The U.S. Department of Commerce's Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative and Public-Private Dialogue

This website serves as the central information portal for U.S. companies on what the U.S. Department of Commerce and other federal government agencies are doing to support sustainable manufacturing in the United States.

In order to offer effective and continued support to U.S. companies in their sustainable manufacturing efforts, Commerce’s Manufacturing & Services unit has launched a Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative (SMI) and Public-Private Dialogue that aims to a) identify U.S. industry’s most pressing sustainable manufacturing challenges and b) coordinate public and private sector efforts to address these challenges.
On this website you will find:

• Information on the upcoming 'Sustainability and U.S. Competitiveness Summit' - October 8, 2009
• Information about Commerce’s Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative (SMI) and Public-Private Dialogue
• Access to a catalogue of the major federal government programs that directly or indirectly support U.S. sustainable manufacturers and related practices
• Information on SMI projects like SMART and the development of metrics for sustainable manufacturing
• Free signup for SMI email updates