BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4846f698-7c2c-4d06-ac09-c1bd9c98f60d.228224@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20230628T210028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T210028Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference 2023 - Moving Consumer Culture Toward Gr eater Environmental Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Americans love their goods and services fast\, cheap\, and con venient: fast fashion\, fast food\, fast groceries all appear at our door s at the touch of a screen\, and still our consumer desire persists. Succ essful businesses navigate this fast and accelerating pace to keep their customers happy and their businesses afloat. But these behaviors have uni ntentional costs. Damage to the environment\, exploitation of workers\, a nd strain on global transportation all complicate the work of consumer bu sinesses. The roles of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental\ , Social\, and Governance Strategies are increasingly important as compan ies try to protect their profits\, as well as consumers and the planet. H ow can companies build better sustainable strategies and weather dramatic changes to thrive in the long term? How can inter- and intracultural cha nges\, even from the most basic levels of decision-making\, benefit the f inancial and social performance of businesses? What shifts in consumer cu lture can lead to greater environmental and economic sustainability? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>Americans love their goods and services fast\, cheap\, and convenient : fast fashion\, fast food\, fast groceries all appear at our doors at th e touch of a screen\, and still our consumer desire persists. Successful businesses navigate this fast and accelerating pace to keep their custome rs happy and their businesses afloat. But these behaviors have unintentio nal costs. Damage to the environment\, exploitation of workers\, and stra in on global transportation all complicate the work of consumer businesse s. The roles of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental\, Socia l\, and Governance Strategies are increasingly important as companies try to protect their profits\, as well as consumers and the planet. How can companies build better sustainable strategies and weather dramatic change s to thrive in the long term? How can inter- and intracultural changes\, even from the most basic levels of decision-making\, benefit the financia l and social performance of businesses? What shifts in consumer culture c an lead to greater environmental and economic sustainability?</span></p>< /body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230927T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230927T152000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/2023/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR