THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE FOOD RECOVERY CHALLENGE SUMMIT

ATTENDEES PLEASE CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE EVENT SURVEY

Presentations from the event are posted for your reference below:

Food Recovery Challenge Overview

Source Reduction – LeanPath

Feeding People – Rock and Wrap It Up

Feeding People – City Harvest

Feeding Animals – ESE Solutions

Industrial Uses – Tri-State Biodiesel

Industrial Uses – quasar energy group

Composting – OCRRA

JOIN REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS: AHOLD USA, CHIPOTLE, COSTCO WHOLESALE, HILTON WORLDWIDE, INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS, QDOBA RESTAURANT CORPORATION, RITZ CARLTON, STARWOOD HOTELS, WHOLE FOODS, WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE AND MORE…

Thank you for your interest in the U.S. EPA Region 2 Food Recovery Challenge Summit. Please fill out the form below to register for the event. More than one participant per organization is welcome, but please complete a separate registration form for each attendee.

Where: EPA Region 2 Offices – 290 Broadway, New York, NY

Who: Leading grocers, restaurant chains and hotels in New York & New Jersey.

When: February 6, 2013 (Agenda Below)

The Region 2 Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would like to invite your organization to attend a Food Recovery Challenge (FRC) Summit to be held at our office in New York City on February 6, 2013. The purpose of the event is to provide key facilities in New York and New Jersey with the information and tools necessary to commit to reducing food waste in their operations.

During the summit, leaders from Whole Foods and InterContinental Hotels will be sharing how their organizations have reduced food waste through partnership with EPA. You will also have the opportunity to learn from the distinguished speakers in the agenda below how your organization can reduce food waste through Source Reduction, Feeding People, Feeding Animals, Industrial Uses and Composting (the EPA Food Recovery Hierarchy).

We hope you will be able to join us for the event. For more information and to RSVP, please visit the website of our partner in planning the event: www.esesolutions.com/FRCsummit by January 11, 2013. If you have any questions regarding the event, please feel free to contact any of the following staff:

Lorraine Graves, Environmental Specialist, (212) 637-4099, graves.lorraine@epa.gov

Rachel Chaput, Environmental Scientist, (212) 637-4116, chaput.rachel@epa.gov

Shane Nelson, Environmental Scientist, (212) 637-3130, nelson.shane@epa.gov

Thank you for your consideration and we hope to see you in February.

Sincerely,

Judy-Ann Mitchell, Chief

Sustainability & Multimedia Programs Branch

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What is the Food Recovery Challenge?

A new EPA initiative where participants commit to reducing food waste reaching landfills through prevention, donation and composting.  FRC partners save money, gain public recognition, and reduce their environmental footprint by participating in the Challenge. For more information visit: http://www.epa.gov/foodrecoverychallenge/

The U.S. EPA has contracted with ESE Solutions to enhance and publicize its Retail Industry Portal. As part of that effort, we will be providing regular updates beginning next month via this newsletter including:

• New and proposed regulations
• Enforcement actions
• Voluntary program updates on new retail partners, success stories, awards, etc.
• Green Retail Decisions column by ESE Solutions’ President, Jesse LaRose, with practical advice on how retailers can partner with the EPA to drive environmental programs (recycling, product donation, energy management, green merchandising, transportation and supply chain) within their organizations

View the newsletter and subscribe here

Editor’s Note: Last week’s column outlined the various free resources available to retailers to effectively develop world-class waste reduction programs. This article focuses on how to conduct waste audits, procure vendors and implement the program.

So by now, you’ve tapped all the available resources and have sketched out a preliminary plan for your waste management program, but don’t blast out an email to your vice president and field leadership quite yet. There are some additional steps you need to take before implementation, starting with a waste audit. Continue Reading at Green Retail Decisions»

Save Money, Save Energy:

Making Your Business More Efficient

The Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) and Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA 10) are offering an Energy Efficiency Panel Discussion Event. The event is designed to inform companies of the various opportunities available to manage energy costs.

As part of his Sustainable Communities Week, Congressman Bill Keating is hosting a series of workshop for local business owners on energy efficiency.

Join us on July 19th to learn more about saving money while saving energy.

Improving energy efficiency in our businesses and industries reduces energy costs, creates jobs and improves the environment.

MassMEP is bringing together leading experts from a broad spectrum of energy industry stakeholders for best practices and a panel discussion on energy efficiency. This workshop will highlight various opportunities available to manage energy costs, as well as best practices to promote environmentally responsible actions.

Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Time: 8:00 am – Registration and networking

8:30 – 11:30 am – program

Location: Radisson Hotel, 180 Water Street, Plymouth, MA

The program will include keynote remarks by State Senator Dan Wolf, who recently converted his business, CapeAir, to be more energy efficient, followed by an overview presentation and panel discussion with representatives from the US EPA, Constellation Energy, Clean Energy Center, Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, MA Small Business Development Center, ESE Solutions, and US DOER Green Communities Program.

This event is free and open to the public; however, pre-registration is required. To register, please contact Congressman Keating’s Quincy District Office at 617-770-3700.

About MassMEP

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a nationwide program supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, to help small- and medium-size manufacturers identify and implement advanced manufacturing and management technologies by linking client firms with local and national resources to address specific problems as they grow their manufacturing companies.

MassMEP offers programs and services to manufacturers across the Commonwealth. Its offerings address the key strategies of Next Generation Manufacturing that will drive competitiveness, growth and profitability in the 21st century: customer-focused innovation, advanced talent management, systemic continuous improvement, global supply chain management, sustainable product and process development and global engagement. For more information, please visit the MassMEP web site or phone 508-831-7020.

Editor’s Note: This is the first of an article series by expert guest columnist Jesse LaRose, which will direct retailers to a variety of free resources to help execute waste management, energy management, as well as green merchandising and logistics programs. This article and an one next week will focus on waste management. Next week’s column will focus on how to conduct waste audits, procure vendors and implement the program.

The secret to developing a world-class waste reduction program, similar to Limited Brands, is effectively utilizing all the free local, state and federal resources and support available. Continue Reading at Green Retail Decisions»

• We are focused on developing, implementing and managing programs that reduce expenses AND have a positive environmental impact
• We take the time to understand your company’s culture and operations allowing:
  • Us to seamlessly execute our programs
  • You to stay focused on your core responsibilities

• Operate more as a member of your organization than an outside vendor with compensation based on savings vs. salary/benefits
• Understand the complexity of rolling out new initiatives in a variety of environments
• Engage relevant stakeholders to ensure there is organizational support
• Coordinate rollouts and field communications in a manner consistent with you culture

• Our incentive is to reduce our clients’  expenses over the long-term
• Mutually developed baseline process ensures our goals are 100% aligned with yours

About Carter’s, Inc.

Carter’s, Inc. is a leading provider of apparel and related products exclusively for babies and young children. The Company owns the Carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh brands, two of the most recognized brands in the marketplace. These brands are sold in leading department stores, national chains, and specialty retailers domestically and internationally and through more than 500 Company-operated stores and on-line at carters.com and oshkoshbgosh.com. The Company’s Child of Mine brand is available at Walmart, and its Genuine Kids, Just One You, and Precious Firsts brands are available at Target. Carter’s is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, please visit http://www.carters.com/.