Small Businesses, Big Impact: Leading the Way in Sustainability
Event Description
Small businesses have a powerful opportunity to lead in sustainability by being central to reducing emissions, waste, contributing to healthier communities and building long-term economic resilience. While facing challenges like limited funding and resources, adopting sustainable practices offers many benefits, including cost savings and enhanced customer loyalty.
The webinar will explore the way small businesses lead on climate action in Illinois by examining key trends and business drivers for sustainability and their benefits. The Illinois Green Business Program is a vital resource helping businesses reach local and regional climate goals. We'll discuss how the program supports small businesses on their sustainability journey, highlighting successful case studies from across the state. The program assists small businesses in areas like energy efficiency, waste reduction, and eco-friendly sourcing, leading to increased profitability and a positive environmental impact.
The session concludes with a discussion on the ways community members can actively support their local green businesses by showing they value sustainability, thus encouraging more businesses to adopt climate-smart solutions.
Speaker Bio
Cassie Carroll is the Assistant Director to EnergySense with experience in community-based outreach and engagement, program development and strategic relationship building, bringing an innovative approach to efficiency and environmental initiatives to EnergySense Resilience Center.
In addition, Cassie oversees three core resiliency programs: the Illinois Green Business Program, implementation of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Climate Action Plan and community engagement under the Illinois EPA Public Water Infrastructure Program. Leveraging her multifaceted experience, she excels at identifying and understanding organizational needs and translating them into actionable, impactful programs.
Webinar Registration
The webinar will take place September 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Registrants will be added to the 350 Chicago listserv and may unsubcribe.
