The Detroit Earth Day 2011: Practical Sustainability event being hosted by Grand River Printing & Imaging has gained important corporate sponsorship support in advance of the Thursday, April 21, 2011, educational program at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
With environmental sustainability now an issue of strategic importance for both government and private enterprise, the Detroit Earth Day 2011 program is designed to provide corporations and individuals in metro Detroit and the greater Michigan business community with real world solutions.
This year’s Detroit Earth Day featured speaker, Andy Acho, is a nationally recognized expert on practical environmental initiatives. In his role as Worldwide Director of Environmental Outreach and Strategy for Ford Motor Company, a job Bill Ford created, Acho championed the development and implementation of more aggressive proactive environmental stewardship actions that not only protected the environment bu saved the company millions of dollars annually.
Detroit Earth Day 2011 is a free event thanks to Grand River Printing & Imaging and its sponsoring companies. Attendees have the opportunity to interact with local companies that are supporting sustainable practices in daily business operations starting at 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Andy Acho’s talk will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by a “meet the speaker” opportunity in the Kresge Court as well as tours of the DIA organized by art museum docents, at no charge.
The sponsoring companies and organizations are themselves involved in sustainability initiatives and also support the message of Detroit Earth Day 2011 – that being sustainable is both an important societal goal that will make the world a better place for future generations and it is a better way of doing business.
The following list of companies have signed on as sponsors of Detroit Earth Day 2011: AbitibiBowater, Advertising Production Club of Detroit, BradenSutphin Ink Company, The Envelop Printery, Fifth Third Bank, FujiFilm Graphic Systems USA, Kodak, Millcraft Paper Company, Mohawk Fine Paper, North American Color, Print2D, Printing Industries of Michigan, RCS International, Royal Oak Recycling, Sappi, Schultz Bindery, Sun Chemical, Toscano Media, Western Printing Machinery, Woodland Paper and XPEDX.
Online registration is required to reserve a space. Visit www.grpinc.com/detroitearchday2011 or call 734-394-3621 to register or obtain more information.
About Grand River Printing & Imaging – Located in Belleville, Michigan, Grand River Printing & Imaging has been in business for thirty-two years, is a woman owned business enterprise and is at the forefront of sustainability practices in the Detroit and greater Michigan business community. Grand River is the first printing company in the State of Michigan to be certified as FSC Chain of Custody supplier.
Grand River is both a practitioner of environmentally responsible business operations as well as a provider of sustainable marketing and communications products and services to clients.
Source: Grand River Printing & Imaging
