EVENTS
August 12, 2010
Robert Watson joins our valued client, Shearer's Foods CEO Bob Shearer, for a Sustainability Business Roundtable at Kent State University Stark Campus on August 12. Discussion is from 3pm-4:30pm, with a meet and greet afterwards. Admission is free, but registration is required. Please RSVP to
dsklein@sbnonline.com or at 440.250.7026. For more information please contact Jenny Huth at 330.244.3223.
This week BrownFlynn debuted its first ever sustainability video, featuring its entire team speaking about why sustainability is important. Check it out
here!
Margie Flynn to present at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011
March 22-26, 2011
Principal and Co-owner Margie Flynn will give a presentation entitled "Triple Your Company's Bottom Line Through Sustainability" at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information about the conference, please click
here.
October 11–15 and October 25–26, 2010
Principal and Co-owner Barb Brown will faciliate two sessions on 'Strategy' in this program, hosted by the Foundation for Social Change, in New York City on Oct. 12 and 26. Please click
here for the full course catalog and
here for the application. For more information, please click
here.
BrownFlynn to co-sponsor SRI in the Rockies
November 18-21, 2010
BrownFlynn has committed to be a supporting sponsor of the SRI in the Rockies Conference in San Antonio, Texas. It's the SRI Industry's largest and longest running conference in North America. It showcases leaders in the investment industry, businesses striving to be good corporate citizens, and organizations working to direct the flow of investment capital to those underserved by traditional lending institutions. For more information please click
here.
September 22, 2010
BrownFlynn has committed to be a supporting sponsor for the Social Investment Forum's "Symposium 2010: Policy and Socially Responsible Investing" in Washington, D.C. from 1:30-7:00pm. Learn firsthand from SRI industry leaders, policy makers, regulators and key civil society organizations about the changing policy frameworkfor investors. For more information please click
here.
Margie Flynn to speak at NSSGA Environmental Committee Meeting
July 27, 2010
Principal and Co-owner Margie Flynn will give a presentation on the Global Reporting Initiative at the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association's Environmental Committee Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia.
Margie Flynn to speak at Women Advancing Women July Meeting
July 14, 2010
Principal and Co-owner Margie Flynn will give a presentation on the benefits of sustainability at the Women Advancing Women July Meeting, held at the Ohio Design Centre. For more information, and to RSVP, please click
here.
Click
here to see the video and
here,
here or
here to see the photos of the closing bell ceremony on May 14, 2010 at the NASDAQ Marketsite.
May 25, 2010
Principal & Co-owner Margie Flynn will participate on a panel of speakers at the Ohio Business Opportunity Fair on May 25, 2010. The Town Hall Meeting is from 11:00am-12:30pm, and the topic is "Going For the Green:
Will You be Ready?". Other companies represented are Turner Construction, Skanska/Shook Construction and the National Sustainability Coalition. For more information please click
here.
May 12-13, 2010
Barb Brown, Principal & Co-owner and Beth Meany, Director of Learning will be participating in a Utility Environmental Benchmarking Forum in Chattanooga, TN. Topics to be covered include environmental footprint assessment and explanation, best-in-class performance and sustainability planning. For more information please click
here.
April 20, 2010
Principal & Co-owner Margie Flynn will speak at OSU's Fisher College of Business as part of the new 'Richard Crabtree Speaker Series'. Margie will be speaking about the Global Reporting Initiative, the world's most widely used sustainability reporting framework. For more information, please click
here.
April 14, 2010
Principal & Co-owner Margie Flynn will give a presentation entitled “Reaping the Benefits of Sustainability and Making it Core to Your Operations" as part of 'Executive Night' at the Marriott Hotel, Cleveland Hopkins Airport. APICS stands for Advancing Productivity, Innovation and Competitive Services. The event is from 5:30-8:30pm. For more information, please click
here.
March 24-26, 2010
Principal and Co-owner Margie Flynn will give a presentation entitled: "Triple Your Bottom Line: The Business Case for Sustainability" on March 24 at 3:30pm CST at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Nashville, TN. She will be speaking to marketing and business development professionals in the design and construction industry. For more information, please click
here.
March 24, 2010
BrownFlynn Principal and Co-Owner Margie Flynn currently serves on Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin’s strategic planning committee. She is extremely proud to announce that Sister Jacquelyn Gusdane,SND, President of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School, has been selectedto participate in a fully-funded, Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education focused on Sustainable Development (ESD). The mission of theProgram is to raise awareness of ESD-oriented school programs, enhance ESD-related curricula in both countries and deepen a sense of global interconnectedness and cooperation between teachers in Japan and the United States.The United Nations has declared 2005-2014 the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Recently, BrownFlynn was instrumental in the planning and organization of the first high school sustainability summit in the country at Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin.
