Growing Green Business Event to Be Held in Indianapolis

Solutions Lab on Sept. 20 will accelerate environmental innovation in
Indianapolis’ clean technology community

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Green Innovators in
Business Network (GIBN) – led in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund
(EDF) and DIG IN – is working with local leaders to bring a Solutions Lab to
Indianapolis on September 20, 2011. Solutions Labs are one-day, participatory
events, where attendees help craft the agenda and spend time actively networking
and brainstorming “big ideas” for accelerating business while improving
environmental impacts.

“The experience and knowledge needed to make business environmentally
sustainable exists in this community,” said David Witzel, director of the EDF
Innovation Exchange. “This Solutions Lab will bring together knowledge and
experience from around Indianapolis – in business, academics, and government -
to help business people increase profits, innovate, and attract talent while
also addressing serious environmental challenges.”

GIBN and local partners including Capitol Assets and WFYI will be convening the
Indiana Solutions Lab for regional businesses interested in sustainability in
manufacturing, clean technology, and other industrial sectors. The event will be
an open and candid discussion about how business leaders are growing their
business in an energy efficient manner and capitalizing on clean technology, one
of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy.

“We are looking forward to the Solutions Lab as an opportunity to leverage the
resources and best practices that are available right here in our community,”
said Dr. Steve Charlton, Cummins Vice President and Chief Technical Officer -
Engine Business. “We hope to engage interested business professionals in an
ongoing learning environment to guide the design and development of corporate
sustainability initiatives.”

Highlights from the day will include a conversation with Dr. Charlton from
Cummins Inc. and a discussion on state policy for sustainability with State
Senator Jim Merritt, State Representatives Marianne Sullivan and Wes Culver, and
Brandon Seitz, director of Indiana’s Department of Energy. The full agenda for
the Indiana Solutions Lab is available online.

For more information about the Indiana Solutions Lab to be held at WFYI in
Indianapolis, please visit the event online registration site; or contact Andrea
Bazemore (abazemore@capitolassets.net), David Witzel (dwitzel@edf.org) or Odin
Zackman (odin@digin.org).

About Green Innovators in Business Network
The Green Innovators in Business Network (GIBN) is an open network for all
business change makers– those working with and within business to develop
innovative approaches to sustainability challenges. For more information on how
to become a GIBN member and supporter, visit gibn.org.

About Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Defense Fund (edf.org), a leading national nonprofit organization,
creates transformational solutions to the most serious environmental problems.
EDF links science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships.
For more information, visit edfbusiness.org. Read our blog at
blogs.edf.org/business. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/EDFbiz.

Contact:
Jasper Jung, Environmental Defense Fund, jjung@edf.org, (202) 572-3395

SOURCE Environmental Defense Fund