MEMBERSHIP

Follow the links to IGP benefits for:

Each member “professional” is operating in a specialty area with its own very unique sustainability-market characteristics. What we mean is that within each “professional” specialty there are varying levels of sustainability acceptance, supply/demand of competing professionals, market knowledge/sophistication, and standards.

The unique market characteristics for each type of “professional” have an important impact on the appropriate methods by which to enhance alliances. However, it is not enough for IGPs professional advisors to have considered the market characteristics for each sustainability specialty area and from that to craft target-alliances for you. In order for new alliances to be successful, they must be an excellent fit within both:

          1.     Your chosen target market, and

          2.    Consistent with your personal goals, objectives, and business model.

It is only with our consideration of all these factors that productive alliances can be realized. Our model for this process is your IGP “Neural Network.”

Follow the link below to learn about the IGP benefits for your specialty:

Architects
Lawyers
Accountants and Experts in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Land Planners
Landscape Architects
Residential Appraisers
Commercial Appraisers
Engineers

Architects

Relevant to the important place of Architects in IGP’s Membership transdisciplinary agenda is a quote from the “Ecological Literacy in Architecture Education 2006 Report and Proposal” by the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE):

Discussions of sustainable design tend to be narrow in focus and vague in purpose so the broader goal of engaging various disciplines in the ecology of place tends to be misunderstood, marginalized, or dismissed altogether. Although architects now generally acknowledge that sustainability is important, many see it as a technical solution without fully understanding the mechanics or worth of green technologies. We posit that sustainable design must put as much emphasis on design as it does on sustainability.

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Architects:

Environmental law is the most diverse of all the IGP practice areas. Although not a comprehensive list, some of the research topic areas of The Environmental Law Institute include: Air, Biodiversity and Invasive Species, Community Environmental Health and Education, Conservation, Contaminated Sites/Brownfields, Endangered Environmental Laws, Energy and Innovation, Enforcement and Compliance, Environmental Consequences of War, Environmental Justice, Environmental Management and Governance, Federal and State Relations, Indoor Environments and Green Building, International, International Governance, Mining, Nanotechnology, NEPA, Oceans, Pollution Prevention, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Use of Land, Water Management and Governance, Water Pollution Prevention, Wetlands.

Within the context of this diversity of environmental law specializations, IGP will be a home for attorneys in what will be the largest growth areas of environmental law - all related to the "as-built" and corporate environments.

Professor Zygmunt J.B. Plater, S.J.D. of Boston Law School and first author of Environmental Law & Policy: Nature, Law, and Society, 3rd Ed. developed IGP's specialty course " Environmental Law."
 

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Environmental Attorneys:

• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of alliances and new work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• A highly recognized professional credential to a client or employer indicating your rigorous education, expertise, achievement and commitment to environmental law. Your Membership separates you from the competition in this rapidly growing area of law.Members can take any/all IGP courses and examinations at no cost (excluding textbooks).
• A “neural network” for your legal practice. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances(e.g., developers, national and international corporations, planners, government). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you. 
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for a qualified “Green” or environmental attorney - coming soon.
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• Online IGP Newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP Members and the unique value of their sustainable  development services and expertise to the public.

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A world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development, John Elkington, Hon. FIGP, Founder & Non-Executive Director of SustainAbility and Founding Partner & Director of Volans Ventures, said this in his Foreword to Marc Epstein’s most recent book:

The time has come to kick the tires and look under the hoods of our most powerful institutions, most particularly our corporations, to test their capacity to help drive the sustainability transformation of our politics, governance, economies, corporations, communities, and, ultimately, societies.

The floodgates of sustainable accounting and CSR initiatives are open - it is widely accepted that going green is not only good for the environment, it’s good for the bottom line.

