USPAACC National President Speaks at Sustainability Summit in NYC

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, D.C. - Oct. 10, 2013 - PRLog -- USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen was a speaker at the Sustainability Summit Plenary Panel: Expanding Global Green Supply Chains, on October 9, 2013 at the BNY Mellon auditorium in New York City.

Allen spoke on sustainability from the global supply chain perspective for large, medium and small businesses, opportunities in the federal sector for small businesses, and the mandates from the Executive Order signed by President Obama on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance that could lead to business opportunities for the small and minority business community.

Panelists in other sessions included the Deputy Director of Green Trade Project Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan, and speakers from Yahoo!, Hewlett-Packard Company, Consolidated Edison, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Green Team), Major League Baseball (MLB), NASCAR Green, National Football League (NFL), etc.

Allen also attended a reception held at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Affairs Office in New York City, where she also spoke briefly and shared USPAACC’s 2011 Asia Trade Mission to Taipei when Taiwan’s Vice President Vincent Siew received the trade delegation at the Presidential Palace.

USPAACC is a strategic partner of The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc., the organizers of the Summit.

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ABOUT USPAACC: Founded in 1984 as a non-profit and non-partisan organization, USPAACC is headquartered in Washington, DC with Regional Chapters in CA, TX, NY, GA, IL, CT, DC-MD-VA National Capital Area. USPAACC is the single unified voice for equal opportunity for Asian American businesses. We promote and propel economic growth by opening doors to business, educational and professional opportunities for Asian Americans and their business partners in corporate America, government at the federal, state and local levels, and the small and minority business community. For 28 years, USPAACC has served and will continue to serve as the gateway to large corporate and government contracts, top-caliber Asian American and small and minority suppliers, key information about Asian Americans and business opportunities in the dynamic Asia-Pacific market.

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