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Green Plus Roundtable on Employee Engagement, June 22
Join Green Plus businesses in a roundtable discussion about how to excite and engage your employees. Learn best practices and talk through management techniques with local business leaders. This roundtable is free to attend but space is limited. When: … Continue Reading
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Tagged Educational Series, employee engagement, green plus, Institute for Sustainable Development
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Hitachi Foundation Helps Colorado Health Center Increase its Productivity Through Employee Training
Employee Training and Engagement at High Plains Community Health Center High Plains Community Health Center, located in Lamar, Colorado, addresses the health needs of the town’s 14,000 residents with just two physicians, but a slew of well-trained and highly-engaged medical … Continue Reading
Triangle Green Business Challenge: Lunch and Learn on Healthy Working Environments, May 24
The Triangle Green Business Challenge is hosting their first lunch and learn on “Healthy Work Environments.” Come get a free lunch and learn about natural biobased office materials and cleaning products, how to improve your indoor air quality, and more. … Continue Reading
New Businesses Earn Green Plus Certification & Green Plus Mover Status
The Institute for Sustainable Development and Green Plus program has seen huge growth in the first half of 2012, adding four new Certified organizations and 17 new Movers to its network. Much of this growth was due to the generosity … Continue Reading
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Tagged Albemarle Home Energy Audits, Carolina National Insurance Agency, Certification, Coastal Plain Conservation Nursery, Company Shops Market, Dispute Settlement Center, Fifth Season Design, Generations Community Bank, green business certification, Green Plus Certification, Harrington Bank, Keller Williams Chapel Hill, Movers, North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Pam Herndon State Farm Insurance, Red Dot Construction, Roving Coach, Springleaf Strategies, Terra Nova Global Properties, Top of the Hill Distillery, triangle ecycling, Vann and Sheridan Attorneys, Whole Foods Market - Chapel Hill, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
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‘What’s Behind the Label?’ Green Plus Senior Fellow Shana Starobin on Food Certification
Green Plus Senior Fellow Shana Starobin on Food Certification “You place the eggs in your basket next to the Fair Trade coffee and Rainforest Alliance Certified grapes you’ve also selected, feeling good that you are participating in the humane treatment … Continue Reading
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Tagged Erika Weinthal, food certification, Shana Starobin, third-party certifiers
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BCLC, Green Plus, Launch Environmental Help Desk for Business
The Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), Green Plus, Launch Environmental Help Desk for Business Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) and the Institute for Sustainable Development’s Green Plus™ program announced an online help … Continue Reading
2012 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Winners Recognized
2012 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Winners Recognized On April 12, the Institute for Sustainable Development honored the 2012 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Award Winners at the Research Triangle Park Foundation. The Green Plus Awards were created to recognize small and … Continue Reading
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Tagged Cosmic Bobbins, Counter Culture Coffee, Dean & Deluca, Fleetwood Fixtures, GIIRS, GlaxoSmithKline sustainability, Irregardless Cafe, North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Research Triangle Park Foundation, SJF Institute, The Hitachi Foundation, TS Designs, US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center, Wenger Feeds
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New Clean Energy Economic Development Hub for Chambers of Commerce
Chambers for Innovation & Clean Energy has launched a new clean energy information hub for Chambers of Commerce Chambers for Innovation & Clean Energy (CICE), which helps local chambers of commerce and their member businesses navigate the clean energy space and … Continue Reading
Tickets On Sale for April 12 Green Plus Sustainable Business Awards
Tickets are now on sale for the 2012 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards! The Awards will be held April 12, 2012, from 8am – 1pm at the Research Triangle Park Foundation. If you can’t see the ticket registration above, … Continue Reading
Piedmont EMC First Green Plus Organization to Earn Recertification
Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation of Hillsborough, North Carolina, is the first Green Plus organization to become re-certified in the Green Plus program. Piedmont EMC originally earned Certification in 2010. Piedmont EMC is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative based in Hillsborough — a nonprofit electric … Continue Reading