IBM recently completed its Global CEO Study on the perspectives on the environment and challenges and opportunities facing their organizations. The CSR responses of interest are:

• 75% of the companies surveyed say that the number of advocacy groups collecting and reporting CSR-related information on them has increased in the past three years
• CSR reputations are an important tool to attract and retain employees
• CEO concern about environmental issues has doubled over the past four years globally
• Corporate identity and CSR will play an increasingly important role in differentiating a company in the future and in new markets
• Organizations are increasingly responding to green issues with the introduction of new green-based products

Professor Marc J. Epstein, Ph.D. of Rice University and author of Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts developed IGP's specialty course of the same name as his book.

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Accountants and CSR Experts:

• A highly recognized professional credential to a client or employer indicating your rigorous education, expertise, achievement and commitment to CSR management/reporting and accounting.  Your Membership separates you from the competition in the rapidly growing area of CSR.
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• A “neural network” for your corporate growth. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances (e.g., national and international corporations, NGOs). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you.
• Online IGP Newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for a qualified “Green” sustainablity accountant and/or CSR expert - available soon.
• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of alliances and new work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP members and the unique value of their sustainability services, products and, expertise to the public.

The “Policy Guide on Planning for Sustainability” by the American Planning Association indentifies planners as having

“a leadership role in forming and implementing the strategies by which communities seek to use resources efficiently, to protect and enhance quality of life, and to create new business to strengthen their economies, and supporting infrastructures.  The best practices of comprehensive community planning – the way we plan the physical layout, or land use, of our communities, is key to sustainable land use.”

All development and redevelopment begins with the land planning process and a significant burden-of- knowledge is placed squarely on the planner. Land planners are faced with the rapidly expanding regulatory and legal consequences of society’s evolving application of sustainability practices and are increasingly required to balance environmental laws, economics, ethics, sustainable development best-practices, and ecology in their planning decisions.

Relevant topics in the IGP program, to name a few, include:

• Legal issues in environmental planning
• Economic consideration for environmental planning
• Water supply and water quality planning
• Issues of sustainable air quality and air management planning
• Challenges in protecting wildlife habitat and managing wetlands
• Transportation and energy approaches
• Greenfield development and site design

IGP’s  "Sustainable Land Planning" course, outline and examination were developed by Tom Daniels, Ph.D., Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, co-author of Environmental Planning Handbook and Dan Moscovici, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania. 

Membership and Credentialing Benefits for Land Planners:

• A highly recognized professional credential to a client or employer indicating your rigorous education, expertise, achievement and commitment to sustainable land planning practices. Your Membership separates you from the competition in the rapidly growing area of land planning.
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• A “neural network” for your corporate growth. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances (e.g., real estate developers, governments, environmental attorneys). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you.
• Online IGP Newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for a qualified “Green” land planner - available soon.
• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of alliances and new work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP Members and the unique value of their sustainability services, products and, expertise to the public.

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On February 21, 2008 the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) called on Congress to incorporate principles of sustainable design into future climate change public policy. ASLA and its Professional Practice Network (PPN) on Sustainable Design and Development is placing landscape architects in a leadership role in ecology based planning and design.

Landscape architects are one of the key experts in planning for development and redevelopment and as such must be able to provide advice on the designing, building, and maintaining “green” landscape designs.

• Relevant topics in the IGP program, to name a few, include:
• Scientific research behind green landscape design
• Application of environmental ethics in practice
• Planning for climate change, fire, drought and extreme storm

Professor Kim Sorvig, MLA of the University of New Mexico and co-author of Sustainable Landscape Construction, Second Edition: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors developed IGP's specialty course "Sustainable Landscape Architecture."

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Landscape Architects:

• A highly recognized professional credential to a client or employer indicating your rigorous education, expertise, achievement and commitment to sustainable landscape architecture. Your Membership separates you from the competition in this rapidly growing area of landscape architecture.
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• A “neural network” for your landscape architectural practice. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances (e.g., developers, land planners, government, environmental attorneys). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you.
• Online IGP Newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for a qualified “Green” landscape architect - available soon.
• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of alliances and new work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP Members and the unique value of their sustainability services and expertise to the public.

