Looking for a healthy boost to your SPC Impact week? Need to recharge your batteries after 3 days of SPC Impact? Come join your fellow attendees and get energized for the final day with a fun run, organized by Fitbit!

Fibit t-shirts and a Fitbit activity tracker will be raffled off to runners.

We will meet in the main lobby of the Westin at 6:15am for a 6:30am departure. It is an out and back route to the Olympic Sculpture Park and along the water. Route maps will be provided.

Tickets to the Seattle Mariners – Los Angeles Angels game at 7:10 pm on Monday, April 1st are $30 and non-refundable.

Note to ticket holders:

Transportation is not included in the ticket price. Game attendees should meet in the hotel lobby at 6:15 pm to taxi over to Safeco Field (we suggest attendees carpool and order Lyfts or Ubers). Safeco Field is approximately 10 minutes from the hotel. Please note that traffic may be heavier than usual with the game and rush hour traffic.

Purchased tickets will be available for pickup at the SPC Impact registration check-in desk.

This session is FULL.

This session will take place offsite at the REI Flagship Store and will  center around topics such as keeping gear in circulation, circular economy, reverse supply chains, deploying sustainability programs (from procurement to textile recycling) package recycling to showcase the programs and projects that apparel and retail companies have in place or plan to deploy. What works, what doesn’t, lessons learned and plans ahead.

Schedule:

8:30 am: Departure from Westin Seattle
9:00 am: Arrival + start of the session
12:00 pm: Session ends
12:45 pm: Arrival back to Westin Seattle

Please note: All registrants must check-in at registration before boarding the bus to attend the session.

Enjoy Seattle’s First Thursday Art Walk and neighboring bars in Pioneer Square. We’ll visit the many galleries on Occidental Ave. and stop for drinks in between. The Art Walk will depart from the Westin Hotel Lobby.

Enjoy drinks and good company at our annual Pub Crawl. The Pub Crawl will depart from the Westin Hotel Lobby and we’ll kick off the night at Peddler Brewing Company in Seattle’s waterfront neighborhood, Ballard.

This tour is FULL.

The Customer Packaging Experience Lab focuses on 3 areas: ISTA testing and certification of products sold on Amazon, materials testing the packaging used by Amazon, and prototyping for new ideas. We also obsess about customers, and our Lab Technicians keep a finger on the pulse of social media for feedback that can help drive better decision making in regards to packaging.

Schedule:

9:30 am: Depart Westin Seattle
10:00 am – 11:00 am: Tour
11:00 am: Departure back to the event venue
11:30 am: Arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: Retailers are NOT permitted on this tour. Additionally, no open toe shoes or cell phones will be allowed and transportation will NOT be provided. We will gather in the hotel lobby at 9:30 am to organize in Lyfts to the lab.

This tour is FULL.

The Customer Packaging Experience Lab focuses on 3 areas: ISTA testing and certification of products sold on Amazon, materials testing the packaging used by Amazon, and prototyping for new ideas. We also obsess about customers, and our Lab Technicians keep a finger on the pulse of social media for feedback that can help drive better decision making in regards to packaging.

Schedule:

1:30 pm: Depart Westin Seattle
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Tour
3:00 pm: Departure back to the event venue
3:30 pm: Arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: Retailers are NOT permitted on this tour. Additionally, no open toe shoes or cell phones will be allowed and transportation will NOT be provided. We will gather in the hotel lobby at 1:30 pm to organize in Lyfts to the lab.

The Customer Packaging Experience Lab focuses on 3 areas: ISTA testing and certification of products sold on Amazon, materials testing the packaging used by Amazon, and prototyping for new ideas. We also obsess about customers, and our Lab Technicians keep a finger on the pulse of social media for feedback that can help drive better decision making in regards to packaging.

Schedule:

11:30 am: Depart Westin Seattle
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Tour
1:00 pm: Departure back to the event venue
1:30 pm: Arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: Retailers are NOT permitted on this tour. Additionally, no open toe shoes or cell phones will be allowed and transportation will NOT be provided. We will gather in the hotel lobby at 11:30 am to organize in Lyfts to the lab.

The waitlist for this tour is FULL.

At Amazon, we’re able to innovate and delight customers thanks to our incredible workforce—the more than 250,000 full-time associates in our fulfillment network. Amazon Fulfillment is where our employees, technology, and innovation come together every day to delight customers.

At the Amazon Fulfillment Center Tour attendees will see the magic that happens after you click ‘buy’ on Amazon.com by touring one of our fulfillment centers and seeing first-hand how we deliver for our customers.

