Annual Networking Event Featured Sponsor: Environmental Initiative

Environmental Initiative is a nonprofit organization that works to build partnerships and start dialogues addressing our most pressing, complex environmental issues. Environmental Initiative (EI) has many focus areas, including agriculture, drinking water, waste reduction, and climate change, to name a few. Examples of current projects include the Minnesota Sustainable Growth Coalition, a group of almost 30 businesses and organizations working together to explore corporate sustainability, also known as the circular economy, and Project Stove Swap, a program to swap out wood stoves for newer models with a goal to improve community health and reduce air pollution.

The organization initially developed from a forward thinking group of businesses, state agencies, and environmental nonprofits that met to discuss creative ways to solve environmental problems. Today, EI continues to build those partnerships with an eye towards problem solving by hosting meetings for environmental leaders, facilitating conversations between stakeholders, and taking action on implementation of group projects. EI sees the value and need for communication, teamwork, and accountability in addressing complex environmental problems.

Find their booth at the Annual Networking Event to learn about the work of this organization!