Drawing 35,000 attendees from all 50 states and 85 countries, the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF)is a twice-annual trade show produced by GLM Shows. Held in January and August in New York City, the Fair hosts 2,800 exhibiting companies showcasing the very best lines across the home, lifestyle and gift spectrum. See the NYGIF website to attend.
Join us for these seminars:
How to Make Your Business Green: A Roadmap to SustainAbility
Monday, January 30, 2012, 12 – 1:00PM, Javits Center, Room 1A02-03
Green your business operations! Join Russ Gaskin, chief business officer of Green America, for a discussion about making your business more eco-friendly and socially-respectful.
Tools and best practices, as well as green business industry trends, will be explored by a panel of experts including Jacquelyn Ottman, author of The New Rules of Green Marketing, Desiree Reese, Deputy Director of the Green Business Network, and Ajax Greene, green business consultant and mentor.
As an added bonus, each registrant will receive Green America’s “Roundtable Journal: Sustainable Business Practices by Industry Leaders” and “Small Business Survey on Green Practices.”
How Green is Green? Determining and Weighing Degrees of Sustainability
Monday, January 30, 2012 – 3-4:00, Javits Center, Room 1A02-03
There are varying degrees of “green” in product development, design, and packaging as well as business operations. Join Alisa Gravitz, executive director of Green America/Green Festivals for an exploration of the basic certifications and characteristics making a product ‘green’ – such as product development, ingredients, labor and manufacturing issue, freight, energy use, supply chain and raw materials.
Panelists include PJ Stafford, COO and co-founder of Green Irene and Honest Green Wholesale, and Eco-Plum.
Learn more about the show and make plans to attend.
NYIGF features the SustainAbility: design for a better world® display, a curated exhibit of global gift and home industry suppliers whose products or production processes are eco-friendly, or companies whose business practices are socially responsible, philanthropic or fair-trade oriented. Participation is free to all NYIGF exhibitors, but companies must apply and be accepted. Check out the criteria.
