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Partnerships for Sustainability 
Practical steps for small business in Southeastern Wisconsin

Welcome to the Partnerships for Sustainability website.  To keep current with the upcoming launch of our Mentorship-Toolkit-Assessment resource package and to receive information on future events, sign up for our free Enews updates (upper right corner).  Thank you for subscribing! 

Registration for the Sustainable Case for Business Workshop is now open.  
To register, or for  additional information, click on the "Register Now" button: 

 

There is no charge to attend this informative workshop.



Free access to Corporate Mentorship

The Partnerships for Sustainability's Advisory Team believes that companies that have successfully adapted sustainable business practices have a responsibility to share these experiences (non-proprietary) with small- to medium-size companies interested in understanding the benefits of sustainability.  

The Corporate Mentorship program will identify up to 10 corporate mentors from local and regional corporations with experience in sustainability to mentor up to 10 small businesses each on sustainable business practices.  

The corporate mentors will use the SEAT (Sustainable Enterprise Assessment Tool™) tool to conduct the mentorship sessions to ensure continuity in the process and provide measurements for the program's effectiveness.  

Companies that have been mentored will be asked to 'pay it forward' with another small- to medium size business. 

NOTE:  We are currently in the process of beta testing our free Corporate mentorship with companies in Southeastern Wisconsin:

We are looking for additional small- to medium-sized business to participate in our beta test.  Is your company interested?  

For more information on the 
free PFS Corproate Mentorship program 
contact Bill mitchell at 
262-695-7901 or
bmitchell@wctc.edu  


An innovation of  WCEDC                                                  
Waukesha County Economic Development Corporation


The "Sustainable Case for Business" Conference

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Registration for this upcoming event is open!

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