BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Leaders from several of Indiana’s largest employers and at nine cities across the Hoosier state are meeting to discuss how to better collaborate on resilience to climate change, through a federally funded project led by faculty at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and the IU Environmental Resilience Institute.
As a result of a $25,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, business and public officials will participate Feb. 25 in a virtual workshop about research-informed strategies for improving resources, information, and tools for collaborative climate planning among local governments and businesses.
Nearly 40 participants will include representatives of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, the Indiana Economic Development Corp., Berry Global, Cook Group/Cook Medical, Cummins Inc., Duke Energy, IU Health, Subaru of Indiana, Sweetwater and cities such as Indianapolis, Bloomington, South Bend, Fort Wayne, New Albany, Richmond, Terre Haute, Jasper, and Lafayette.