Sustainable Workplaces:Sustainable Workplaces: The Workplace of the Future Diane Stoneman Director of Consulting and Training Start time: 10 am CST Official Sponsor © 2009 Winning Workplaces. May not be reproduced or distributed without expressed written permission of Winning Workplaces.

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Top Small Workplaces 2008 Top Small Workplace Winners ATA Engineering Decagon Devices Integrated Project Management (IPM) JA Frate Jackson's Hardware Jump Associates King Arthur Flour Company Landscape Forms Lundberg Family Farms New Belgium Brewing Phenomenex Rainforest Alliance Resource Interactive The Paducah Bank & Trust The Redwoods Group

Our Agenda Today Two stories of sustainable workplaces Philosophies and practices Impact on business and workforce Lessons learned Questions from audience

Featured Presenters Tensie Whelan Executive Director Rainforest Alliance New York, NY Tim Schultz Vice President of Administration Lundberg Family Farms Richvale, CA

International, nonprofit environmental and sustainable development organization Mission: protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming Consumer behavior Business practices Land use practices Rainforest Alliance

Forest Products: certified 3% of working forests (115 million acres) in 61 countries. IKEA, Gibson USA, B&Q, Domtar, Klabin, Tembec, Gruopo Nueva. Agriculture: certified 3% of worlds coffee, 15% of bananas; 1 million acres and more than 30,000 farms working with companies (Kraft, Chiquita, Whole Foods Markets, United Nations, Citigroup). Certify coffee, tea, citrus, bananas, cupuaçu, guava, heart of palm, macadamia, plantain, pineapple, rubber, ferns and flowers, vanilla and mango. Tourism: Sustainable Tourism Network of the Americas, recruited more than 80 tour operators to source sustainably; reached more than 500K travellers, trained more than 4000 small and medium tourism operations in five countries. Transforming the Global Marketplace

Certificates world wide Friday, June 13, © Copyright Rainforest Alliance

Economic: Improved productivity, reduced costs, improved quality, market access, price Social: Improved conditions and worker pay; school, health care, good community relations Environmental: Improve water supplies, waste; improved handling of chemicals; biodiversity and habitat; reforestation and soil management Sustainability Certification

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Blackburnian Warbler, transient on coffee farm in El Salvador Baboons, certified coffee farm in Ethiopia Squirrel monkey, certified farm in Brazil Black-cheeked woodpecker, certified banana farm in the Caribbean Slope

Forest management Forest Stewardship Council certified Uncertified

Coffee Certified farm, shade-grown coffee Uncertified farm, coffee under sun

Water monitoring and analysis Certified farm Uncertified farm

Chemical storage Certified farm Uncertified farm

Worker housing Before certification After certification

Childrens welfare Uncertified farm Certified farm

Respect for natural environments, local peoples and all stakeholders Dedication to pioneering pragmatic innovations Sustainability achievable through collaboration and mutual success Unwavering commitment to integrity Our Core Values Our Core Values

Building careers; promoting from within. More than 50% in U.S. have been promoted at RA Work explicitly with young people Learning opportunities: training allowance, junior staff country stays, retreat trainings Flexibility: work from home, different countries, p-time; comp time, summer schedule. Building Careers

Diversity: hire women (50%) non-Americans (50%), different ages, etc Encourage social networking book clubs, swap meets, etc. Cross-divisional committees: sustainable operations and best practices Create a Warm Workplace

Positive feedback Staff anniversaries Positive feedback Staff anniversaries Global/national awards Renowned fellowships Global/national awards Renowned fellowships Recognizing Staff

Use FSC certified paper; double-side printing Use FSC certified paper; double-side printing Use RA certified coffee, tea, etc Use RA certified coffee, tea, etc Use plates, silverware, copsnot paper or plastic Use plates, silverware, copsnot paper or plastic Recycle and reuse paper and packaging Recycle and reuse paper and packaging Turn lights off; keep heat/AC use reasonable Turn lights off; keep heat/AC use reasonable Track and reduce carbon emissions and travel footprint Track and reduce carbon emissions and travel footprint Specify certified wood furniture, sustainable rugs, etc Specify certified wood furniture, sustainable rugs, etc Recycle cartridges, computers, etc. Recycle cartridges, computers, etc. Non-toxic cleaning materials Non-toxic cleaning materials Sustainable build-outs Sustainable build-outs Sustainable hotels when traveling; Prius rental cars Sustainable hotels when traveling; Prius rental cars Environmental Sustainability

Established 1937; third generation family business Leading organic, natural rice products: US & Canada 185 Employees Lundberg Family Farms®

1937 Lundbergs move from Nebraska during the dust bowl and start farming rice Dust Bowl to Rice Bowl

Initial Focus on Sustainable Farming Initial Focus on Sustainable Farming

Green-e Certified 100% Renewable Energy 2003 Sustainability scope extends to power source

Meet Consumer Needs Continuous Investment Environmental Awareness Build/Support Quality Workforce Sustaining our Company Today Sustaining our Company Today

Focus on family Employee-Focused Sustainability

Emphasize preventive care Free fruit and vegetables Shift stretching Exercise challenges EAP Employee Garden Focus on Wellness

Carpool Program

Celebrate Successes Competitive Compensation Continuing Education Safety Share Financial Success Succession Planning Employee-Focused Sustainability Employee-Focused Sustainability

Long-term Employment Average tenure 9 years 42 employees years 21 employee 20+ years Business Results

Consistently rising productivity per employee RevenueProfitability Volume Handled Business Results Business Results

Questions?

Feb 17 Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy Widespread Empathy Dev Patnaik, Co-founder/Managing Associate, and Dev Patnaik, Co-founder/Managing Associate, and Pete Mortensen, Communications Lead, Jump Associates Pete Mortensen, Communications Lead, Jump Associates Mar 24 Five Powerful Strategies to Develop and Retain Top Notch Technical Talent Technical Talent Tamsin Jolley, President, Decagon Devices Tamsin Jolley, President, Decagon Devices Jeff Young, Chairman & General Manager, ATA Engineering Jeff Young, Chairman & General Manager, ATA Engineering Apr 15 Exiting Gracefully – Options for Transitioning Ownership Corey Rosen, Executive Director & Co-founder, NCEO Corey Rosen, Executive Director & Co-founder, NCEO Upcoming 2009 Webinars

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