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BRIDGESworks™
Metrics Software
(2/26/04)
A demo version of BRIDGESworks™ Metrics
software is now available and will be presented at the AIChE
Spring Meeting. For
further inquiry, send click
here to send e-mail. |
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"Sustainability
Metrics" Panel at 11th GIN Conference
(10/16/03)
A "Sustainability Metrics" session
organized by BRIDGES were held at the 11th Greening
of Industry Network (GIN) Conference. Kevin Nelson,
Corporate EHS Director of The
Stanley Works, presented results of BRIDGES' metrics pilot at
the company's facilities. BRIDGES papers on metrics
and SD performance assessment
were also presented at the conference. |
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New
book on Sustainable Development in the Chemical Industry
(10/1/03)
Beth Beloff and Marianne Lines, with Bob Pojasek,
are editors of a new book intended to serve as a practical guide
to sustainability, to be published by John Wiley & Sons in
2005. A host of distinguished authors, including company
representatives, will be contributing. |
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US
BCSD Association Membership Program (10/1/03)
Beth Beloff and Marianne Lines from BRIDGES are
developing a membership program for US Business Council for
Sustainable Development to include industry associations and other
nonprofit organizations with sustainability initiatives. |
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Nanotechnology
project kicked-off (8/1/03)
BRIDGES, together with Dr. Earl Beaver and Dr. Mark
Wiesner from Rice University, kicked-off a 2-year US EPA project
on screening the sustainability and life-cycle impacts of
nanotechnology applications related to the chemical
industry. |
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BRIDGES
awarded new NSF grant (3/5/03)
BRIDGES was awarded a National
Science Foundation (NSF) grant to apply and further develop its
sustainability metrics to assess life-cycle
impacts of steel microstructure improvements with Caterpillar, Inc.
as industrial
partner. |
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Completed:
Houston air pollution health effects project (2/15/03)
BRIDGES submitted its final report on the
assessment of information needs on air pollution health effects in
Houston. The project was performed for the Texas Council on
Environmental Technology (TCET) in collaboration with the Mickey
Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center. Report is available
to download
from TCET. |
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International
Sustainability Indicators Network conference
A poster on
BRIDGESworks™ Platform was presented at the ISIN Meeting in
Toronto, March 13-16. To view the poster, click here
(in PDF). |
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