Schedule:

8:00 am: Depart Westin Seattle
10:00 am – 11:30 am: Tour
11:30 am: Departure back to the event venue
1:00 pm: Arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: Retailers are NOT permitted on this tour. Additionally, no open toe shoes or cell phones will be allowed.

The Spheres are a result of innovative thinking about the character of a workplace and an extended conversation about what is typically missing from urban offices– a direct link to nature. The Spheres are home to more than 40,000 plants from the cloud forest regions of over 30 countries.

Attendees will gather in the lobby at 9:45 am to walk to the Spheres for a 10:00 am tour.

The Spheres are a result of innovative thinking about the character of a workplace and an extended conversation about what is typically missing from urban offices– a direct link to nature. The Spheres are home to more than 40,000 plants from the cloud forest regions of over 30 countries.

Attendees will gather in the lobby at 10:45 am to walk to the Spheres for an 11:00 am tour.

This tour is FULL.

Join us at Cedar Grove’s Everett facility for a tour of one of the largest commercial composting facilities in the country.  Processing collected organic materials from Snohomish, King and Pierce counties, Cedar Grove’s two facilities process more than 350,000 tons annually, creating OMRI-certified, organic compost that is available in bulk and bags at Cedar Grove locations, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Fred Meyer and independent retailers across the Puget Sound region.  As a pioneer in the collection and processing of compostable packaging, Cedar Grove will provide a glimpse into industry best practices and why information and innovation matters.

You’ll join Karen Dawson, Director of Public Affairs, who is on the King County Solid Waste Advisory Committee and the Air Quality Committee, Climate Change Subgroup, the Environmental Affairs Council, the Government Affairs Council and the Regulatory Reform Committee with the Association of Washington Business.

Schedule:

9:00 am: Depart from Westin Seattle
10:00 am: Tour
11:00 am: Packaging Testing
12:00 pm Departure back to the event venue
1:00 pm: Arrival back to Westin Seattle

Please note: This tour is not included for Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

This tour is FULL.

Join us as we discover SODO (“South of Downtown”), Seattle’s vibrant industrial business district. We’ll visit several SODO businesses, tour their facilities, and hear their sustainability and packaging stories. Lunch will be served at the end of the tour at SODO restaurant covered by each attendee.

Schedule:
9:00 am: Depart from Westin Seattle
1:00 pm: Arrival back to Westin Seattle

Photo: Richard Duval

Explore the world of seafood here in Seattle! We’ll dive deep in the seafood industry to see who is doing well with packaging and sustainability and learn what barriers this industry is experiencing to achieve new levels of sustainability. Lunch at the end of tour at a seafood restaurant covered by each attendee.

Schedule:
9:00 am: Depart from Westin Seattle
1:00 pm: Arrival back to Westin Seattle

This waitlist for this tour is FULL.

Explore Strategic Materials and Ardagh Group’s Glass Recycling Plants.

Schedule:

8:30 am – Departure from Westin Seattle
9:00 am – Start of Tour
11:00 am – Tour Finishes and Departure back to Westin Seattle
11:30 am – Approximate arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: Closed-toed shoes are required.

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

This tour is FULL.

Theo Chocolate’s private tour for SPC Impact attendees will last one hour. The first half hour of the tour is seated and consists of a presentation on the origins of cacao and Theo Chocolate. You’ll also get to taste a wide sampling of our chocolate bars. The second half gives you a peek into our factory, where you’ll see how we make chocolate from bean to bar!

Schedule:

2:30 pm: Depart Westin Seattle
3:00 pm: Tour
4:00 pm: Departure back to the event venue
4:30 pm: Arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

The Spheres are a result of innovative thinking about the character of a workplace and an extended conversation about what is typically missing from urban offices– a direct link to nature. The Spheres are home to more than 40,000 plants from the cloud forest regions of over 30 countries.

Attendees will gather in the lobby at 9:45 am to walk to the Spheres for a 10:00 am tour.

This tour is FULL.

See how Microsoft is innovating towards tomorrow’s world in the Envisioning Center

The Envisioning Center allows visitors to experience how our emerging technologies and current investments could transform life at home, at work and on the go, and to see first-hand our vision for the future of productivity in response to this fast-changing world.

The center features immersive, hands-on experience prototypes set about five years out in three environments:
A series of dynamic workplaces demonstrate how people will work and collaborate in new ways
An ‘on the go’ environment features augmented retail and personalized, location-specific services
A domestic environment highlights a set of family, entertainment and home-productivity scenarios

The demo experiences are developed to reflect work across Microsoft’s design, research and engineering groups, ultimately helping shift customer and influence perceptions of Microsoft as a thought leader and innovator. Industry and government leaders, partners, and customers visit the Envisioning Center to experience and reflect on how technology will evolve and how emerging trends might shape their world and their organization.

