The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative and Public-Private Dialogue

Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative and
Public-Private Dialogue

U.S. Department of Commerce

NEWS ALERT!

The Department of Commerce is pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainable Business Clearinghouse. The Sustainable Business Clearinghouse is a central portal for information on Federal-level government programs and resources that support sustainable business. This is a searchable database that allows you to structure your query by sustainability issue, industry sector, and type of information. To access the clearinghouse, click here.

This website serves as the central information portal for U.S. companies on what the U.S. Department of Commerce and other federal government agencies are doing to support sustainable manufacturing in the United States.

In order to offer effective and continued support to U.S. companies in their sustainable manufacturing efforts, Commerce’s Manufacturing & Services unit has launched a Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative (SMI) and Public-Private Dialogue that aims to a) identify U.S. industry’s most pressing sustainable manufacturing challenges and b) coordinate public and private sector efforts to address these challenges.

On this website you will find Information about Commerce’s Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative (SMI) and Public-Private Dialogue

The searchable Sustainable Business Clearinghouse.
Information on the Sustainability and U.S. Competitiveness Summit held on October 8, 2009
Information on SMI projects like SMART and the development of metrics for sustainable manufacturing
Free signup for SMI email updates