, 720K)
  - Wight (PDF) (25 pp, 1.2MB)
  - Heard (PDF) (12 pp, 1.6MB)
Third-Party Assessments Leading to Environmental Improvements – December 4, 2007. Given by Kristin Pierre, EPA Green Suppliers Network; Charlie Souders, McNeil; Luke Nickerman, DOE's Industrial Technologies Program; and Steve Schultz, 3M Company.

Summary
Presentations

Pierre (PDF) (11 pp, 276K)
Souders (PDF) (8 pp, 684K)
Nickerman (PDF) (30 pp, 1.9MB)
Schultz (PDF) (15 pp, 320K)

A Climate for Change, A Time for Action – September 25, 2007. Given by Ron Meissen, Baxter Healthcare; Manuel Oliva, EPA’s Climate Leaders program; and Dan Usas, Johnson & Johnson.

Summary
Presentations

Meissen (PDF) (15 pp, 282 K)
Oliva (PDF) (7 pp, 525 K)
Usas (PDF) (16 pp, 634 K)

The Value of Corporate/NGO Partnerships - June 26, 2007. Given by Paulette Frank, Johnson & Johnson; Kelly Cesareo, WWF; Greg Koch, Coca Cola; and Katherine Neebe, WWF.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Frank and Cesareo (PDF) (9 pp, 160 KB)
  - Koch and Neebe (PDF) (7 pp, 772 KB)
Performance Track Incentives Hold Value for Members - March 13, 2007. Given by Andy Teplitzky, EPA Performance Track; Joe Amos, Dow West Virginia, South Charleston, WV; David Pusey, Kodak Colorado Division, Windsor, CO; Jason Barnes, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Mountain Home, AR; and Tim Keenoy, Louisiana Pacific, Middlebury, IN.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Amos (PDF) (18 pp, 797K)
  - Pusey (PDF) (10 pp, 744K)
  - Barnes (PDF) (7 pp, 115K)
  - Keenoy (PDF) (10 pp, 629K)

Taking the Challenge: Performance Track Challenge Goals - February 20, 2007. Given by Lisa Grogan-McCulloch, EPA Performance Track; Jose Torres, Baxter Healthcare, Jayuya, PR; Guy Borges, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, RI; and Jerry Hoch, West Valley Demonstration Project, West Valley, NY.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Torres (PDF) (18 pp, 664 KB)
  - Borges (PDF) (18 pp, 137 KB)
  - Hoch (PDF) (9 pp, 973 KB)
LEED Certification for Buildings - January 23, 2007. Given by Andrea Foss, U.S. Green Building Council, Debra Pulpi, Teradyne, and Chris Lane, Xanterra Parks & Resorts.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Pulpi (PDF) (15 pp, 788 KB)
  - Foss (PDF) (33 pp, 5,687 KB)
Linking Performance Track Members with P2 Experts - September 26, 2006. Given by Jeffrey J. Burke, executive director of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, and Paul Richard, director of the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance for Toxics Use Reduction.
- Summary
- Presentations
How Facilities Can Partner with Environmental NGOS - August 16, 2006. Given by Cecilia Riley, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory; Jimmy Salinas, DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company; Amy Weaver, Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association; and Sean Coveney, Janssen Pharmaceutica (a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson)

Summary
Presentations

Cecilia Riley (PDF) (43, 136 KB)
Jimmy Salinas (PDF) (1,087 KB)
Amy Weaver (PDF) (1,757 KB)
Sean Coveney (PDF) (2,166 KB)

Celebrating National Wetlands Month: EPA’s Five Star Restoration Program – May 16, 2006. Given by Myra Price, EPA Wetlands Division, Five Star Restoration Program; Kenneth Alton, TransCanada; and Philip Dahlin, McNeil Consumer Healthcare.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Myra Price (PDF) (769 KB, 20 pp)
  - Philip Dahlin (PDF) (461 KB, 13 pp)
SmartWay Transport Partnership – February 9, 2006. Given by Buddy Polovick, EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership, and Michael Myszka, DENSO Manufacturing.
- Summary
- Presentations
  - Polovick: Managing Your Transportation Footprint…The SmartWay (PDF) (40 pp, 2.6 MB)
  - Myszka: An Overview of Why DENSO Joined the SmartWay Partnership (PDF) (11 pp, 109 KB)
Green Power – November 29, 2005. Given by Blaine Collison, EPA Green Power Partnership; Dan Usas, Johnson & Johnson; and Phil Ermer, Hewlett-Packard.
- Summary
- Presentations
The Green Suppliers Network - September 14, 2005. September 14, 2005. Given by Tom Murray, chief of the Prevention Analysis Branch in EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics; Jenni Cawein, corporate EHS engineering manager at Baxter International; and Steve Beurkens, director of sales for H&L Advantage.
- Summary (PDF) (67 KB, 2 pp.)
- Presentations:
  - Murray: Green Suppliers Network Overview (PDF) (234 KB, 17 pp.)
  - Cawein: The Green Supplier Network and Corporate Business and Environmental Goals (PDF) (1.8 MB, 16 pp.)
  - Beurkens: Perspective from a Supplier participating in the Office Furniture Industry Pilot Program (PDF) (221 KB, 11 pp.)
How Performance Track Members Negotiated Reduced NPDES Permit Monitoring Frequencies - July 26, 2005. Given by Richard Kashmanian, EPA Performance Track; Stan Kaczmarek, Johnson & Johnson / ; Kamran Azad, Kodak / Windsor, CO; Dan Belack, US Steel / Clairton Works, PA; Charlie Souders, Pfizer / Lititz, PA; Jim Witkowski, International Paper / Eastover, SC
- Summary (PDF) (55 KB, 2 pp.)
- Presentations:
  - Kaczmarek: Permit Negotiation Strategies and Approaches for Success (PDF) (41 KB, 7 pp.)
  - Azad: Stormwater Permit Monitoring (PDF) (25 KB, 2 pp.)
  - Belack: NPDES Monitoring Reductions (PDF) (28 KB, 3 pp.)
  - Souders: NPDES Stormwater (PDF) (32 KB, 2 pp.)
  - Witkowski: NPDES Permit Monitoring (PDF) (25 KB, 3 pp.)
Everything You Wanted to Know About RCRA But Were Afraid to Ask - May 25, 2005. Given by Dale Ruhter, Vern Myer, Charlotte Mooney, and George Faison from EPA's Office of Solid Waste.
- Summary (PDF) (77 KB, 5 pp.)