Schedule:

8:20 am – Departure from Westin Seattle
8:55 am – Arrival at Microsoft Envisioning Center
9:00 -10:00 – Tour Group #1
10:00- 11:00 – Tour Group #2
11:00am – Departure back to event venue
11:30 am – Arrival back to Westin Seattle

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

The waitlist for this tour is FULL.

A tour of Recology’s recycling facility provides an in-depth overview of the steps involved in sorting and processing recyclables.  This experience at our state-of-the-art facility in South Seattle will help participants understand the recycling system and how their actions affect the process. Tours include a presentation from Recology’s Waste Zero Team, an introduction to our Artist-in-Residence program, and an up-close tour of the sorting line, where visitors will hear, see, and smell materials as they travel through a series of conveyor belts and high tech machines.

For your safety, all tour attendees are required to wear closed-toed shoes and long pants. A hard hat, safety glasses, and hi-vis vest will be provided and must be worn at all times. We recommend wearing clothing you do not mind getting dirty.

Schedule:
8:20am – Gather with group to board shuttle
8:30am – Departure from Westin Seattle
9:00am – Start of Tour
10:30-11:00am – Tour Finishes and Departure back to Westin Seattle
11:30 am – Approximate arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

Hosting over 2.5 million visitors annually, CenturyLink Field and Event Center is one of the busiest venues of its kind.  As the premier sports and entertainment venue in the Pacific Northwest, CenturyLink Field not only hosts the loudest fans in the world for Seahawks and Sounders games but also plays host to the biggest names in entertainment from Beyoncé to U2 and Kenny Chesney.  Attached to the stadium, the CenturyLink Field Event Center is home to consumer and trade shows as well as concerts and private corporate events.

CenturyLink Field and Event Center is a leader in sustainable practices among sports and entertainment facilities.  As a founding member of the Green Sports Alliance, reducing our environmental impact is a priority for the Seahawks and CenturyLink Field.  Over 96% of all waste generated at the stadium and event center annually is diverted from landfill. In addition to a robust recycling and composting program, great strides in resource and utility conservation have been achieved.  Water consumption has been reduced by 1.3M gallons annually and a solar array installed on the roof of the CenturyLink Field Event Center provides about one-quarter of our annual electrical needs. 90% of cleaning products used at the stadium are Green Seal certified and when possible, ionized water is used to clean further reducing chemical use in cleaning.

Food sustainability is another important component of our program.  CenturyLink Field was the first Smart Catch certified stadium recognizing our commitment to serving sustainably harvested seafood.  CenturyLink Field serves local organic vegetables from Sound Sustainable Farms that were grown in compost created from stadium food waste.  In September of 2017, CenturyLink Field eliminated all plastic straws going to an ocean degradable alternative.

The tour of CenturyLink Field and Event Center will provide an up close and personal look behind the scenes at the operation of this world-class football and soccer stadium.  Additionally, your tour will highlight some of the sustainability-focused practices here at the venue noted above.

Schedule:

9:00 am – Departure from Westin Seattle
9:30- 11:00 am – Tour
11:30 am – Arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

Join Seattle Made on a walking tour of five unique, local businesses residing in the historical heart of Seattle, Pike Place Market. On this tour, you’ll get to see behind the scenes of cool production spaces, get tasty samples from amazing food and beverage producers, and meet local business owners who make up the thriving community of local urban manufacturers driving sustainability standards of small businesses. The tour will include visits to: Soulever Chocolates, Honest Biscuits, indi chocolate, Old Stove Brewing, Eighth Generation, and Pike Place Brewing.

Schedule:

8:30 am – Departure from Westin Hotel to Pike Place Market (10-minute walk)
8:45 am – Tour starts
12:00 pm – Tour ends

*All production spaces are less than 5 minutes walking distance from each other, but we will be standing for most of the time. Please wear comfortable shoes. If you plan on participating in the tasting at the breweries, please bring your ID.

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

This tour is FULL.

Seattle has a rich history of forestry and, today, boasts a unique urban forest experience. Join Ara Erickson and Katie Cava, from Weyerhaeuser, on a guided walking tour that will explore the hidden tree treasures of the city.

The tour will start at the Olympic Sculpture garden’s spectacular nurse log and will weave through the Downtown and Pioneer Square neighborhoods exploring significant trees, tree art, rooftop parks, and waterfall parks. Tour stops include the Seattle Art Museum, the 1201 Third Ave building, Waterfall Park, Occidental Square and more.  

