AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings
Americas (A&AC) scheduled the first in a series
of Sustainability Leadership Symposiums July 20 in
Salt Lake City, Utah. These symposiums are being
established in an effort to bring greater industry
focus, understanding and action on
sustainability.
“The objective of this inaugural event is to engage
key industry stakeholders in constructive dialogue
about what it will take to move the collision
repair industry towards a sustainable business
model,” said Mike Shesterkin, Manager of
Sustainability and Business Process Improvement for
AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings Americas.
“This model needs to be one that can be quantified
in ways that demonstrate a triple bottom
linepeople, planet and profit.”
Moderator for the program will be Dr. Debra
Steketee. Dr. Steketee is an Associate Professor
of Sustainable Business and Executive Director for
the Center of Sustainability at Aquinas College in
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Panellists will include:
Thad and Shawn Moody, Moody’s Collision
Centers, Gorham Maine
Mark Milacic, Mark’s Autobody Ltd., British
Columbia, Canada
Ryan LaFontaine, LaFontaine Automotive
Group, Highland, Michigan
Chris Evans, State Farm Insurance,
Bloomington, Illinois
Rocco Neglia, Economical Insurance Group,
Waterloo, Ontario
Chris Bunbury, Environmental Risk Managers,
Leland, Michigan
Robby Robbs, NuCon Services
Rick Fifer, AkzoNobel, Norcross, Georgia
The symposium will be preceded on Tuesday evening,
July 19th, by the AkzoNobel 2011FIT Sustainability
Awards. The “FIT” Award is the collision repair
industry’s first recognition for visionary
businesses that are utilizing business practices
which meet the needs of present without
compromising the needs of the future. The three
letter acronym represents the three key measurement
criteria of the award; Focus, Innovation and
Talent. This award was created to promote the
leadership role and unique contributions which the
collision repair industry is making to generate a
more sustainable future.
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