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SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced that 18 sustainable businesses registered today to become the first benefit corporations in California - a change made possible by Assembly Bill 361, authored by Huffman.

Huffman's law, which received overwhelming bipartisan support as it worked through both chambers of the California Legislature, creates a new, fully voluntary class of corporation in California called "benefit corporations," which allows businesses to pursue a material positive impact on the environment and community in addition to maximizing profits. Current law requires corporations to prioritize financial interests and shareholder profits.

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The Sustainable Enterprise Conference is the North Bay’s Green Business forum.

Sustainable Enterprise Conference - May 13, 2011
Sonoma Mountain Village in Rohnert Park, CA

The 2011 Sustainable Enterprise Conference program provides insights for organizations and individuals seeking the latest information on how innovation and sustainability will drive the economy while preserving resources needed for a prosperous future. Keeping our tradition of bringing keynote voices from policy, education and business, we are honored to present Panama Bartholomy, Deputy Director of Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the California Energy Commission, who will be giving us the latest from Sacramento on power politics. Keynote Maggie Winslow, Ph.D., Interim Dean at Presidio Graduate School, will present the academic perspective on the State of Sustainability and Jeff Mendelsohn, New Leaf Paper Founder and CEO, will offer a business perspective on product innovation driving an industry. Workshops and panels throughout the day will provide case studies, organizational tools and lessons learned from leaders that have benefited from implementing sustainability strategies.

In the past six years I've had the pleasure of working with these excellent speakers, organizers and volunteers. Thank you for your support!