Partnership helps groups achieve sustainability

Details of the formation of the Partnership for Sustainability will be made public at 2:30 p.m. today at the Discovery Center, 438 E. St. Louis St. The group has been designed to help local businesses and institutions achieve environmental goals, according to a news release.

The group will help coordinate and catalogue member organizations’ sustainability efforts, as well as serve as a clearinghouse for their conservation projects. The group’s members will pledge to assess and improve their sustainable practices, share knowledge gained by these improvements and collaborate on regional sustainability efforts, according to the release.

“Ultimately, businesses, government and educational organizations have a shared interest in making economic investments that can potentially improve the environment,” said Emily Fox, the group’s co-chair and CEO of Discovery Center, in the release. “The economic opportunities available through green products and technologies are creating incentives to make changes today.”