About the instructor: Ms. Laura Musikanski is a lawyer with an MBA and Certificate in Environmental Management from the  University of Washington. Laura focused her business and legal education around the sustainability movement.  Over the last 5 years she has written sustainability reports and consulted to non-profits, governmental agencies, and small, medium and large enterprises. She is on the board of Sustainable Seattle, serving as Vice President and Treasurer.  Currently Laura is the sustainability practice leader at ENTRIX, Inc., a national environmental and natural resources consulting company.

About guest speaker: Richard Gelb is the performance manager for King County DNRP, where he helps determine success measures, tracks progress, and reports on achievements. Program areas he supports include wastewater, solid waste, parks, and water and land resources. He serves on the Countywide Performance Management Workgroup and coordinates the infrastructure committee for King County’s Green Building Team. In a prior role, he served as the Sustainable Building Coordinator for Seattle Parks and Recreation and as an advisor for the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment. Richard has a BS in Business Administration, a Masters in Environmental Science, and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

Case study: For several years, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP) has successfully used performance information to enhance service delivery, improve program effectiveness, and maintain public accountability. In 2007, DNRP updated its mission and goals to better enable a Triple Bottom Line approach to performance management and reporting. Additionally, DNRP is advancing a Triple Life Cycle Assessment framework for its infrastructure developments to help optimize and report on benefits realized through these investments. In this session, participants will review and critique DNRP’s 2007 performance report and explore how TBL principles can applied in the planning phase to inform business decisions that help drive organizations toward more sustainable practices.

Intended audience: Managers, business owners and government officials interested in managing and measuring environmental, social and economic performance and/or in issuing a triple bottom line report. Anyone interested in understanding triple bottom line report formation.

After completing this course participants will be able to:

Understand the frameworks and performance areas of triple bottom line reports
Identify and access indicators appropriate to their organization for a TBL report
Understand the drivers, risks and liabilities in issuing a TBL report and ways to manage for them
Identify boundary issues and a rational for defining boundaries
Understand stakeholder issues and how to identify and determine a methodology for determining which stakeholders to engage
Understand factors for successful implementation of a TBL report
Determine the quality of a TBL report

Prerequisites: None.

Course materials: Each participant will receive a copy of the course proceedings including notes and reference material on the first day of the course.

Continuing education units: 1.3 (13 hours of certified study)

What to bring: Mechanical pencil, coffee mug and water bottle (to reduce waste). Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for the prevailing weather. Coffee, tea, breakfast pasties, drinks and snacks will be provided each day. Lunch on your own.

Parking: $2.00 all day parking for this event (REI garage). We will give you a parking sticker as you register in the morning.

REGISTRATION: $295 business / $250 government rate / $195 Native American Tribes, Student & Non-Profit Rate
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE, WALK-INS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

Cancellation Policy: Registration fees are fully refundable up to 30 days prior to the event and 50 percent refundable thereafter up to the day prior to the event. Registration may occur up to the day prior to the event provided that space is available. You may register via the registration link or by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at 206-762-1976.