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 Residential Appraisers

On April 25, 2008 FOX Business Network featured Del Sur, a new 1,800-acre “green” master planned residential community in San Diego, California, as a leading example of sustainable development. The report stated that Del Sur “is setting new, environmentally friendly building standards.” In one typical Del Sur home “50 percent of the  landscaping is drought-tolerant and a satellite irrigation system waters the garden, saving 40,000 gallons of water per home, per year. Solar power, along with energy-efficient appliances throughout the house not only reduces emissions, but also the utility bills.” The community is projected to save over 100 million gallons of water  annually, the equivalent of nearly 9,000 barrels of oil. This is the future of residential development!

Governments are changing building codes, ordinances and inspection guidelines and developers are adapting to and initiating sustainable residential development and house construction practices.

Green construction can have an impact on consumer acceptance (marketing time and marketability), physical depreciation, functional obsolescence, operating costs, and sale price. Consideration of these issues in an appraisal report is required to prepare a credible estimate of value and one that meets the USPAP Competency Rule requiring that the appraiser must “have the knowledge and experience to complete the assignment competently.”

Despite the rapid changes in residential construction and the implementation of sustainable design techniques, residential appraisers are not adequately prepared to consider the value impacts of these characteristics.

IGP has consulted Avi Freidman, Ph.D. of McGill University and author of Sustainable Residential Development, and Marcus T. Allen, Ph.D. of Charleston College in the development of its specialty course "Real Estate Appraisal of Sustainable Residential Development." 

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Residential Appraisers: 

• A highly recognized professional credential to a client or employer indicating your rigorous education, expertise, achievement and commitment to sustainable residential construction and valuation. Your Membership separates you from the competition in this rapidly growing area of residential appraisal.
• Appraiser Members are provided with the education necessary to meet and exceed the Competency Rule of USPAP.
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• A “neural network” for your appraisal practice. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances (e.g., developers, builders, lenders). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you.
• Online IGP Newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for a qualified “Green” residential valuation professional - available soon.
• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of alliances and new work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP Members and the unique value of their sustainability services and expertise to the public.

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 Commercial Appraisers

The driving force behind the explosion of “green building” is to lower our negative impact on the environment and to make the buildings we work in safer and healthier.

According to the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) buildings are responsible for:

• 39% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions
• 70% of U.S. electricity consumption
• 15 trillion gallons of water consumption

The green building movement is being pushed by local governments adopting USGBC LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) guidelines for new and renovated buildings and now by tenants, developers, managers, owners and investors.

The implications for the commercial appraiser are significant - the valuation of these properties requires the appraiser's consideration of sustainable characteristics and USPAP’s Competency Rule requires that the appraiser must “have the knowledge and experience to complete the assignment competently.”

In order for commercial appraisers to participate in this growing market they must have the knowledge to consider the following:

• Future-proofing buildings to make the building’s design flexible, maintains usability, prolongs lifespan and enhances long-term value
• Reduction of the ecological footprint as a social driver
• Planning for increasingly stringent sustainability regulations
• Tax incentives available for sustainable construction
• Sale of carbon credits
• Role of a building’s sustainability performance in CSR
• Sustainable buildings to enhance corporate reputation, employee retention, attract employees and community profile
• Increasing tenant demand for green leases and better indoor environment
• Longer economic life than conventional buildings
• Lowered operating costs
• Improved indoor environment quality (e.g., natural daylighting, low volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde minimization, localized control over the environment, noise and air quality)
• Mitigating liability due to poor indoor environment
• Impacts on improved occupant health, reduced number of sick days, and increased worker productivity
• Increased ability to win government work and attract government leases
• Increased marketability and decreased marketing time
• Capital cost savings over the life of the building
• Barriers to sustainability in commercial property
• Lack of environmental labeling and inconsistent standards

IGP has consulted Marcus T. Allen, Ph.D. of Charleston College, and Jerry Yudelson, P.E, MS, MBA and LEED® AP in the development of its specialty course "Real Estate Appraisal of Sustainable Commercial Development." 

