AZ State & U Arkansas Launch "Sustainability Consortium" With Charter Members Monsanto & Cargill

[NashVegas]

http://www.sustainabilityconsortium.org/members

Found this on my Twittter. Unbelievable brass tacks!

March 2009 Meeting Attendees

3M
American National Standards Institute
Arizona State University
Blu Skye
Carbon Trust
Cargill
Cisco Systems
ConAgra Foods
Dairy Management, Inc.
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Dell, Inc.
Dial Corporation
Duke University
Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition, Inc.
Environmental Defense Fund
General Mills
Google
GreenBlue
GS1 US
Harvard University
Henkel
Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM
Intel
KPMG
McKinsey & Company
Microsoft Corporation
Monsanto
Patagonia, Inc.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Procter and Gamble
Sam’s Club
Stanford University
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tetra Pak
Tyson
US Environmental Protection Agency
Unilever
University of Arkansas
University of California at Berkeley
University of Michigan
University of Quebec at Montreal
University of Texas
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Waste Management
World 50, Inc.
World Wildlife Fund

[hatrack]

1. Yes, because Tyson, Wal-Mart and WWF have so MANY shared long-term goals . . .

:eyes:

[AspenRose]

2. Here we go.

:banghead:

[NashVegas]

3. Now That I've Calmed Down

I can see the party started almost a year ago. Still ... can we say, now, that we fully understand exactly who and what our universities exist for?

[AspenRose]

4. Food, Inc. opened my eyes big-time

Even my republican husband watched it with me and was disturbed by it. We went to land-grant schools.

They're as much a business as everything else is these days.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. You need to read more about what the consortium is about. Like most things, it has corporate

sponsors, as well as scientists from around the world. I'm hoping they will eliminate plastic bags and bottles.

http://www.sustainabilityconsortium.org/about

"The Sustainability Consortium is an independent group of scientists and engineers from leading academic research institutions around the world who engage with other leading researchers from the NGO, Governmental, and Industrial sectors to build a scientific foundation that drives innovation to improve consumer product sustainability."

[NashVegas]

6. Yeah

And independent group of scientists and engineers who are funded by ...?

I expect the consumer is the product they'd most like to sustain.