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
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
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
Sector Name: Retail Trade SIC Code: 44-45 Major Players in the Retail Trade Industry Walmart VF Corporation Kohl’s McDonald’s Starbucks VF Corporation Procter & Gamble Major Issues Affecting the Industry The retail industry is responsible for the largest … Continue Reading
Sector Name: Construction SIC Code: 23 Major Players in the Construction Industry Bechtel Koch Industries Kiewit Corp. Renco Group CH2M Hill Guardian Industries Clark Enterprises Kohler Berry Plastics Gilbane Major Issues Affecting the Industry Doing business with large … Continue Reading
Ecovative Design pioneered a new technology to create a Styrofoam substitute using mushroom material. The material is produced in optimal growing conditions for mushrooms, where mycelium (the mushrooms) digests agricultural byproducts that cannot be used for food, making a strong, binding structure. … Continue Reading
Company: Green Print Technologies – Portland, OR Innovation: Paper reduction software Issue: Waste reduction Results: Reduces the amount of pages that are unnecessary printed by eliminating the one-line of text at the end of printed internet articles Launched in … Continue Reading
The Environmental Help Desk for Business is a free resource to help America’s small and medium-sized businesses understand Green supply requirements Green business certifications Environmental innovations that can save businesses money while reducing their impact on the environment The Environmental … Continue Reading
Company: Sylvatex – San Francisco, CA Innovation: Low Carbon Innovation Issue: Energy, Air Quality/Emissions, Gasoline supply Results: Improved air quality, reduced amount of oil used in refining process Sylvatex, a San Francisco-based fuel technology company, has created a fuel … Continue Reading
Over the past two decades, businesses and the public have been confronted with a myriad of green business certifications. Some green business certifications are geared to helping distinguish products for retail consumers, but many large buyers of business goods and … Continue Reading
