About the High Road
High Road Strategies, LLC is an industrial, economic and energy policy consultancy dedicated to developing and advancing legislative and industrial strategies that promote economic growth, support environmental protection and address social needs. Its main areas of work include policy research, analysis, evaluation, and design, applied to complex economic, industrial, energy and technology issues.
Traditional economic and business thinking often assumes that economic goals must be at odds with environmental and social goals. The High Road Strategies approach is based on the belief that economic prosperity and industrial competitiveness are both compatible with and benefit from a commitment to environmental sustainability, an educated, well-paid workforce, strong communities, social equity, and a high quality of life.
For example, High Road Strategies has been helping industry, labor, government, and public interest leaders design, evaluate and improve policies that maintain and enhance industrial competitiveness, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing energy security.
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Check out our trilogy of studies on climate policy and manufacturing competitiveness, available online and in print.
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High Road Strategies will participate in and serve as a Convener of the upcoming Good Jobs, Green Jobs Southern Conference, held in Atlanta, GA, February 23-24, 2012, the first of four regional conferences. The others will be held in Los Angeles (March 25-26), Philadelphia (April 3-4), and Detroit (May 10-11). For more information and registration go to: http://www.greenjobsconference.org/
Recent Projects
Ohio Advanced Energy Manufacturing Policy Study. Produced report—and proposal for follow-on policy analysis tools—on industrial energy efficiency opportunities for Ohio manufacturers, for the Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs and Ohio Manufacturers’ Association.
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Assuring Ohio’s Competitiveness in a Carbon-Constrained World—Conducted a comprehensive risk and opportunities assessment of greenhouse gas and energy policies for Ohio’s manufacturing sector, and supporting the development of a state-wide energy-economic modeling tool, for a joint project of Ohio University and The Ohio State University, under contract from the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD).
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Manufacturing Skill Standards—Green Production Module—Research and technical assistance for a joint project of the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC), IUE-CWA, and AFL-CIO Working for America Institute, to develop national “green” MSSC-Certified Production Technician standards.
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Clean Energy Manufacturing in Michigan and California. Produced research reports and policy recommendations for promoting clean energy manufacturing in Michigan and California, for the Apollo Alliance Project of the BlueGreen Alliance.
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Manufacturing and the Erosion of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base—A project culminating in a major report, commissioned by the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council, initially with the U.S. Business-Industry Council, which examined how the decline in American manufacturing contributes to the erosion of the U.S. defense industrial base.
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News
Upcoming Good Jobs, Green Jobs 2012 Regional Conference in Atlanta. High Road Strategies’ Joel Yudken is scheduled to participate on a panel on state clean energy manufacturing policies...
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- Energy and Manufacturing Projects in Ohio Come to Successful Close. From April 2010 to December 2011, High Road Strategies participated in two related projects on...
Read more... - Roll-Out of Green Production Skill Standards. On October 18, 2011, in Dayton, Ohio, the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC) launched a new credentialing module...
Read more... - High Road Strategies Goes to Malaysia. On September 19, 2011, High Road Strategies participated in a "Comprehensive National Development Planning Workshop" in Putrajaya, Malaysia...
Read more... - BlueGreen Alliance Clean Energy Manufacturing Project Nears Completion. In March 2011, the Apollo Alliance Project of the BlueGreen Alliance commissioned High Road Strategies to research...
Read more... - Bloomberg Businessweek and Other Coverage of Defense Industrial Base Report. Following a successful presentation and webinar by High Road Strategies’ Joel Yudken on April 14, 2011...
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