Programs

Green Eggs — is a new version of our long-standing Sustainability Breakfast Series, traditionally held at Stanford's Faculty Club. Our Green Eggs takes breakfast on the road to Silicon Valley companies, who showcase the best in corporate sustainability practices. It's a breakfast club where local sustainability innovators, thought leaders, and company activists network and develop new ways to champion green practices inside their companies and with their customers.  Sharing ideas, exchanging tips, and comparing ideas leads participants to creative breakthroughs in energy efficiency, emissions reductions and to healthier bottom lines.

Sustainability Breakfast Series — An Expanding Context for Business is a breakfast speaker series held at the Stanford Faculty Club, co-sponsored by Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. We invite visionaries and pioneers in business and sustainability globally to share their ideas and join in conversation. Past speakers have included: William McDonough & Michael Braungart, L. Hunter Lovins, John Pepper (CEO, Procter and Gamble), Karl-Henrik Robert (Founder, Natural Step), George Zimmer (Founder, Men’s Wearhouse), Janine Benyus (Author, Biomimicry), Paul Dolan (CEO, Fetzer Vineyards), Jeffrey Hollender (CEO, Seventh Generation), and Dominique Conseil (CEO, Aveda). Other co-sponsors include: Bay Area Net Impact, Pacific Industrial and Business Association, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Sustainable Business Institute, and World Business Academy.

In-Depth Dialogues — Evening meetings provide a forum for dialogue on a variety of practical sustainability practices at a deeper level. After brief speaker presentations, participants are challenged to explore innovative solutions in small groups, then share their insights with all attendees.

Green Drinks Palo Alto — Sustainovation's Happy Hour is now part of the international Green Drinks movement. Join us on the third Wednesday of each month to network with others interested in the synergies of innovation and sustainability. Make new friends in the field, discuss your latest insights and learnings, share stories, and hear about upcoming events.

Sustainable Enterprise Workshops — We offer workshops for business leaders who want to help their companies or work groups to simultaneously create or improve environmental, social, and financial benefits. The initial workshop provides an overview of multiple sustainability models and best practices.  Participants work on simulated case examples. The advanced workshop focuses on the participants' own companies and work groups, providing a framework for implementation, and enabling participants to create a Sustainability Blueprints for their own organizations or teams.

Sustainability Tours — Over a two-day period, participants visit multiple Silicon Valley organizations that are innovation leaders who incorporate sustainability into business practices. Participants see proven examples of sustainable innovation in products and services, business processes, work spaces, organizational practices and cultures. Attendees learn first hand from the innovators themselves about the challenges and successes of implementation.

Lunchtime Presentations & Discussions — A 60-minute lunchtime employee presentation and discussion of innovation and sustainability topics customized to the host company’s needs.

Speaker Engagements & Workshops — We sponsor expanded visits for some of our speakers over several days' time.  These have included customized workshops for businesses and universities, CEO dinners, KQED radio presentations, salons for local leaders, as well as large public lectures.