Greening of Industry Network

... accelerating progress toward a sustainable society.

The Greening of Industry Network (GIN) is an international network of professionals from research, education, business, civil society organizations, and government, focusing on issues of industrial development, environment, and society, and dedicated to building a sustainable future.

Our Mission: The Greening of Industry Network develops knowledge and transforms practice to accelerate progress toward a sustainable society.

JOIN GIN! We are designing new GIN subscription/membership program to begin in 2009. Thanks to everyone who has joined in the past years! Current subscribers may still LOGIN.

SPONSOR GIN! Join with the agencies, corporations, foundations, and individuals that have supported the Network since 1991. Your support helps us carry out the GIN mission, with projects like student fellowships, conferences and workshops, GIN publications, our Web site make-over, and creating the GIN Futures Research and Education Projects. Go ...

WHY GIN? A knowledge network is only as strong as the collective that contributes to it. The diversity of voices in GIN, the diversity of professions and disciplines and nationalities make us stand out among the many associations that you could join. We are a professional network, but not limited to one profession, a community-of-interest in issues of environment, society, and development. Global development is changing lives everywhere, rapidly and significantly. We need your active involvement in contributing to research, policy, and business strategy to create a sustainable future.

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We are designing new GIN subscription/membership program to begin in 2009. Thanks to everyone who has joined in the past years! Current subscribers may still LOGIN.

Greening of Industry Network Conferences:

Next Event:

• GIN2009 Conference:
Joint Actions on Climate Change
June 8-10, 2009, Aalborg, Denmark,
Co-organized by Aalborg University, Business Link North Network, and the Greening of Industry Network. Conference chair, Prof. Arne Remmen.
The Call for Participation will be released in October 2008. Please mark your calendars!

Recently Completed in 2008:
• Facilitating Sustainable Innovations, June 26-28, 2008, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Co-organized by the Greening of Industry Network, the Cartesius Institute, and the Province of Fryslan.
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Recently Completed in 2007:
• Simposio Internacional —
EL AGUA Y EL CAMBIO CLIMATICO: Investigación y Política para la Transformación Industrial.
International Symposium —
Water and Climate Change: Research and Policy for Industrial Transformation, November 7-8, 2007. Symposium Co-organized by Tecnológico de Monterrey ITESM and the Greening of Industry Network. More ...

• Sustainable Social and Ecosystem Stewardship: June 15-17, 2007. GIN2007 Conference hosted by the CMA Centre for Responsible Organizations, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. LOGIN to search full proceedings. More ...

At the GIN2007 Conference, left-to-right: Ada Krooshoop, GIN Europe Office Manager; Christine Daly, GIN2007 Conference Manager, Wilfrid Laurier University; Theo, Kurt, and Somporn, GIN Coordinators; Sanjay Sharma, Conference Chair and Host. [Big Picture]

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Greening of Industry Network Publications:

2008 GIN Special Journal Issues:
• Sustainable Social and Ecosystem Stewardship, Business Strategy and the Environment (17:5 July 2008, Wiley). Special issue drawing on the 2007 conference of the Greening of Industry Network. Go to wiley.com

• Management Research News (forthcoming, Emerald) Special issue drawing on the 2007 conference of the Greening of Industry Network.

2007 GIN Special Journal Issues:
• Integration and Communication - A Clear Route to Sustainability? Business Strategy and the Environment (16:5 July 2007, Wiley). Special issue drawing on the 2006 conference of the Greening of Industry Network.

• Managing Wind Power Deployment in Europe, European Environment (17:5 September-October 2007, Wiley). Special issue drawing on the Wind Power Track of the GIN2006 Cardiff conference.

2006 GIN Journal Special Issue:
• Technological Change and Regulation in the Car Industry, Greener Management International, Issue 47, April 2006. Special issue drawing on the GIN San Francisco conference, Innovating for Sustainability. Go to Greenleaf Publishing.

2006 Book in the GIN Series:
• The Business of Sustainable Mobility: From Vision to Reality, Greenleaf Publishing, June 2006, drawing on the GIN San Francisco conference, Innovating for Sustainability. Go to Greenleaf Publishing.

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The Greening of Industry Network is a not-for-profit professional network of individuals dedicated to building a sustainable future. Activities are organized by the three regional GIN Coordinators working cooperatively, guided by an International Planning Board in pursuing the GIN Mission, supported by the GIN sponsors. GIN activities are managed and conducted through specific incorporated not-for-profit organizations - the Coordinators' host institutes and selected partners.

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