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Regional, State and Local Sustainable Business Organization Roundup
Green Plus has compiled a list of local, state, and regional sustainable business organizations. No business can become sustainable completely on its own. Businesses learn from a diverse group of entities, including individuals, other businesses, government agencies, and universities. Collaborative learning is … Continue Reading
‘Sustainability Can Help Small Businesses Win City Contracts’
“Looking to tap into the billions of dollars that municipal governments spend annually on goods and services, from break-room coffee to janitorial help? Being a local, sustainable small business may give you an edge over the competition, especially if you’re … Continue Reading
Dec 22 Deadline for 2011 North American Sustainable Enterprise awards
Each year, the Institute for Sustainable Development recognizes a number of smaller enterprises, chambers of commerce, and cities for their exceptional sustainability efforts and for the example they set for other organizations at the Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards. … Continue Reading
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Tagged Brick Street Botanical, Cargas Systems, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, GlaxoSmithKline, green awards, green business of the year, green plus, Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards, Next American City, Nominations 2011 Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards (NASE), North American Sustainable Enterprise awards, Partners for Livable Communities, Research Triangle Park Foundation, Riley Life Industries, sustainable awards, Sustainable Business of the Year, Taylor Companies, The King's Daughters Inn, Wohlsen Construction
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Institute Senior Fellow Shana Starobin on Why Some Third Party Certifiers Are More Credible Than Others” – in the Berkeley Electronic Press
In “The Search for Credible Information in Social and Environmental Global Governance: The Kosher Label,” Duke University’s Shana Starobin and Erika Weinthal examine why some third party certifiers are more credible than others. An Abstract in The Berkeley Electronic Press … Continue Reading
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Tagged Cause Washing, Certification, Erika Weinthal Duke University, green plus, green washing, Institute for Sustainable Development, Kosher Certification, Shana Starobin Duke University, The Search for Credible Information in Social and Environmental Global Governance: The Kosher Label, Why Some Third Party Certifiers Are More Credible Than Others" Berkeley Electronic Press
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$50,000 Challenge Grant: Help Us Help American Small Business Become Sustainable
The Institute has been issued a $50,000 Challenge Grant. Every dollar we raise by June 30, 2011 will be matched with another dollar – up to $50,000. We’ll use the new dollars to better support the nearly 200 small employers … Continue Reading
Banks, Insurance Companies, Backing Away from Environmentally Risky Business
Consumers are demanding ‘green’ products from what they consider to be responsible companies. Large buyers (notably Wal-Mart), are demanding higher environmental standards from their suppliers in order to reduce costs and socially responsible business practices to burnish their image and … Continue Reading
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Tagged Capstrat poll: Green influences buying decisions, Dutch lender Rabobank has applied a nine-point checklist of conditions for would-be oil and gas borrowers, green plus, Institute for Sustainable Development, Lenders Back Off of Environmental Risks, mountaintop removal mining Wells Fargo, Tom Zeller Jr. Lenders Back Off of Environmental Risks, Tom Zeller Jr. New York Times, Wal-Mart Sustainability Index
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COSE Offers Cash Prizes (Up to $10,000) and Green Plus Membership – in Its ‘Power Up Your Small Business’ Challenge
Please click here for the full blog post by COSE’s Director of Energy Programs, Nicole Stika. “I am curious – how much energy is your small business using and what have you done in the past 12 months to green … Continue Reading
Green Plus™ Connects Sustainability, Prosperity For Small Businesses and Communities
Green Plus™ works with Cleveland, Ohio, & the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center to Connect Sustainability with Economic Opportunity for small business in low wealth urban and rural communities The Institute for Sustainable Development’s mission is to democratize … Continue Reading
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Tagged Center for Sustainable Enterprise Kenan - Flagler Green Plus, Chapel Hill - Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Mayor's Sustainability Summit, Cleveland Ohio Local & Sustainable Procurement Law, Connecting Sustainability Economic Development, COSE Energy Efficiency Challenge, Duke University, Entrepreneurs for Sustainability, Evergreen Cooperatives, Fenwick Foundation, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, Green City Blue Lake, green plus, Institute for Sustainable Development, Nicholas School Duke University, North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, small enterprises account for 52 percent of all U.S. workers, Sustainability Micro Loans, Sustainability Procurement Incentives, University of North Carolina Sustainability, Wal-Mart Packaging Reduction
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The BrownFlynn, Green Plus Partnership
BrownFlynn, a corporate sustainability consulting firm and the first U.S. certified trainer for the Global Reporting Initiative, recently partnered with the Institute for Sustainable Development. Through this partnership, BrownFlynn will be able to provide its expertise in sustainability strategy and … Continue Reading
Council for Smaller Enterprises Update: “Why Businesses Are Saying Sustainability Is Worth the Effort”
“Green Up and Stay in the Black:” The April 2010 COSE Update profiles Certified Green Plus Taylor Companies and the Green Plus program itself.
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Tagged Advanced Paint Technology, BrownFlynn, Chris Carmody, Cool Congregations, COSE Update, Cosmic Bobbins, Green Blush Dix & Eaton, green plus, Jakprints, Jeff Baldassari, Logan Clutch, Plymouth Church United Church of Christ Cleveland, sustainability, Taylor Companies, XpenseSolutions
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