The last stop of the tour will be at Weyerhaeuser’s headquarters, where you will be guided through a series of original, painted murals depicting sustainable forest management, co-benefits of managed forests, and the forest and wood products carbon cycle. A last push up the stairs will take you from roots to treetop of a life-sized tree (also painted) and will end on the rooftop deck.

The tour is timed to end just before the Mixer is begins at 5:30 pm. Please feel free to attend both (just be sure to register for both).

Please note that this is a walking tour. The total tour will be 3 hours (starting at the Westin Hotel) and participants will walk a total of 2 miles. There are alternate starting options which can increase or decrease the length of the tour by 1 mile. This tour will happen rain or shine (who knows which we will get in April); please dress in layers and be prepared for rain.

Schedule:

2:00 pm – Depart from Westin Seattle
5:00 pm – Tour will finish at Weyerhaeuser HQ

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

The Bullitt Center is described by Architectural Digest as “the greenest office building in the world”. It was developed with a single goal – to show the world what’s possible in order to influence the development and operation of the built environment around the world. The Bullitt Center is the largest urban office building certified to meet the Living Building Challenge, the toughest set of environmental goals for building green buildings. Tours of the Bullitt Center begin in the second-floor lobby, and include the building’s mechanical and electrical rooms, the gray water and rain water treatment systems, non-flush composting toilets and the “irresistible” stairway.

Schedule:
8:30 am – Departure from Westin Seattle
9:00-10:00 am – Tour
10:30 am – Arrival Back at Westin

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

Theo Chocolate’s private tour for SPC Impact attendees will last one hour. The first half hour of the tour is seated and consists of a presentation on the origins of cacao and Theo Chocolate. You’ll also get to taste a wide sampling of our chocolate bars. The second half gives you a peek into our factory, where you’ll see how we make chocolate from bean to bar!

Schedule:

10:00 am – Depart Westin Seattle
10:30 am – Tour
12:00 pm – Arrival back at Westin Seattle

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

The first stop of this tour will be the University of Washington campus. Tour attendees will get to learn about the many sustainability projects and programs on campus – the tour led by the UW Recycling team.

Following UW’s visit, attendees will be shuttled to Taco Time Northwest to their location on Elliott Avenue in Seattle, WA for lunch and a tour of their front-of-house, single bin composting waste diversion program.  A behind-the-scenes look at the back-of-the-house waste sorting system will be included, along with an account of how Taco Time NW arrived at the single compost bin as a solution, and a Q&A with Wes Benson, the Sustainability Manager for Taco Time Northwest.

Schedule:

Part 1: University of Washington
8:00 am – Departure from Westin Seattle
8:30-9:30 am – Tour
9:30 am – Departure from UW towards Taco Time

Part 2: Taco Time
10:00 am – Arrival to Taco Time and start of tour
11:00 am  – Lunch at Taco Time
11:45 am – Departure back to Westin Seattle
12:15 pm – Arrival back to Westin Seattle

Please note: This tour is not included for PFAS Summit Only attendees and Sustainable Apparel + Retail Deep Dive Session Only attendees.

Join SPC at Weyerhaeuser’s headquarters in the historic Pioneer Square neighborhood for an evening of networking and socializing. While you sip on a drink and chat, be sure to pause and take in the sweeping views of the Puget Sound or warm up at the outdoor firepit (weather dependent). This a great chance to see a modern building seamlessly integrated into a historic district, complete with plenty of wood interior features, of course. Drinks and light fare will be available for all.

We encourage you to take some time before the Mixer to explore the historic Occidental Avenue or by joining us on the Stepping Through Forestry: Walking Tour of Seattle’s (Urban) Forest.

Transportation on own. We suggest all attendees depart the Westin by 5pm to arrive at the Weyerhaeuser HQ by 5:30.

Address: 20 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104

What if Willy Wonka had built the ultimate coffee shop instead of a chocolate factory? Had the story gone that way, the result may have looked a lot like the 15,000-square-foot Starbucks Reserve® Roastery and Tasting Room. Opened on December 5, 2014, the Roastery is a warm, inviting space just nine blocks away from the original 1912 Pike Store in Seattle. The Roastery is the largest Starbucks store in the US and the source of inspiration behind innovative drinks

The Starbucks Reserve® Roastery and Tasting Room is the next big leap in the Starbucks evolution. This is where our cutting-edge ideas come from; it’s where we learn from each other, our customers and our worldwide community of coffee lovers. Come visit to honor great coffee traditions and explore with us as we invent the coffee experiences of the future.

Enjoy drinks and good company at our annual Pub Crawl. The Pub Crawl will depart from the Westin Hotel Lobby and we’ll kick off the night at Fremont Brewery in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood.