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NiSE at the Institute on the Environment
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    The NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise (NiSE), a program at the INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, works with the private sector – both for-profit and non-profit alike – to understand the systemic sustainability challenges of rapidly expanding production and consumption systems, develop the decision tools necessary to effectively act on these systems, and accelerate innovation beyond marginal greening efforts to more meaningful change.

    ABOUT NiSE

    NiSE works with the private sector to develop sustainable solutions to growing production and consumption challenges – reducing impacts of production and accelerating innovation to meet growing global demand for materials and energy.             Learn more

    NiSE NETWORK

    NiSE partners with global leaders from business, NGO’s and government by providing fora to share pioneering insights, identify key knowledge gaps and to inform research for rapid application. Learn more

    RESEARCH

    Through rotating 2-4 year trans-disciplinary research initiatives, we build systems models and decision-support tools to help organizations understand sustainability performance of strategic choice across the value-chains of products and services. Learn more

    ENGAGEMENT

    NiSE is committed to facilitating cutting-edge seminars, webinars, symposia and summits that cut through the noise of the super-saturated sustainability arena to put a sharper point on sustainability thought and practice most likely to result in impactful solutions. Learn more

    Administration
    NiSE is a program of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment. NiSE's funding model is 1/3 IonE, 1/3 grants, and 1/3 partners/initiatives.

    Announcement
    Upcoming Event
    On May 1, the Defense Alliance will host “Energy for Defense II” at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities’ campus.

    The event's keynote is Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Policy & Programs, the Honorable Sharon Burke.

    Minnesota Senator Al Franken, a Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, has also been invited. Attendees, exhibitors and sponsors are welcome.

    Full details of the program and registration information can be found here.
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