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<P>Whats the business case for sustainability?</P>
<P>Over the past eight years that she has spent compiling evidence that brands can both maximize profit and be a force for social good, thats the question Freya Williams has been asked most often. And its one that tends to be on the minds of business leaders each year around Earth Day.</P>
<P>This year that question has a new answer: a billion dollars.</P>
<P>Join Freya Williams as she talks about her new book<A HREF="http://www.amacombooks.org/book.cfm?isbn=9780814436134" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability Into Billion-Dollar Businesses</A>and share withus what she considers key to building a sustainable business.</P>
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<P><A HREF="http://nyc.impacthub.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/91/2015/08/Freya-Williams-sustainable-business.png" REL="nofollow"><IMG CLASS="alignleft wp-image-19038" ALT="" WIDTH="125" HEIGHT="167" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnyc.impacthub.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F91%2F2015%2F08%2FFreya-Williams-sustainable-business-225x300.png&sig=ADR2i79jt-13RDRoCToOxpyvpIbOjamjDQ"></IMG></A><STRONG>About Freya Williams</STRONG></P>
<P>E. Freya Williams has advised organizations, including Unilever, Coca Cola, Tetra Pak and the UN, on how to incorporate sustainability and social good into their brands. The co-founder of OgilvyEarth, she now serves as EVP of Business+Social Purpose at Edelman. Her expertise has been featured in Newsweek, The Financial Times, and on NPR.</P>
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<P><STRONG>About Bard MBA</STRONG></P>
<P><A HREF="http://nyc.impacthub.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/91/2015/08/Bard-MBA-Logo-small.png" REL="nofollow"><IMG CLASS="alignleft size-medium wp-image-19034" ALT="Bard MBA Logo small" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="140" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnyc.impacthub.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F91%2F2015%2F08%2FBard-MBA-Logo-small-300x140.png&sig=ADR2i79Gi4E5c9Lk4QuqtscghZUo2ENVTA"></IMG></A><A HREF="http://www.bard.edu/mba/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">The Bard MBA in Sustainability</A> is one of a select few graduate programs globally that fully integrates sustainability into a core business curriculum. At Bard, students work in collaborative teams learning how to build businesses and not-for-profit organizations that combine economic, environmental, and social objectives into an integrated bottom line that creates not only healthier businesses, but also a more sustainable world. Graduates of the Bard MBA will transform existing companies, start their own, and pioneer a new paradigm of doing business that meets human needs, protects and restores the Earth's systems, and treats all stakeholders with justice and respect.</P>
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<P>This talk is part of a series of events offered by the Bard MBA in Sustainability and Impact Hub NYC.</P>
<P STYLE="padding-left: 30px;">September 18, 2015:<A HREF="http://nyc.impacthub.net/event/making-money-matter-impact-investing-to-change-the-world/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Making Money Matter...Impact Investing to Change the World</A>, with Ben Bingham</P>
<P STYLE="padding-left: 30px;">October 16, 2015:<A HREF="http://nyc.impacthub.net/event/green-giants-building-billion-dollar-sustainable-business/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Green Giants: the six secrets to building a billion dollar, sustainable business</A>,with Freya Williams</P>
<P STYLE="padding-left: 30px;">November 13, 2015:<A HREF="http://nyc.impacthub.net/event/achieving-sustaining-peak-performance/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Achieving & Sustaining Peak Performance</A>with David Bach, M.D.</P>
<P STYLE="padding-left: 30px;">January 22, 2015:<A HREF="http://nyc.impacthub.net/event/greenfaith-religions-environment/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">GreenFaith Religions in Action for the Earth</A> with Rev. Fletcher Harper</P>
<P STYLE="padding-left: 30px;">February 19, 2016:<A HREF="http://nyc.impacthub.net/event/business-pollinators-the-next-wave-of-economic-development/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Business Pollinators: The Next Wave of Economic Development</A>, with Michael H. Shuman</P>
<P><STRONG>Refund Policy:</STRONG> If you cannot attend, please email us least 1 day before the scheduled start of the event. No refund if we have less than 24 hour notice.</P>
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