March 23, 2010
As a corporate social responsibility and sustainability consulting firm, we want you to be able to turn to us for the latest, most important information. Social Funds, 'the largest personal finance site devoted to socially responsible investing', ran an article about calls for improved ESG reporting. According to them,
Eurosif stated that ESG reporting from European companies should be mandatory, and the Social Investment Forum's Emerging Markets Disclosure Project encourages companies in emerging markets to issue sustainability reports (Social Funds). To read the full story, click
here.
BrownFlynn adds Director of Operations to team
March 15, 2010
BrownFlynn has hired Jennifer Klie, a former Senior Vice President at National City (now a part of PNC), as Director of Operations. Jennifer has extensive experience in strategy and finance consulting, and is poised to help take BrownFlynn to the next level in the sustainability arena. Please click
here for the press release.
March 3, 2010
BrownFlynn, in partnership with Green Plus, will be hosting a free webinar entitled: “Triple Your Bottom Line: The Business Case for Sustainability” at 11am EST. For more information, please visit
http://www.brownflynnlearning.com/. To register, please click
here. To read the press release announcing our partnership with Green Plus, please click
here.
February 23, 2010
BrownFlynn, in partnership with Computershare, will be hosting a free webinar entitled: “Triple Your Bottom Line: The Business Case for Sustainability” at 1:30pm EST. For more information, please visit
http://www.brownflynnlearning.com/. To register, please click
here.
January 26, 2010
December 29, 2009
Barb Brown, Margie Flynn and Beth Meany were featured in an article in the Business Section of The Plain Dealer, highlighting the firm's ability to adapt to a changing economic climate and capturing business opportunities in a recession. Check it out
here.
December 8, 2009
BrownFlynn has officially launched its first, online, interactive sustainability report at
www.brownflynnreport.com. The
My Report function allows visitors to build their own report based on their interests. Click
here for the press release.
BrownFlynn Featured in the Sun Messenger!
December 4, 2009
Principals and Co-owners Barb Brown and Margie Flynn were featured in an article in the Sun Messenger, highlighting Barb's award as one of the most powerful and influential women in Ohio, and BrownFlynn's continued success in sustainability consulting. To read the article, click
here.
Leading From Within Workshop
November 8-13, 2009
Principals Barb Brown and Margie Flynn will be presenting and leading a discussion entitled "Discovering your Authenticity, Voice & Purpose in Work and in Life: Leaving the Corporate World to Build a Really Cool Company".
Leading the Future of Sustainability
October 23-25, 2009
BrownFlynn has partnered with Valparaiso University and Symbiotic Engineering to bring the Global Reporting Initiative framework to life at Valpo for a one-of-a-kind conference. Not to be missed!
Visit www.vu-gri.org for more information.
"Industry Winners", presented by CLMA & NEOSMPS
October 22, 2009
Margie Flynn will be participating in the program titled "Industry Winners", presented by the Cleveland Legal Marketers Association and the Northeast Ohio Society of Marketers of Professional Services.
COSE Small Business Conference
October 21, 2009
Principal Margie Flynn will be speaking on a panel entitled "Integrating Sustainability Practices into Your Small Business" with Jeff Baldassari of The Taylor Companies, and Jessica Davis of Cuyahoga Community College's Green Academy & Center for Sustainability.
October 20, 2009
Principal Barb Brown was recognized along with 15 other women from across the state, and will be honored at the 2nd Annual Ohio Diversity & Leadership Conference in Columbus, OH, on November 5, 2009. Click
here for the press release.
Free Webinar: An Introduction to the Global Reporting Initiative, the De Facto Standard in Non-Financial Reporting
September 30, 2009
Principal & Co-owner Barb Brown will be presenting a webinar by this name from 1:30-2:30pm EST. To register, please
follow this link, or
this link for more information about the webinar. Senior Consultants Emily Baunach and Hallie Rich will also be on hand to answer questions.
Presentation to Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School Board of Directors
September 9, 2009
Margie Flynn will be making a presentation regarding the strategic benefits of sustainability to the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School Board of Directors.
TAPPI CorrExpo
September 1, 2009
Principal Margie Flynn will be speaking on a panel about Sustainability with Paul Earl-Tornianen from General Mills at this year's TAPPI Conference in Chicago. For more information, please
visit the event website.