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Commercial Appraisers: 

• A highly recognized professional credential to a client or employer indicating your rigorous education, expertise, achievement and commitment to sustainable commercial construction and valuation. Your Membership separates you from the competition in this rapidly growing area of commercial appraisal.
• Appraiser Members are provided with the education necessary to meet and exceed the Competency Rule of USPAP.
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• A “neural network” for your commercial appraisal practice. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances (e.g., developers, builders, environmental attorneys, planners, lenders). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you.
• Online IGP Newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for a qualified “Green” commercial valuation professional - available soon.
• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of alliances and new work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP members and the unique value of their sustainability services and expertise to the public.

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Engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to the environment. Engineering is a synthesis of various disciplines, incorporating elements from agricultural engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, public health, mechanical engineering, chemistry, geology, and ecology.  In sustainable development, relevant engineering specialties, to name only a few, include:

• Environmental impact assessment and mitigation
• Water supply and wastewater treatment
• Wastewater conveyance and treatment
• Air quality management
• Aquatic ecology
• Contaminated land management and site remediation
• Risk assessment
• Environmental policy and regulation development
• Solid waste management
• Hazardous waste management
• Environmental toxicology
• Environmental health and safety
• Natural resource management
• Noise pollution
• Environmental policy and management 

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Engineers: 

• A highly recognized professional credential to a client or employer indicating your rigorous education, expertise, achievement and commitment to engineering. Your Membership separates you from the competition in this rapidly growing area of engineering.
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• A “neural network” for your engineering practice. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances (e.g., developers, land planners, government, environmental attorneys). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you.
• Online IGP Newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for a qualified engineer - available soon.
• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of alliances and new work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP members and the unique value of their sustainability services, and expertise to the public.

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Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson said:

“A balanced perspective cannot be acquired by studying disciplines in pieces
 but through pursuit of the consilience among them.”

IGP is assisting the integration of the important work of the academic into the world of the sustainable development practitioner (e.g., environmental attorney, architect, land planner, appraiser).  IGP is also encouraging the role of the academic as consultant.

With the exception of many academics who have put themselves forward as sustainability consultants, four factors have hindered a smooth transfer of important academic research on sustainability into non-academic applications:

1.      In university research, marketing researchers conduct joint studies, chemists join forces in the laboratory, economists share data – but rarely do academics cross disciplinary lines;

2.      The fight for grant money has fostered competition more than collaboration;

3.      The typical peer-reviewed journal has a laser-like narrow focus – there are very few cross-disciplinary journals, and few professional journals, with high academic credibility;

4.      At Inside Higher Ed, Peter Wood’s “Sustainability’s Third Circle” argues that the very concept of “sustainability” can, accordion-like, be narrowed to “hard core empirical questions” or expanded into a “sail for utopian dreams in which advocates imagine themselves transforming humanity itself by changing our appetites. On college campuses, you can find instances of both.” Wood criticizes those academic sustainability programs that have “no science at all but a great deal of ideology” and favors a vision of sustainability that includes “social justice aspects” such as “fair trade,” “living wage,” “affirmative action,” “multicultural competence,” and “gender equity.” Whether the concept of sustainability has an ecological “scientific core” or not is less important than the acceptance of its implications for social ecology, environmental ethics, environmental justice, social sciences, ethics and philosophy (of value). It is these less than “scientific” conceptions of sustainability that have often distanced the academic from the non-academic, practitioner and professional. Consistent with IGP’s Neutrality Policy, we will not take positions on “values controversy,” HOWEVER, to advance our academic-professional transdisciplinary Mission we must agree to a common identifiable grounding – and for IGP the basis is a largely ecological (hence scientific) conception of sustainability.

