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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Triple Your Bottom Line: The Business Case for Sustainability, an Educational Webinar
Green Plus is pleased to announce the first in a series of new sustainability webinars: Triple Your Bottom Line, The Business Case for Sustainability. Scheduled on March 3* at 11am, the webinar will be presented by Margaret P. Flynn, co-owner … Continue Reading
Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau: Marketing Durham Sustainably
The Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau (DCVB) is the marketing agency for Durham, North Carolina. The DCVB uses a proactive, strategic, visitor-centered approach to the economic and cultural development of Durham. It prides itself on balancing and integrating the interests … Continue Reading
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North Myrtle Beach Chamber First In South Carolina to Offer Green Plus
The North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau became the first business association to offer the Green Plus™ sustainability education and certification program in South Carolina to its members. “The focus of the North Myrtle Beach Chamber is … Continue Reading
ABC News: Businesses Saving Money by Going Green
“The Green Plus program helps businesses become less wasteful.” ABC Campus News talks with representatives of two participating Green Plus organizations – the PTA Thrift Shop and Chapel Hill Restaurant Group- about how the program has helped them save money … Continue Reading
Tonight on NPR’s Marketplace: Certified Green Plus Taylor Companies Saves $100,000 through Energy Conservation and Waste Reduction
(January 6, 2010) Public Radio reporter Dan Bobkoff talks in depth with CEO Jeff Baldassari about how Taylor Companies has reduced its costs by $20,000 through waste reduction and $80,000 through energy conservation efforts. Taylor Companies was the first company … Continue Reading
Sustainable Packaging for Mailing Books
Here’s an idea on how to pack a book for shipment by mail and recycle parts of your daily newspaper: first wrap the book in a plastic newspaper wrapper to form a watertight seal, then use a surplus section or … Continue Reading
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Institute Partners with Consulting Firm BrownFlynn to Bring Content to Green Plus Network
The Institute for Sustainable Development has partnered with Cleveland-based BrownFlynn, a corporate responsibility and sustainability consulting firm that advises companies on how to integrate responsible practices into business strategies. BrownFlynn’s competence in serving larger organizations will serve to complement the … Continue Reading
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EcoSelect Furniture Joins the Sustainable Furniture Council
EcoSelect Furniture is pleased to announce that the company has joined the Sustainable Furniture Council and Mr. Fonville has completed the Certified Sustainability training to become an Accredited Professional “Green Leader”, the certification course offerred by SFC.
