Business Council for Sustainable Development

The U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development is a partner organization of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Their mission is worded as follows:
 * Creating value through
 * Initiatives that foster sustainable development
 * Networks and partnerships
 * Forums that provide a voice for business
 * Approaching sustainable development through
 * Tangible sustainable development projects
 * Networks and partnerships across industry, non-government organizations, academia, and government
 * Domestic voice for business on sustainable development issues

Their web page defines susainable development as:
 * Protecting both the industries and the ecosystems that comprise the sources of their materials and markets
 * Yielding the benefits of working toward zero-waste
 * Enahancing understanding of enviromental costs
 * Encouraging long-term rather tha[n] short-term objectives

The members of USBCSD are:
 * Alcan
 * American Forest and Paper Association
 * Baker Botts
 * CH2M HILL
 * ConocoPhillips
 * Dow Chemical Company
 * DuPont
 * Holcim
 * Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers
 * Lafarge
 * RETEC Group
 * Rohm & Haas
 * Shell Oil
 * Temple-Inland
 * TXU
 * URS
 * Visteon


 * Funding Partnerships:
 * Armstrong Foundation
 * U.S. EPA Gulf of Mexico Program
 * The Home Depot
 * Winrock Foundation
 * McKnight Foundation
 * National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
 * World Business Council for Sustainable Development
 * Bridges to Sustainability
 * Enviromental Defense


 * Sustainable Conservation Programs
 * Lower Mississippi Valley Sustainable Forestry Project
 * Texas-Louisiana Longleaf Pine Project
 * Ecosystem Services

contacts
 * http://www.usbcsd.org/index.htm
 * email: william@usbcsd.org
 * United States Business Council for Sustainable Development
 * 4425 South Mopac, Bldg. II, Suite 202
 * Austin, Texas 78735


 * phone #:(512)892-6411