Net Impact Salt Lake City

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Net Impact’s mission is to improve the world by growing and strengthening a network of new leaders who are using the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact. Please join our Salt Lake chapter as we work to support endeavors to make our communities sustainable and enjoyable for all who live in them. We need you!

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Net Impact’s mission is to improve the world by growing and strengthening a network of new leaders who are using the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact.

Please join our Salt Lake chapter as we work to support endeavors to make our communities sustainable and enjoyable for all who live in them. We need you!

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Upcoming Events for Spring 2010

March - Chapter Planning Meeting

What: In preparation for the first Utah chapter leader summit on April 1, our Pro chapter will hold a planning meeting on Tuesday March 16 at the Murray Public Library from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (166 East 5300 South in Murray). All current and former chapter members are invited to update our strategic plan, consider leveraging opportunities with other chapters, brainstorm Pro chapter events for the balance of 2010 and review chapter management roles. This is a great opportunity to put your priorities for Net Impact at the top of the pile! Please let Steve know you will be in attendance (801-484-5322 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). If you are unable to attend but interested in making Net Impact more interesting to you, please contact Steve.

Where and When: March 16 at 5:30-7:30 p.m., Murray Public Library (166 East 5300 South in Murray)

April - First annual Utah Net Impact Leadership Networking Summit

What: Meet leadership team from all chapters and vision how we can leverage a more sustainable Utah business community together!
Where and When: April 1

April - Crossroads Food Co-Op Business Planning Dialogue

What: Learn about this fast growing program to reduce food insecurity with local resources and consider supportive service activities
Where and When: Stay tuned

May and June - LEED Me On

What: Could be Part 2 of “Taking the LEED Outside” or a new LEED building
Where and When: Let’s make it happen

Backcountry.com Tour a Great Success

Fifteen undergraduate and graduate students from Westminster College and the University of Utah and several Pro chapter members attended a tour of Backcountry.com's Distribution Center on February 24.

Students met with Center and Green Team managers and had a candid exchange about recycling, efficiency and energy use challenges at the facility. A Google group is being set up for participants in the tour who want to continue to collaborate on sustainability project ideas. It is hoped that several opportunities for student and Pro Chapter involvement, including internships and class group projects will develop as a result of this tour.

Backcountry staff were very pleased with our chapter's role in making this tour happen and expressed hope for further strengthening of ties to the broader business sustainability community through our chapter in the coming years. This is the first time that three Net Impact chapters in Utah have co-sponsored an event.

Net Impact SLC visits GreenFiber

NetImpact SLC was treated royally by GreenFiber employees during our on site visit on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009. The event was fantastic – we were greeted in person by their Frog mascot at the door and warmly welcomed.

GreenFiber™ website: www.greenfiber.com

Our group of seven NetImpact SLC members were introduced and given an overview of their business, followed by a tour. In one hour we were able to walk through their entire operation and see the incredible potential for a triple bottom line advantage created through recycling paper goods from paper towel tubes to cereal boxes, cardboard containers to regular office paper. (BTW, a triple bottom line advantage is when people, resources, and businesses all stand to benefit from an action.)

I have excerpted a few pieces from their website and have included them below for your potential reading pleasure. Many thanks to Becky for arranging this terrific opportunity to see how progressive businesses can be if they focus on being socially, economically, and ecologically responsible.