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ISSP Press Releases

ISSP's Sustainability Lexicon Project (tm) Ready For Next Steps

August 2011 - With an initial scoping and baseline phase nearing completion, ISSP's Sustainability Lexicon Project (tm) will reach a significant milepost at the ISSP Conference 2011 in Portland, Oregon this September.  Read more about the project and about how you can get involved here.

ISSP Establishes Sustainability Hall of Fame (tm)

July 2011 - The International Society of Sustainability Professionals has established the ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame (tm) as a way to formally recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of sustainability and to the professionals that serve it. Read about the founding members here.

Finalists Announced for ISSP Pinnacle Award

May 2011 —Five industry leaders have been selected as finalists for the first ISSP Pinnacle Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the sustainability profession . Read more here. 

ISSP Executive Director, Marsha Willard, interviewed by Triple Pundit

February 2011 —Sustainability blog Triple Pundit asked Marsha Willard to talk about how organizations are addressing sustainability.  See the interview here.

ISSP Launches ambitious Lexicon Project

January 2011 — ISSP takes on terminology!  There is plenty of ambiguity and misinterpretation in the field of sustainability. ISSP is taking the reins to convene professionals from all over the world to begin to bring clarity and consistency to the words that define our field.  Learn more here.

ISSP in the News

September 26, 2011 - Here's an on-the-ground report from the ISSP Conference 2011 in Portland, focusing on the induction of the first five members of the ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame (tm) that occurred at the event. Reporting by Paul Studebaker, editor-in-chief of Sustainable Plant.  http://bit.ly/qgHmqj 

September 19, 2011 - The Sustainability Lexicon Project by ISSP is given credit as perhaps the most interesting effort to get the language of sustainability right in an article by CSR Hub writer Carol Pierson Holding and reposted at the Triple Pundit Website.  http://bit.ly/ob9N3M

September 15, 2011 - In response to a growing need to move the world toward sustainable development and sustainable practices, a whole new professional track has emerged in the last decade. In a guest editorial for Sustainable Business Oregon, ISSP executive director Marsha Willard outlines what it will take to be successful as a sustainability professional in the years ahead. http://bit.ly/peKCYS

August 22, 2011 - An overview of ISSP's first five years and a preview of ISSP Conference 2011 are highlighted in an interview of ISSP executive director Marsha Willard by Paul Studebaker, editor-in-chief of Sustainable Plant. http://bit.ly/nZBixg

August 8, 2011 - ISSP members teach sustainable business practices at Austin Polytech, a vo-ed school focusing on high-skills manufacturing in Chicago. http://austintalks.org/2011/08/austin-polytech-creating-healthy-futures/

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