Net Impact, of the Henry B. Tippie School of Management MBA chapter, and its corporate sponsor, Staples, are excited to announce that the annual Sustainability Summit will be on Thursday, February 12th, 2015 at Hotel Vetro in Iowa City, and will be discussing “Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage.”

This year’s event begins with breakout sessions for students and the interested public at 3:30pm, followed by an open public keynote at 5:30pm. Registration begins a half hour prior to the start of both events. A reception will follow until 8:00pm. The Keynote speech will be given by Ken Perdue, Environmental Initiative Manager of Staples, on “Sustainability in the Age of Transparency.” This will be followed by a group of distinguished panelists discussing “Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage.” Featured speakers include:

Ken Perdue, Environmental Initiative Manager of Staples

Dan Oh, CEO of Renewable Energy Group

Matthew Mehalik, Program Manager of Sustainable Pittsburgh

Chris Turk, the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations of Interface

This year we are honored to partner with Staples as our featured corporate sponsor. Other sponsors include the Henry B. Tippie School of Management, MBA Association, Office of Sustainability, and the Graduate & Professional Student Government.

Post event: The event was very successful with the highest turnout of 200+ people and high involvement from the local community as well.