Green Plus News

The Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), Green Plus, Launch Environmental Help Desk for Business April 24, 2012 – 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 deskto assist U.S. small and medium-sized …

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 medium-sized U.S. employers that are sustainability innovators in their fields …

 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 participate in clean energy incentive programs and opportunities, has launched …

St. Louis, MO: Wells Fargo is providing free scholarships to qualifying smaller enterprises in St. Louis that want to pursue Green Plus education, networking, and certification in 2012 – 2013.  The standard price for Green Plus is $550. Wells Fargo’s sponsorship will make the Green Plus program free to up …

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, please click here to purchase your tickets.    Program 8:00     …

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 utility serving 32,000 consumers in parts of Alamance, Caswell, Durham, …

    CBI Technologies (Controlling Barrier Insects), a perimeter mosquito and pest control company based on the coastal plains of North Carolina in Lumberton has become the latest organization to earn Green Plus Certification. Harry Carter, the owner and founder of CBI, is very active in his community’s Adopt-a-Highway program …

The Cherokee Challenge is a competition and accelerator designed to identify, fund and develop high impact environmental business ventures. Entrepreneurs may submit their own idea or business venture for consideration, or they may champion one of Cherokee’s ideas. Up to three ventures will be offered $20k in seed funding.  In …

The North Carolina Museum of Life and Science has earned Green Plus Certification, becoming the first museum in the country to earn the distinction.   The Museum is located on 84 acres of land in Durham, North Carolina that includes an interactive science park, a butterfly conservatory, enclosed sanctuaries for the …

2012 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards To Be Held April 12th.  Please join us for the Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards Thursday, April 12, from 8:30am – 1pm at Research Triangle Park Foundation. Presented annually by GlaxoSmithKline, the awards recognize America’s leading green and sustainable smaller enterprises. “Sustainability Top Down/Bottom …