Cascade
Engineering CEO to Keynote International Conference on
Energy and Environment
GRAND
RAPIDS, Michigan, June 9, 2005 – Cascade Engineering
chairman and chief executive officer Fred Keller will
deliver a keynote address at the eighth annual Multi-State
Working Group (MSWG) on Environmental Performance on June
21, 2005 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids,
Mich. Keller will speak on the topic of how companies can
implement sustainable business practices that maintain
corporate growth while making a positive impact on the
environment and the communities they serve.
The
conference, titled “Eco-Innovation 21: The Local/Global
Imperative”, will bring together business, government, and
academic leaders from around the United States and at least
eight foreign countries to examine environmental policy and
practice, the importance of energy as a factor in
environmental quality, and innovative approaches to
implementing sustainable practices in the public and private
sectors. Other topics will include environmental policies in
China, investor decisions and the environment, innovative
permitting, the future of environmentalism, and foreign
ownership issues. The June 20-22 event will feature more
than 90 presenters, including Vijay Vaitheeswaran, world
energy and environment correspondent for The Economist and
author of “Power to the People”, and will be hosted by the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality with support
from the Environmental Protection Agency.
“Cascade
Engineering has taken a national leadership role in
implementing environmentally sound practices that also
promote corporate and economic growth,” said John Kowalski,
Cascade Engineering marketing manager. “We are pleased to
have this opportunity to share our perspective and
experience with this important gathering of policy and
decision makers in West Michigan.”
“Our
conference theme suggests that innovation and collaboration
are not optional if we are to meet today’s economic and
environmental challenges,” said MSWG president Robert D.
Stephens, Ph.D. “Fred Keller is a strong advocate for this
viewpoint, and we welcome his remarks and participation in
this year’s MSWG conference.”
For more
than 30 years, Cascade Engineering has emphasized
sustainable business practices, investing equally in social,
environmental and financial capital. The company has
received numerous environmental stewardship awards,
including several Clean Corporate Citizen Awards from the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. In February,
Cascade Engineering received an Environmental Stewardship
Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers at the 2005
Global Plastics Environmental Conference in Atlanta. The
company is also at the forefront of evolving U.S.
manufacturing policy: in June 2004, Fred Keller was named to
the U.S. Department of Commerce’s prestigious Manufacturing
Council.
To review
the conference program or register: visit
www.michigan.gov/deqworkshops,
click on Upcoming DEQ workshops, scroll to Eco-Innovation 21
and click on appropriate lines for program, registration and
other information.
About MSWG: The Multi-State Working Group on Environmental
Performance (www.mswg.org) was established in 1996 as a
small, informal affiliation of regulators, businesses,
environmentalists, and scholars focused on studying
environmental management systems (EMSs) and their potential
to achieve environmental results. Today, MSWG is a network
of more than 800 participants in the United States and 12
countries. It is a forum for determined change agents from
all sectors who respect each other’s views and want to go
environmentally further than we are today.
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