On January 11, the Suppliers Partnership for
the Environment (SP) held its 1st Quarter Membership Meeting
at the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan. Over
85 representatives from the automotive supply chain participated
in the meeting which was sponsored by FTS
Technologies.
SP was very pleased to have several distinguished
guest speakers participate in the meeting, including Jay
Williams, Executive Director, Office of Recovery for Auto
Communities and Workers; Matt Bogoshian, Senior Policy Counsel,
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and, Mike Lynch,
Managing Director, Green Innovation, NASCAR. In addition,
the meeting featured reports on the sustatinability activities
of SP member companies such as General Motors and Goodyear,
as well as updates on SP's Work Group activities.
SP members are engaging in a Commission for Environmental
Cooperation (CEC) project to Improve the
Economic and Environmental Performance of the North American
Automotive Industry Supply Chain. The project supports
the development of innovative automotive supply chain
organizations similar to SP in both Canada and Mexico.
It aims to create a network of industry partners to share
best practices and success stories of how companies in
the automotive supply chain are improving the environment
and creating economic opportunity throughout the manufacturing
process in each of the three countries. 