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The Sustainable Raritan River Business Round Table
The Sustainable Raritan River Business Round Table highlights the sustainable practices of businesses within the Raritan River Watershed and promotes the exchange of ideas among members of the business community to help incorporate sustainability and green practices into corporate management. The benefits from sustainability protect our regional natural assets and extend beyond that to a company's public image, its reputation as a good neighbor and the key business driver, reduced costs for the bottom line. How that becomes part of standard practice is of particular interest as we foresee our regional reputation tied to our commitment to sustainability.
Background
Rutgers University initiated the Raritan River Collaborative in 2009 to promote the restoration and stewardship of the river, capitalizing on the benefits from this location to build our regional economy. Business plays a key role in promoting and protecting our environmental assets while encouraging development of green industry and sustainability.
We welcome the opportunity to highlight initiatives that support sustainability and promote the natural assets of our region, such as the River Friendly Program and the NJDEP Stewardship Program. Both are voluntary programs, so they invite participation and we encourage you to get involved and to share it with others. To follow up, the websites are:
River Friendly: http://www.raritanbasin.org/riverfriendly.html
DEP Stewardship: http://www.state.nj.us/dep//enforcement/stewardship/
Meetings
December 14, 2011 - MX Solar USA
September 22, 2011 - Johnson & Johnson/Ortho-McNeill
June 2, 2011 - NJDEP, Trenton
March 16, 2011 - Bayshore Recycling
December 8, 2010 - Rutgers Preparatory School
September 21, 2010 - Colgate Palmolive
June 30, 2010 - Sanofi Aventis
April 21, 2010 - E. J. Bloustein School, Rutgers University