Buy Clean America: Building A Better Future for Our Workers, Industry, and Environment
Event Details
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March 30, 2023
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Hamilton Live
600 14TH ST NW
Washington, DC 20005
Event Contact
In 2019, Third Way and the BlueGreen Alliance co-hosted the Buy Clean Summit to discuss how the federal government can leverage its purchasing power to reduce industrial emissions and bolster US manufacturing.
Fast forward to 2023. Thanks to the efforts of advocates and policy champions, the federal government prioritized the procurement of clean industrial materials. Most notably, the Biden Administration established the first-ever Buy Clean Task Force to implement low-carbon procurement practices across federal agencies, and the Inflation Reduction Act included over $5 billion in funding for embodied carbon disclosure and clean procurement. But there is still work to be done.
Join Third Way and the BlueGreen Alliance at an in-person event featuring Ali Zaidi, White House National Climate Advisor, and former Congressman and Third Way Senior Visiting Fellow Tim Ryan, this Thursday, March 30 at 1:00 PM ET to discuss the future of Buy Clean and industrial policy. Together we will discuss the importance of worker-centered policies that will create good-paying jobs for middle-class families in communities across the country.
Lunch will be served. Reception to follow.
Event Agenda
Introduction | 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm
Jason Walsh, BlueGreen Alliance
Keynote Address #1 | 1:10 pm - 1:20 pm
Administrator Robin Carnahan, General Services Administration
Panel Discussion #1 | 1:25 pm - 2:00 pm
Buying Clean: Leveraging Federal Purchasing Power to Secure Climate and Economic Goals
Trisha Miller, White House
Holly Elwood, Environmental Protection Agency
Jetta Wong, General Services Administration
Andrew Wishnia, Department of Transportation
Moderated by Abigail Regitsky, Breakthrough Energy
Panel Discussion #2 | 2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
Adopting Best Practices: State and Private Sector Buy Clean Efforts
Scott Shell, ClimateWorks
Katie Ross, Microsoft
Kareem Hammoud, US Climate Alliance
Moderated by Stacy Smedley, Building Transparency
Break | 2:30 pm - 2:48 pm
Keynote Address #2 | 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Josh Freed, Third Way
Ali Zaidi, White House
Panel Discussion #3 | 3:20 pm - 3:55 pm
Transforming Industry: Capitalizing on Investments in Clean Manufacturing
Kevin Dempsey, American Iron and Steel Institute
Christina Walrond, Department of Energy
Hebah Kassem, Sierra Club
Moderated by Ben Beachy, BlueGreen Alliance
Fireside Chat | 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Connecting with Manufacturing Workers and their Communities
Mike Williams, Center for American Progress
Tim Ryan, Third Way
Closing remarks | 4:20 pm - 4:25 pm
John Milko, Third Way
Reception | 4:25 pm - 5:25 pm
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