1. Sustainable Business Practices Program Bellevue College Marika Reinke NEW PROGRAM

2. Agenda Employment Trends Sustainable Business 101 Sustainable Business Practices Program Offerings @ Bellevue College

3. EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

4. A Growing Trend “Over the past decade, sustainability has moved from the fringes of the business world to the top of shareholders' agenda….” PriceWaterHouseCooper 2009

5. % Growth of Jobs requiring Business AND Sustainability

6. Greenbiz.com Survey Demand for Sustainability Knowledge

7. Washington State Seattle Climate Partnership – Over 100 businesses – Eastside Partnership in works 2 nd Annual Green Washington Awards. – The 147 entries in every industry sector 2008 Green Economy Jobs in Washington State. – 47,000 people in green jobs, with approximately 87 % full-time workers

8. SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS 101

9. System in Crisis Climate Change Energy Resources Consumption Financial Crisis & Recession Access to Water Food Crisis Poverty

10. Why Business? “Business is the force of change. Business is essential to solving the climate crisis, because this is what business is best at: innovating, changing, addressing risks, searching for opportunities. There is no more vital task.” Richard Branson

11. What is sustainable business? Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 1987 Bruntland Commission UN

12. People Profit Planet – The Triple Bottom Line

13. Shareholder vs Stakeholder

14. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently” Warren Edward Buffet (US stock broker, US representative, self- made billionaire and philanthropist)

16. Patagonia “We believe in using business to inspire solutions to the environmental crisis.”

17. InterfaceFLOR “Mission Zero means taking the time to understand the natural world and all of its species and to understand how everything we do, take, make and waste affects nature's balance and, ultimately, our children and the children of all species.”

18. Wal-Mart

19. GEGE Eco-Imagination

20. Tools Recycling/Upcycling Zero Waste Cradle to Cradle Closed Loop Supply Chain Design for Environment Biomimicry Energy Management Resource Management Eco- Efficiency/Effectiveness Dematerialization Natural Step ™ Eco-Labels LOHAS ISO, GRI, CSR Life Cycle Assessment Carbon Footprint Ecological Footprint Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) LEED Carbon Cap and Trade Architecture 2030

21. SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES (BSUST) PROGRAM

22. Bellevue College Sustainable Business Practices Practitioners - weekly lecturers Program advisory board and ties to industry Great education & teaching based on project based learning Using technology in the courses to enhance learning

23. Sustainable Business Practices Two Program Options 19 credits Fall 2010 2 quarters Professionals Best Practices Certificate about 90 credits In development About 2 years Associate Degree

24. Sustainable Business Best Practices Certificate UnderstandMeasureTranslateRecommendLeverageReportIntegrate

25. Certificate Courses BSUST 101 5 CR Introduction to Sustainable Business Practices BSUST 150 5 CR Introduction to Carbon Footprint & Resource Economics BSUST 110 Communication for Sustainable Business Practices 4 CR BSUST 160 Sustainable Business Analysis 5 CR

26. Fall 2010: Tuesday & Thursday Nights Understand & Recommend Overview/Frameworks Case Studies Market Pressures Terms Measure & Report Carbon & GHG Analysis Cap & Trade Resource Economics

27. Winter 2011 Translate & Educate Implementation Market/Advertise Analyze & Recommend Leverage & Implement Account & Audit

28. Sustainable Business Practices Degree (2 Years) UnderstandMeasureTranslateRecommendLeverageReportIntegrate Strategy & Implementation Economics of Sustainability Marketing & PR Triple Bottom Line Accounting Energy Systems Practicum Ethics & Legal Regulations Green Supply Chain Business Skills Social Equity & Capitalism Environment & Resources

29. Sustainable Business Practices Two Program Options 19 credits Fall 2010 2 quarters Professionals Best Practices Certificate about 90 credits In development About 2 years Associate Degree

30. For more information contact Marika Reinke at mreinke@bellevuecollege.edu or 425-564-5716