Membership and Credentialing Benefits to Academics:

• IGP provides a Neural Network in order to smooth the path in the development of new alliances to professionals or corporations.
• Your institution logo in the "Sustainability Roundtable" section of the IGP home page with a link to your institution.
• Our Web site and blog (www.consilienceblog.org) is available to feature your research, papers, and presentations (as modified for our transdisciplinary readership).
• Through our links to sustainability organizations via reciprocal links, banner ads, conferences, and conventions we provide enhanced visibility for your important research.
• In cooperation with our Corporate Partners we support sustainability research. 
• Members can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• Online newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to others in research, products, services and upcoming events and conferences – available soon.
• Your presence in the Member Directory available to anyone looking for a qualified academic, or if you also consult, your consulting practice - available soon.
• Members are exposed/linked to numerous sources of work through our participation in national and international conferences and web sites.
• Distinguished 11" x 17" IGP (MIGP/FIGP) Member certificate.
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees.

The word “consilience” has unique applicability for academics because your sustainability knowledge needs to reach and be acted upon, by business and government, if we are to apply adaptation and mitigation strategies to reduce the rate and magnitude of change caused by climate change.

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The world's economic landscape is changing:

• An IBM study reported in May 2008 that U.S. Consumers are expected to spend 104 billion dollars on green goods and services in 2008.
• Thousands of corporations have realized that rising temperatures, melting glaciers and rising sea levels are business risks, and opportunities, associated with the inevitable results of increases in global average temperature, and anthropogenic (caused by humans) green house gases.

Corporate Partner Benefits: 

• IGP is a powerful means to cross-market your green products, services or simply commitment to sustainability via our connections to sustainability organizations through our Web site, your logo and link in the "Sustainability Roundtable," conferences, conventions and members.
• IGP is a neural network for your business – IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to assist you in the selection of best-fit alliances.
• Online newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products and services – available soon.
• A selected Corporate Partner individual can take any/all IGP courses (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).  
• Recognition in the IGP Corporate Partner directory (available soon) and IGP Website (the "Sustainability Roundtable" on the home page) for anyone looking for sustainability aware businesses, products or services.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your cross-marketing materials
• Opportunity to be involved in IGP Committees (one individual per Corporate Partner). 

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As a full-time student you enjoy all the benefits of a regular Associate (excluding the Member directory), plus we provide:

• A potential voice for your research on our Web site and/or blog (www.consilienceblog.org).
• Visible recognition of your interest in sustainable development.
• Enhanced communication between academia and the global community.
• Access to our career search - available soon.

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Membership Benefits for Academic Institutions 

• IGP is a powerful means to cross-market your academic institution, its programs, courses and the research of your faculty. Promote your green development, sustainability, CSR/SR or other academic programs to business professionals, thousands of green corporations across all major industries, and students.
• Access to research funds provided by IGP's Corporate Partners.
• Your institution will be featured on the IGP homepage as an "Academic Institution"  with your logo.
• A link to your institution homepage or a designated department's homepage.
• Access to our websites (IGP and Consilience: The Blog) for white papers, research, conferences.
• One (1) full individual membership for a selected faculty member is included (any level of Membership).  This includes all individual Member benefits.
• One (1) position on the IGP Advisory Board for a qualified academic.

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  Membership Benefits for Associates  

• A highly recognized association to a client or employer indicating your desire for specialized, sustainability education. Association with IGP separates you from the competition in this rapidly growing area of specialization.
• Associates are encouraged to take any/all IGP at no cost (excluding textbooks and minimal test-taking fee).
• A “neural network” for your business/consulting or academic pursuits. IGP provides a Neural Network solution to complex and nonlinear problems in order to provide a path to the development of new cross-disciplinary alliances (e.g., developers, green venture capitalists, planners, attorneys). We probably know the decision maker – and so will you.
• Your presence in the Member directory available to anyone looking for your expertise.
• Online newsletter with news in this specialized area of explosive growth and rapid change that keeps you linked to leading-edge sustainability research, products and services – not yet available.
• Associates who work as appraisers and complete the relevant IGP education may meet and exceed the competence requirement of USPAP regarding sustainability valuation.
• Download IGP digital artwork for your business cards and marketing materials.
• A distinguished 11" x 17" IGP Associate certificate.
• IGP serves as your voice on community and legislative sustainability matters and promotes IGP members and the unique value of their sustainability services, products and, expertise to the public.

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