Green Jobs: Get to Work!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 7pm to 9:30pm

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Don't forget to bring your questions and join us March 23rd at Pepperdine University's Drescher Graduate Campus for a night of networking, light refreshments and an insightful panel discussion on sustainable careers.

 

About the Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles (SBCLA):

SBCLA is a non-profit organization acting as a professional networking and education forum. The organization serves California businesses and individuals working with sustainable products, services and processes. SBCLA's goal is to assist members with improving their profits, enhancing their communities, and protecting the environment by educating business professionals about the opportunities presented by technologies and management philosophies that reduce negative and non-renewable ecological impact.

About the new Certificate in Socially, Environmentally, and Ethically Responsible (SEER) business practice

“The Pepperdine eco-entrepreneur SEER certification will prepare students to integrate an eco-systems approach not only to emerging businesses but also to existing organizations aspiring to evolve their perspective business model to embed corporate social responsibly into the firm’s DNA,” says Michael Crooke, former Patagonia President and CEO who joined the Graziadio School faculty to steward the program.

Historically, success in business has been defined as the maximization of profit for the owners of the entity. Today’s eco-entrepreneurs and their stakeholders demand more. Their disruptive technology or innovative product/service is now embedded into a wider array of values, which are: environmental stewardship, corporate citizenship, product/service excellence, and financial strength. When these four values together are integrated into the DNA of a business the result is a 21st century blueprint for business sustainability.

In addition to completing coursework, students are required to participate in SEER events, which in the past have included a trip to Chile, where Pepperdine alum, Tetsuya O’Hara, director of Advanced Research and Development at Patagonia, led a team of students on a field project in the Patagonia National Park.

The Pepperdine eco-entrepreneur SEER certification will prepare students to lead the next wave of great organizations. For further information, contact Marc Endrigat at marc.endrigat@pepperdine.edu.
 

About the Graziadio School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University

The mission of the George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management is to develop values-centered leaders and advance responsible business practice through education that is entrepreneurial in spirit, ethical in focus, and global in orientation. As a professional school growing out of the tradition of a Christian University, we seek to positively impact both society at large, and the organizations and communities in which our students and graduates are members. Therefore, we affirm a higher purpose for business practice than the exclusive pursuit of shareholder wealth. We believe that successful management seeks collective good along with individual profit and is anchored in core values such as integrity, stewardship, courage, and compassion.

Moderator

Mark Mallinger, Ph.D., Professor of Applied Behavioral Science, Graziado School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University

Panelists

Anthony Edwards, Sr. Manager of Sustainability, Global Quality, & EHS, Belkin International, Inc.

Susana Kass

Fernando Tapia, Sr. Financial Analyst, SolarWorld Americas

Dave Labowitz, VP, Operations & Finance, Phoenix Energy Technologies

SBC Board Members

Laura Berland-Shane, Bill Colitre, Lorelyn Eaves, Steve Glenn, Rob Kramer, Carrie Norton, Lee Wallach