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PORT OF SEATTLE MEMORANDUM COMMISSION AGENDA Item No. 4a Date of Meeting October 11, 2011 DATE: October 3, 2011 TO: Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer FROM: Elizabeth Leavitt, Director, Aviation Planning and Environmental Programs Stephanie Jones Stebbins, Senior Manager of Seaport Environmental Programs SUBJECT: Special Order of Business: Seattle Business Magazine "Green 50" Award On September 21, 2011, Seattle Business magazine named the Port of Seattle as a winner of the magazine's "Green 50" award, which recognizes local businesses and institutions that "deserve recognition for believing that forthright stewardship of our resources is good business." According to Seattle Business, companies and institutions winning the "Green 50" award have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to sustainable business practices. In addition to being named as one of the "Green 50", the Port won the award in the Government/Academia category based on the results of its many ground-breaking environmental initiatives at both the Airport and Seaport. These innovative programs include a centralized preconditioned air system for aircraft parked at gates at Sea-Tac International Airport; the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest (SAFN) project; the At Berth Clean (ABC) Fuels program for cargo vessels, and the Scrappage and Retrofits for Air in Puget Sound (ScRAPS) program for drayage trucks serving the Port's container terminals. The panel of judges determining awards included: Joan Crooks, Executive Director, Washington Environmental Council; Marc Daudon, Principal, Cascadia Consulting Group; Alan Durning, Executive Director, Sightline Institute; Jim Hanna, Director of Environmental Impact, Starbucks; Ross Macfarlane, senior advisor, Climate Solutions; and Jon Naimon, Managing Director, Light Green Advisors, LLC. OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SPECIAL ORDER: PowerPoint presentation
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