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The rich potential of collaboration
“E
nvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) has
“It will also be useful to anyone interested in sus-
worked in corporate partnerships for 20
taining the health of the planet and the economy,”
years – we really started the trend with our first
says Harvey. “Not only will I be talking about EDF’s
partnership in 1990 with McDonald’s,” notes
sustainability partnership with Walmart, but I hope
Michelle Harvey, EDF’s Project Manager in the Cor-
to convey the rich potengid19fal inherent in collabora-
porate Partnerships Pro-
gid19fon. This will be especially meaningful for business
een expo
gram.
people interested in improving
the sustainability of their busi-
gr
SPEAKER
“This rich and diverse base ness pracgid19fces and products,”
of organizagid19fonal experi- she reports.
ence has provided useful
lessons for both the busi-
What EDF brings to
ness and the acgid19fvist com-
the table
munity. During the NWA
The Environmental Defense
Green Expo, I’ll be talking
Fund is a leading nagid19fonal non-
about EDF’s work support-
profit organizagid19fon represent-
ing Walmart in their sus-
ing more than 500,000
tainability efforts, sharing
members. Since 1967, the or-
some key learning gleaned
ganizagid19fon has linked science,
over the last five years,
economics and law to create
and sharing some insights
innovagid19fve, equitable and cost-
that we think will be useful
Michelle Mauthe Harvey
effecgid19fve solugid19fons to society’s
to both the business and
Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships Program
Environmental Defense Fund (on-site partnership with Wal-Mart)
most urgent environmental
acgid19fvist communigid19fes.”
Environmental Defense Fund is a leading national nonprofit organization
problems. In addigid19fon to nine
representing more than 500,000 members.
Because Michelle Harvey’s
EDF websites: Environmental Defense Fund homepage
offices across the U. S. EDF has
experience over the last
Fightglobalwarming.com (In partnership with the Ad Council)
only two designated as project
OceansAlive.org • BackFromTheBrink.org • KeepOceansClean.org
offices: Bentonville, Ark., and
several years has focused
Beijing, China.
on Walmart, her message
and insights will certainly be relevant to the many
As EDF Project Manager in the Bentonville office,
suppliers and retailers connected to Walmart or
Harvey has the accumulated expergid19fse of EDF’s
other large companies, but it doesn’t end there.
staff of more than 380 sciengid19fsts, agid1a9orneys, profes-
Harvey’s message is replete with pracgid19fcal exam-
sionals and support staff; including more Ph.D. sci-
ples of success stories with local, nagid19fonal, and in-
engid19fsts and economists working in environmental
ternagid19fonal implicagid19fons.
advocacy than at any similar organizagid19fon.
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