How to Identify New Performance Track Commitments - March 10, 2005. Given by Sara Ethier, director of environmental operations, 3M; Jim Kotsmith, senior environmental engineer, 3M; and Jeffrey Muffat, manager of regulatory affairs, 3M.
- Summary (PDF) (51KB, 3 pp.)
- Presentation: How to Identify New Commitments (PDF) (192 KB, 42 pp.)

How Life-cycle Assessment (LCA) Can Help You - January 26, 2005. Given by Maria Leet Socolof, senior scientist, Abt Associates.
- Summary (PDF 36KB, 2 pp.)
- Presentation: Life-cycle Assessment and Life-cycle Thinking for Performance Track Members:

Putting The Chicago Climate Exchange to Work for You - November 4, 2004. Given by Richard Sandor, president and CEO of the Chicago Climate Exchange.
- Summary (PDF 45 KB, 2 pp.)
- Presentation: Creating a Market for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading (PDF) (146 KB, 15 pp.)

Working Within Your Watershed: Three Performance Track Members Share Their Experiences - September 28, 2004. Given by Tom Giordano, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company; Kamran Azad, Kodak Colorado Division; Rick Drazich, Dupont Company; and Richard Kashmanian, U.S. EPA.
- Summary (PDF) (44 KB, 3 pp.)
- Presentation: Using Erosion Control to Prevent Sediment Loading (PDF) (2 MB, 10 pp.)
- Presentation: Cache La Poudre River Water Quality Study (PDF) (413 KB, 8 pp.)
- Presentation: WISH (Wildlife Improvement at Stine-Haskell (PDF) (104 KB, 8 pp.)

Quantifying EHS Programs: 10 Intangible Value Drivers that Promote the Bottom Line - July 20, 2004. Given by Elizabeth Girardi Schoen, Pfizer Inc.; John Harris, Eli Lilly and Company; and Keith Miller, 3M.
- Presentation (PDF) (2MB, 39 pp)
- Summary (PDF) (50KB, 3 pp)

Lean Manufacturing and Environmental Performance - November 20, 2003. Given by Representatives from EPA, Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, Rockwell Collins, and Lockheed Martin.
- Tele-seminar Summary
- EPA and Lean Manufacturing (PDF) (266KB, 16 pp)
- Rockwell Collins and Lean Manufacturing (PDF) (230KB, 8 pp)
- Lockheed Martin and Lean Manufacturing (PDF) (24KB, 2 pp)

The Business Case for a Wildlife Habitat Commitment - September 30, 2003. Given by Bob Johnson, Wildlife Habitat Council.
- Summary (PDF) (36KB, 3 pp)
- Presentation with photographs (PDF) (14MB, 44 pp) for larger bandwidth.
- Presentation without photographs (PDF) (876KB, 44 pp) for dial up connections.

Community Involvement: Developing a Strategy that Works - July 29, 2003.
- Presentation (PDF) (196KB, 25 pp) given by Ron Brown, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College.

Creative Water Strategies: Water Sustainability - May 27, 2003.

Presentation by Danny Consenstein and Tim Larson, Global Environmental Management Initiative: Connecting the Drops Toward Creative Water Strategies - A GEMI Water Sustainability Tool (PDF) (393KB, 14 pp).
Presentation by Michael Elliott, Texas Instruments, Inc., Attleboro, MA: Protecting Watersheds Through Water Reduction and Treatment Plant Improvements (PDF) (555KB, 10 pp).

Flexible Permitting: A Look at Plantwide Applicability Limits (PALs) - March 23, 2003. Presentation given by Raj Rajo, U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality, Planning, and Standards.
- Plantwide Applicability Limitations (PALs) (PDF) (173KB, 14 pp)
- 3M Experience with PALs (PDF) (87KB, 6 pp)

Financial Benefits of Pursuing Sustainable Development - January 16, 2003.
- Presentation (PDF) (402KB, 20 pp) given by Bill Blackburn, Baxter International, Inc.

Innovative Ways to Promote Performance Track & Environmental Innovation Corporate Wide - November 19, 2002.
- Presentation (PDF) (916KB, 10 pp) given by Steve Groves, International Paper.

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