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The 2nd Vermont GREENING UP YOUR BOTTOM LINE A Conference for & by VT Businesses September 25, 2007 9am – 3:45 pm, Sheraton Hotel, Burlington Come find out what Vermont businesses are doing to reduce their environmental impacts and improve their bottom lines. Keynote speaker – Will Rapp of Gardeners’ Supply. Panel topics include: What Your Business Can Do to Reduce its Carbon Footprint/Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Environmental Management & Planning Sessions I & II; Energy Efficiency; How to Green Up Your Business, including Environmentally Preferable Purchasing; the Challenges of Building Brand Association with Environmental Stewardship; Greening Buildings and LEED, Best Green Mgmt. Practices; and 2006 Green Up Grant - Environmental & Energy Efficiency Grant recipients’ project reports. Sponsored by: the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership, Efficiency Vermont, Green Mountain Power, Green Mountain Coffee, WNCS-the Point, VT Environmental Consortium, VT Businesses for Social Responsibility, VT Business Magazine, VT Chamber, VTDEC Environmental Assistance Office, VT Chamber and The VT Small Business Development Ctr. $65, $55 <9/1/07 and for VBEP & VBSR members. $3 of your registration fee will go towards renewable energy credits to offset estimated conference travel and energy usage. To Register or for more information go to: www.vbep.org. News Vermont Business Environmental Partnership Program, a recognition and technical assistance program is now open to all Vermont businesses. This program which started in the lodging sector with Green Hotels in the Green Mountain State, promotes good environmental management practices and offers green marketing promotion for Vermont businesses, now offers free and confidential environmental opportunity assessments to identify waste reduction and energy conservation options. Program is sponsored by the VT Small Business Development Center and the Environmental Assistance Division of the VT Agency of Natural Resources. Call 800-464-7232 for more information. VT Agency of Natural Resources - Environmental Assistance Division's web site, with assistance publication and compliance assistance on-line question capacity at: http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/ead/index.htm. Autobody & Metal Fabrication Compliance Guides
& Other Environmental Assistance Publications: Department of Environmental Conservation Permits
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