Keene, NH – Peter D. Hansel (President at the time, now Chairman of the Board) of Filtrine Manufacturing Company, a fourth generation family-owned business located in Keene, NH, spoke at the New Hampshire Business for Social Responsibility’s 2016 annual conference at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH. The theme was “A Story Worth Sharing: The Chapters of Your Sustainable Journey”.
Peter joined Susan DeWirst, PR + Goodness Programs Manager at Tom’s of Maine and Dan Clapp, Branch Manager, NABCEP – PV Technical Sales of Revision Energy, as a panelist discussing “The ROI of Sustainable Business”. The moderator was Julia Gorte, Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing, Pax World Management. The questions they explored were: what motivates a business beyond profit and loss, do the non-financial returns of businesses that have a strong connection to sustainability and community well-being affect financial returns, and what are the lessons other businesses can learn from their experience with making sustainability an integral part of their business operations?
Peter was invited to be part of the panel because of Filtrine’s ongoing commitment to investing in solar and other energy saving initiatives at Filtrine’s plant, serving Keene and the Monadnock Region as a supporter of many community events, as an Organizational Champion of Healthy Monadnock 2020 by sponsoring programs to improve employees’ health, and offering them incentives to work out at fitness clubs, and shop local.
Peter Hansel talks about Filtrine’s wooden drinking water fountain, the Model WD-108, at the NHBSR conference and how it relates to the ROI of sustainability
The photo above shows Peter describing the new Filtrine drinking water fountain, Model WD-108. It features a bronze bowl and bubbler encircled with New Hampshire sourced cherry wooden ring, made by a NH craftsman.
Filtrine is a member of New Hampshire Business for Social Responsibility (NHBSR), a state-wide not-for-profit association “that fosters socially and environmentally responsible business, recognizing that people, principles and profits must be linked.”
Founded in 1901, Filtrine Manufacturing Company is an innovative leader in the design and manufacture of custom-built high-quality application-specific liquid chillers for industrial and medical processes, including explosion-proof, high and low ambient models; stainless steel and bronze drinking water fountains; bottle fillers; drinking water chillers; water purification and filtration systems. Filtrine® products are engineered and built with pride in the USA, and offers the best warranties in the business. Its brands include Taste Master®, Steri Flo®, and INDESTRUCT™. Filtrine is ISO 9001:2015 Certified.
