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Mission
SBN Detroit will mobilize businesses and organizations of all sizes and galvanize bold action to make Southeast Michigan – with Detroit at the epicenter – a global leader in sustainability.
“In order for businesses to be sustainable, they need to follow the triple bottom line, which is People, Planet, and Profit.”
— Mike Shesterkin, Executive Director SMSBF
Core Pillars

Advancing &
amplifying sustainable
business practices
in a centralized hub

Urgency to activate
Triple bottom line: people, planet, profit

Creating a sustainable way forward
Together we’ll create a path forward for both today, and into the future
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Designing for the Future: How HED Approaches Sustainable, Integrated Design Delivery
HED is an integrated design, architecture, and engineering company founded in Detroit with a Royal Oak office and a national

Guiding Michigan Businesses Toward Smarter Climate Action
Fresh Coast Climate Solutions is a Michigan-based climate consultancy that aims to help organizations across sectors implement sustainable, equitable, and

Remora’s Carbon Capture Technology Targets Heavy-Duty Transportation
Founded in 2020 and based in Wixom, Michigan, Remora is developing a carbon capture device designed to attach directly to

Natural Community Services Works to Reclaim Ecological Health in Southeast Michigan
Founded in 2009 and based in Northville, Natural Community Services provides ecological restoration and land stewardship services focused on native

Working to Expand Food Waste Composting in Michigan
Spurt Industries is a Wixom-based composting facility and the only EGLE-registered site in Macomb, Wayne, and Oakland counties producing STA

Landscape Architecture Rooted in Place, People, and Process
livingLAB is a Detroit-based landscape architecture and ecological planning firm that focuses on sustainable design rooted in place, people, and

Rethinking Water in a Changing Climate
Ann Arbor, Michigan-based LimnoTech is an environmental science and engineering firm with more than 50 years of experience with water-related

Sustainability in Real Estate: CBRE’s Strategy for a Lower-Carbon Future
With roots tracing back to 1906, CBRE is a global real estate services firm specializing in property sales, leasing, financing,
Sustainability Resources
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The City of Detroit’s Climate Strategy is a framework for residents, businesses, city departments, and industry to achieve the City’s emission goals and increase resilient as climate change impacts our daily lives.
Detroit Future City ‘The State of Economic Equity in Detroit’ and Economic Equity Dashboard
The Economic Equity Dashboard identifies 22 indicators across several focus areas that illustrate the inequities that exist across the city and broadly within metro Detroit by race/ethnicity as well as by geography.
- There was improvement in capital access for small businesses, vacancy rates, the homeownership rate and cost burden by income.
- Median household income and average home values remained steady, hampering upward mobility into the middle class.
- Job growth, the labor market, life expectancy and educational competency weakened in the city, highlighting persistent and growing inequities that show the hard-hitting impact of the pandemic, particularly for Black Detroiters.
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