IISE – IISE Sustainable Development Division

Interviews from Volunteer Project at SBP in New Orleans

July 7, 2023 sustainableiise Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations

The IISE Annual Conference Volunteering Event, organized by the Sustainable Development Division, is a yearly project where members attending the annual conference volunteer to assist a nonprofit agency in the conference’s host city. The organization

Kitchens for Good named 2023 Excellence in Sustainable Development Award Winner

April 17, 2023 sustainableiise Food Services, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Lean / Six Sigma, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations

Kitchens for Good (KFG) is a San Diego nonprofit that is transforming lives through culinary arts. Apprentices with barriers to employment gain technical and life skills they need to launch meaningful careers in the hospitality

IISE Annual Conference Volunteers Support Local Seattle Thrift Store

September 2, 2022 sustainableiise Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all, News

The IISE Annual Conference Volunteering Event, organized by the Sustainable Development Division is a yearly project where members attending the annual conference volunteer to assist a nonprofit agency in the conference’s host city. The 2022

Using Toyota Kata to Help Local Food Banks with Hugh Alley

November 2, 2021 sustainableiise Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Our guest is Hugh Alley, an experienced lean practitioner and industrial engineer, who has experience with the Toyota Kata method of improvement. He has recently applied this approach to a nonprofit food bank in Vancouver,

FREE GEEK NAMED 2021 EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AWARD WINNER

October 14, 2021 sustainableiise News

The Portland, Oregon (USA) nonprofit organization Free Geek is quickly learning about Lean and continuous improvement methods in order to meet growing demand for digital devices. Free Geek is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission

Applying Industrial and Systems Engineering Skills to Sustainability

November 9, 2020 sustainableiise Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

This panel discussion was held at the 2020 IISE Virtual Conference on Nov 2, 2020. The focus of the discussion was aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 – Partnerships. John Corliss, Gokhan Egilmez, and

City of Fort Collins Named 2020 Excellence in Sustainable Development Award Winner

October 5, 2020 sustainableiise Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

The City of Fort Collins in Colorado (USA) has been on a continuous improvement journey since 2010. They made great progress on their Income-Qualified Assistance Program (IQAP) to help residents pay their utility bills, and

IISE Podcast: Modeling Reality, COVID and Ebola Style, with the CDC’s Michael Washington

August 13, 2020 sustainableiise Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Industrial Engineer (IE) Michael Washington of the CDC discusses his team’s statistical models that help health systems monitor resources for dealing with – and tracing the explosion of – COVID cases, and how his team’s

Carbon capture and storage: A feasible way to achieve climate goals – ISE Magazine

February 19, 2020 sustainableiise Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

New technology can help reduce greenhouse emissions from manufacturing In 2019, we noted several important events related to climate change. In both the United Nations’ leaders meeting in September and the G7 meeting in France

Sustainable Development Division Call for Papers for 2020 Conference in New Orleans

October 2, 2019 sustainableiise Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Call for AbstractsSustainable Development Track2020 IISE Annual Conference & ExpoHyatt Regency New OrleansNew Orleans, LAMay 30 – June 1, 2020Deadline for abstract submission is November 8, 2019Abstract SubmissionConference Site Dear Colleagues: We invite you to